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Barça explores solutions to be able to seduce Messi

The FC Barcelona does not have the case Messi on the table right now, but he does not rule out having it in a few weeks. And just in case, in the offices of the Camp Nou they continue looking for alternatives to be able to seduce Leo to return to what was his home, if his will is not to renew with him Paris Saint Germain the contract that binds the two parties until June 30. President The door He continues to dream of recovering the Argentine star, after the bad experience of the summer of 2021, when after assuring him that everything was progressing properly to ensure his renewal, he had to end up opening the exit door due to the club’s salary ‘fair play’ problems. Something that felt fatal to Messi and that left The door false and with a thorn in it that is trying to get out as it is.

The great illusion in a difficult context

For this reason, and despite the fact that the wage bill problems persist if what is said is taken as a reference Javier Tebasfrom the club ways are being explored to be able to present Messi a convincing and realistic proposal in case you finally want to leave Paris. The logical and normal thing is that Barça would find it difficult to articulate a competitive offer, given that it is the current ‘The Best’ and the leader of the Argentina world champion. Soon to be a free agent, Leo can aspire to a great contract either with the PSG, his current club, or in some other entity with a high economic capacity. In the Premier League there are, as in Qatarin the Arab Emirates the en Saudi Arabiaa country now focused on signing stars to promote its World Cup candidacy for 2030. Not so much in USA, but at a commercial level it is a great market. In fact, Inter Miami has been dreaming of his signing for a long time and the MLS is even considering offering him a franchise to ensure his arrival.

[+] Messi and PSG, whistled after the defeat against Rennes:


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In this complicated and even adverse context for the FC Barcelona, con LaLiga pressing for him to reduce his salary mass by more than 200 million and with the transfer to Montjuïc around the corner, what to convince Messi for him to return as of July 1 sounds almost like a utopia. And more when the personal relationship with the president The door it has not been officially resumed. At the last gala of The Best they saw each other from afar but did not greet each other. His father, Jorge Messiyes he was seen with The door but in a somewhat cold meeting, according to people familiar with the inmate of that appointment that took place in Barcelona.

Messi, in the last match with PSG

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an ideal moment

In any case, within Barça the Messi option is being analyzed, however complicated it may seem, because, they point out from the Camp Nou, the human factor has a lot to do with it. That is, if Leo He decides that what he wants is to return home with his family and say a good goodbye to the club of his life, now is the time. In addition, his return would be a great incentive in a complex scenario of transfer to Montjuïc for the works of the Camp Nou.

a new paradigm

Of course, a possible return of Leo would imply a new paradigm in the Messi-Barça relationship. Because the club’s plan has financial limitations and sporting conditions. At salary level, Leo should be adapted, realistically, to a salary that fits the situation of ‘fair play’ Of the entity. Of course, the club points to an imaginative solution to give the player a good profit margin: agree that he collect a percentage of what he himself can generate with his return. There the range is wide, from some of the benefits of his future tribute (ticketing, TV rights, merchandising), to the benefits generated by the sponsors that his hypothetical return to the culé club would attract. Being a story of global impact, it could be understood that some important brand bid to be linked to the Barça of a returnee Messi. At PSG he has attracted up to ten new sponsors.

The club points to an imaginative solution to give the player a good profit margin: agree that he collect a percentage of what he himself can generate with his return.

At the sporting level, it would also be necessary to agree with Leo. There is no doubt about his quality and ability to unbalance, but it is true that at 36 he should adapt to a different role (not play everything, for example) and to a squad that Xavi Hernandez defines it as “a family” and that now it will look even more cohesive if the League and the Copa del Rey fall.

Xavi and Messi, after the final of the Champions League in Berlin 2015

Xaviwho has always spoken wonders of Leo and has publicly bet on his return, he has no doubt that, in case he wants to return, Messi He would adapt to the prevailing order, but the Argentine is still a natural leader on the field and in a dressing room where he has been the first captain with command in the square. In this sense, he would have to adapt, for example, to not play everything.

At 36, if he returns to Barça, Messi will have to adapt to a different sporting role and to a squad that Xavi defines as “a family”

The Barça technical staff sees the return of Barca as “very difficult” Leo but, just as in the offices of the Camp Nouit is not considered impossible because in the end the will of Leo and of his family. And the Argentine wants to compete for everything, true, but it is also true that Barça is returning to that path. Winning three games out of four against Real Madrid is not achieved every year.

Messi, pending of the PSG

Meanwhile, from the player’s side there is no news. His father is in talks with PSG, who wants to renew him, but is always very attentive to the sports project that is put together in the Princes Park after a new European disaster. In Dohawhich is where those who rule the most in PSG reside, the continuity of Leo It is the priority objective, but in Paris there are even some difficulties with the salary ‘fair play’ after years of large investments. The Messi They have adapted to life in Paris and are obviously going to listen to PSG as a priority.

Messi, in an iconic image from when he played for Barça

The changing room culé, excited

Meanwhile, the Barcelona dressing room is talking openly about a possible return of Messi and also on favorable terms. It would certainly be strange for a footballer to speak out against it, but it would not be surprising that, knowing that the issue bothers Leo, shy away depending on what questions about a possible return. Everyone in the team knows that it is very complicated but nobody would like to miss a happy ending in the love story between Messi and the Barça.

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