Messi already knows Barça’s plan

Like last year, Leo Messi is already champion of the Ligue 1, one of the previous steps to start deciding his future when the season ends with all the offers on the table. A tie was enough for him last night PSG in strasbourg and he did it (1-1) after opening Leo the can to pass Mbappe (59′). gamer He later equalized (79′) although the Argentine’s 12th league title (10 at Barça and two at PSG) did not escape. Messi He participated in the party after having scored 16 goals and served 16 assists (tournament leader) but did not make any statements.

The countdown to know your destiny has started with a moderate optimism in the FC Barcelona with ending up achieving his signing despite the astronomical offer of the Al-Hilal unprecedented in the world of football. The talks between both parties have been developing with John Laporta in charge of the operation. At the end of February, the president met with Jorge Messifather of the star, in Barcelona and since then there has been talk of the basis of the salary conditions for a two-year contract, as reported by MD on April 20, and of other types related to association rights at the marketing level.

Everything is still at the expense of you LaLiga give the green light to the feasibility plan presented by the Barça to move forward and fully write down the Barca offer to Messi. When asked by this newspaper, sources from Leo’s environment assured that they have not received anything in writing or “nothing serious yet” although reliable sources from the Catalan club confirmed to MD that both Leo and his father know what parameters their file would be based on in case of end up returning to what was his home for 21 years (2000-2021). The idea that he had Barçaas our director, Santi Nolla, pointed out on April 22, is that he charges one euro more than Robert Lewandowski. It would be a way to keep Leo at the top of the hierarchy beyond the commercial agreements that could be reached in parallel with the Argentine, whose mere presence can boost the club’s income by 25%.

Of course, the Barça He cannot move a tab until the OK of LaLiga is confirmed, which could arrive next week or the following at the latest. Much more should not be delayed. As this newspaper reported yesterday, the first thing the FC Barcelona When you have a free pass to the treasury plan that requires two years (this and the next) without losses, it will be to register the new Ronald Araujo y Gavi. Immediately afterwards, the signing of Leo Messia sports priority like that of the midfielder for Xavi Hernandezwho is clear about how to fit his teammate from 2004 to 2015 into his plan: between the lines and acting more as a fourth midfielder than as a striker.

The Rosario is still waiting. Invited to the farewell events of Sergio Busquets Wednesday (8:00 p.m.) and Jordi Alba on Thursday (7:00 p.m.), he has training sessions with PSG those days before the last matchday on Saturday against Clermont that make it difficult for him to go to Barcelona, ​​while the petrodollars of Saudi Arabia they tighten more and more making Leo’s father’s phone ring. The offer of Al-Hilal It rose from 400 to 500 million for one season, as Jaume Roures, founding partner of Mediapro, revealed. The next few weeks will be decisive with the Barça waiting for the OK from LaLiga to undertake the offensive for the signing with the aim of making the image of seeing Leo jumping from blaugrana to the grass of the stadium a reality Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium. It was on the magic mountain of Montjuïc where it officially debuted Messi with the first team on October 16, 2004 against Espanyol.

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