chris alexander, thank you forjoining _ security council. chrisent, apparently, overa having reached an agreement, apparently, over a new contract according to the club. they cite the economic and structural obstacles to renewing the deal. i am not quite sure what that means, but richard foster, a sports journalist, joins me now and will enlighten us on the obstacles to actually make the deal stick. ~ ~ . ., ., ., stick. well, i think barcelona are havin: a stick. well, i think barcelona are having a bit _ stick. well, i think barcelona are having a bit of— stick. well, i think barcelona are having a bit of brinkmanship - stick. well, i think barcelona are| having a bit of brinkmanship here because what they are complaining about are the rules on wages, so obviously messi is on massive wages, although his new contract was agreed although his new contract was agreed a couple of weeks ago and actually reduced his wages but they are still significant. so i think what barcelona are saying is that if you want to keep lionel messi in la liga, you need t