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The Argentine club Newell’s Old Boyswhere Leo Messi took his first steps as a footballer when he was still a child, will seek to repatriate the current Inter Miami player in 2027as reported this Tuesday by its first vice president, Juan Manuel Medina, to the local press.
“We are working on Leo playing at Newell’s in the first half of 2027, but for now there is no more than that“, Medina said in dialogue with the television channel All News.
Juan Manuel Medina explained that it is “a project that exceeds Newell’s“and also includes authorities from the city of Rosario – where the club is located and Leo Messi was born -, from the province of Santa Fe and from Argentine football.
“It all depends on what we can offer in terms of infrastructure and a competitive sports scheme.“He added, and revealed that contacts with the Argentine star to achieve his return began in 2024.
Messi has a contract with Inter Miami until 2028
Leo Messi, who in July of this year will turn 39 yearshas a current contract with the American club until the end of the 2028 MLS season, after having joined the club in mid-2023 from French PSG, after having won countless titles as a Barcelona player.
Drug traffickers could frustrate Leo Messi’s return to Newell’s
The return of the Albiceleste idol has been the great desire of both the Newell’s fans and all of Argentine football for years, which was never able to enjoy Leo Messi in local football because he emigrated to the Barça club when he was 13 years.
Despite his life first in Europe and currently in the United States, and especially after some concentration with the Argentine team, Leo Messi spends his rest periods with his family in Rosario, where he has a home in a private urbanization.
Rosario is a city punished in recent years by violence associated with drug trafficking groups and, even, Leo Messi’s own in-laws were attacked on occasion.
In 2025, Argentine football celebrated the long-awaited return of another of its great idols, Ángel di María, who has been wearing the Argentine shirt since last July. Rosario Centrala club from the same city and Newell’s main rival.
Since his return, Angel di Maria He has dazzled the local public and registered nine goals and three assists. Furthermore, last November the footballer celebrated the title of League Champion, created that same year and awarded to Rosario Central for having been the team that accumulated the most points in the annual General Table.
