Leo Messi’s return to FC Barcelona, ??an ever-present issue since he left in the summer of 2021, is ringing loudly again. In Paris, the partners have shown some discontent with the Argentine, and their reaction has not gone unnoticed by Naser al Jelaifi, president of PSG, who has opened a period of reflection to assess changes in a project that, despite being riddled with stars, still without winning the Champions League. The situation has not gone unnoticed by FC Barcelona either. Despite the complexity of the operation due to the financial situation of the club, with a skyrocketing salary mass and with LaLiga insisting that it must reduce it by more than 200 million, the Blaugrana club maintain that there is no no for Messi.
The entity has plenty of reasons. At an institutional level, he would gain weight, and Laporta would stop being the president who did without the best footballer in the world. On a commercial level, his return would help to better cope with the year on Montjuïc, the scene where Messi made his debut for Barça in an official match on October 16, 2004. Messi would generate a series of revenues at the box office and in other concepts that are difficult to achieve without Your presence. “But first he must pronounce himself, and then the manner would be studied. You have to think about it without pressure and without setting deadlines ”, they emphasize from the club.
In the event that Messi considers returning, the entity must offer him an economic proposal that does not correspond at all to the status of the current The Best and world champion with Argentina. In exchange, they would study paying him a percentage of what he would generate. This time, given the institutional silence that the Negreira case brings with it, it is the players who have taken the floor. “He is the best player in the world and Barcelona is his home. His return would serve us to try to win another Champions League. I hope that all the possibilities are given, ”said Araújo. “If he doesn’t come back, it will be bad, because Messi has done great things here,” added Ter Stegen. “If it is for the players, we are waiting for him with open arms”, finished off Sergi Roberto.
Messi’s decision is also a variable that conditions Busquets. The captain, who has an offer to renew for another year charging 70 percent less, would find it more appealing to stay if he can play alongside his friend, with whom he plans to meet in the MLS in the future. And on the bench is Xavi Hernández, who continues to maintain a fantastic relationship with the Argentine.
“Everything is up in the air, things have to mature,” sources close to Messi report. They do insist that the player is clear that he wants to compete at the highest level to play in the 2024 Copa América. And Europe is the ideal setting to achieve it. The range of options is not that wide, with Paris and Barcelona being the big favourites.
In the French capital they no longer remain so firm with the idea of ??renewing it. Although before the World Cup Messi reached an agreement in principle to continue another year, the first offer was lower than the current one and there has been no second proposal. The shadow of the financial fair play presses PSG, which must reduce more than 30 percent his wage bill. And for Al Jelaifi, who now wants to set an example as ECA president, only Mbappé is untouchable.
