By Idris Ahmed Idris

Barcelona and Spanish defender, Gerard Pique has express his feelings of his teammate and friend Lionel Messi will have his contract extension at Barcelona confirmed and announced sooner rather than later.

Gerrad Pigue took to his twitter account Gerrad Pigue

He said, "We're waiting for him to sign the renewal and to have him with us." 

"I hope he's convinced."

Barcelona had a disastrous start to the 2020/21 season, which ultimately proved to be their downfall as they mounted an unlikely comeback in the title race, only to fall short in the final weeks of the season.

With La Liga Santander being described as the "foundation for the rest of the season", Pique is hungry for a strong start domestically.

He added, "I'm going into this season with the same enthusiasm as my first."

"We must try to start well. Generally, when we win league titles, it's because we pick up a good rhythm from the start and pull clear, or we build up a lead and maintain it.

"We'll try to do the same and hope that Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid don't do what they did last year." He said.