Former Argentina coach Cesar Menotti expects Lionel Messi to sign a new deal with Barcelona.

Menotti is convinced Messi will extend his contract at Camp Nou and stay in Catalonia until the end of his career.

"He is still in his peak," Menotti told TyC Sports, highlighting Messi's role and professionalism with both Argentina and Barcelona.

"Messi is more representative of Barcelona's history than (president Josep Maria) Bartomeu," he continued. "It doesn't even cross my mind that they won't fix it.

"Messi doesn't think about the contract when he goes on the pitch. He's still the same on the pitch and in his neighborhood. I don't think it's a financial problem, I don't understand it."