Messi’s father opens the door to his return to Barcelona: “Leo wants to return”

“He would like to come back, but we don’t know anything about whether he will return to Barcelona. That would be his preferred option, but we’ll see. We will make a decision soon. We have to talk about a lot of things,” he said on Monday. Jorge Messi after meeting with Joan Laporta at the home of the Barça president to discuss his son’s future. Leo Messi has already finished his stay at Paris Saint-Germain and is living the crucial days in which he will have to decide whether to return to the club where he was all as a player or to move towards less demanding football, but with some advantages. higher economy.

That decision is now getting closer to falling into the balance on Barcelona’s side. The Argentine footballer wants to return, as his father assured this Monday, but everything depends, yes, on the approval of LaLiga, which is closely monitoring the feasibility plan presented by Barcelona respect financial fair play and be able to write 10. That decision will come this same week and this will be decisive for the type of offer that the kulé club can put Leo Messi on the table. A proposal that in no way can come close to the astronomical numbers that Saudi football is dealing with.

Meanwhile, in Barcelona, ​​they are waiting for LaLiga to inform the club about the available salary cap. All parties await this decision. It is Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, who signed a deal for granted a few weeks ago, it is Inter Miami, an option that has always been on Messi’s mind, and in particular the Barça club and the Argentine player. Barça is upset because it knows that the arrival of the world champion conditions all plans, and the former PSG player wants to know as soon as possible what will be his next destination and thus avoid the soap opera he experienced two seasons ago, which ended with his departure from the cult entity.

Other operations, pending

The response to the feasibility plan and the possible signing of Messi mean that the rest of Barcelona’s operations are currently in phase wait. At the Culé club, they are working on the arrival of Iñigo Martínez, with whom the league champion already has a contract until 2025, for which they would have to compensate the footballer if they cannot register him.

Barcelona are also evaluating other options to replace Busquets and reinforcements in other positions that strengthen the team that Xavi Hernández himself recognized after the game against Celta, which needs to be refined to fight with the best. “This week is already definitive that we know the right scenario that we can sign and strengthen ourselves for the competition in Europe. The definitive step to be competitive in all titles is to strengthen yourself well,” said Barca’s coach.