Bartomeu promises neither Messi nor Neymar to leave Barcelona

FC Barcelona President Josep Bartomeu admits he is delighted that Leo Messi won the Balon D' Or award for a historic fifth time on Monday and promised that neither the Argentinean, nor Neymar, who finished third in the voting for the award, will be leaving the club.

Both Messi and Neymar have been linked with a move to England for next season and with former Barca boss Pep Guardiola thought to be in line to coach an English club next season, those rumors have been getting louder of late.

Nevertheless, Bartomeu insisted the duo will be staying in the Camp Nou for the foreseeable future.

"Messi deserves everything, he is the greatest player in history, the numbers confirm that, but he is not going to stop now," insisted the Barca president.

"There has never been a player like him in history and nobody is going to buy him," he said in an interview with Italian newspaper, La Repubblica.

Bartomeu indicated that Messi was a player who had helped Barcelona publicize their name all over the world, explaining he had made the club, "universal."

Neymar is now also an important part of that marketing and his form of late makes him a candidate for the 2016 Balon D' Or and also a target for wealthy English clubs.

"He will be at Barcelona for as long as possible. He feels loved her and nobody will take him away," said the president, who added that Barcelona was a club that was "global, respected and also loved and with a mission to entertain." Enditem