Lionel Messi, Barcelona's top scorer, is preparing to leave the Catalan club and join Manchester City for free next summer.
Messi will not spend his new contract with the Belgrana after the team's management failed to sign new deals satisfactory during the summer transfer market, along with Neymar da Silva's departure to Paris St Germain.
Barcelona announced in July that an agreement was reached with Messi to extend his contract, but Jordi Mestre, vice president of the Belgrana, admitted that the flea had not signed the new contract yet.
Albert Soller, director of sports at Barcelona, said he was confident Messi would sign his new contract soon, while press reports suggested the possibility of extension is the end of the international stop week.