Former Argentina international Gabriel Heinze does not believe that Lionel Messi will retire at Barcelona, claiming that a return to Newell's Old Boys is inevitable.

Rosario native Messi represented his hometown club as a kid before leaving for Catalunya at the tender ageof!3.

The prolific attacker has since developed into one of the best players in the world and Heinze is confident that he will return to the club where it all started for him before he hangs up his boots.

"Messi will retire at Newell's, there's no need to convince him of anything," Heinze told reporters.

"I don't see him wearing any other shirt in Argentina than that of Newell's and he will retire at Newell's."

Like Messi, Heinze also started his career with Newell's and retired at the Argentine side this year, bringing the curtain down on a career that also took in stints with Sporting CP, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Real Madrid.