Lionel Messi and the Barcelona made news again in the midst of the return to the Spanish city of the Argentine star to have dinner with his friends Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba and spend the two days off that the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). A Catalan media reported on a meeting between the father of the Rosario player and the president of the Barça entity, John Laporta. The reasons also transcended in the midst of defining the future of the new world champion with the Albiceleste team in Qatar.
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The father and agent of the Argentine soccer player was in Catalonia in the middle of the negotiations for his son’s contract with PSG
As reported by journalist Tot Costa in Catalonia Radio, Laporta met Jorge Messi, who is responsible for managing his son’s career. During the talk, the two talked about the future of the Rosario star, whose contract with PSG will expire on June 30 and, therefore, the footballer is in a position to negotiate a contract with another entity.
Although said medium also indicated that there was talk of the pending tribute to Leo in the culé team, where he made his professional debut in 2004 and won everything in his 17 years at the club. In addition, they discussed the controversial statements by Matías Messi from a couple of weeks ago.
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At the moment, neither Laporta nor the Barça they closed the door to a possible return of Messi and even the top leader was measured before the testimonies of the footballer’s brother and downplayed them. The same before the affirmations of the own Jorge Messi the previous week, when he already was in the capital of Catalonia and ruled that “I don’t think (Leo) will return”.
This meeting between Joan Laporta and Jorge Messi led to the reopening of speculation regarding a possible return of the captain of the Argentine team to Barcelona, where he left almost two years ago after the club did not renew the footballer’s contract. , who was then released and emigrated to France to join PSG.
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Although it should be remembered that in the hypothetical case that negotiations take place for Messi to return to Barcelona, this will be conditioned by the salary reduction that Barça will have to make in the next transfer market and also by the economic conditions established by La Liga.
At this time, Leo’s future is one of the focuses on the international agenda due to the validity of the best footballer on the planet who has just scored a great goal that gave PSG the victory against Lille this Sunday, in a very difficult match for the Parisian cast.
It should be remembered that the week saw the first meeting between Jorge Messi y louis fields, sports director of PSG. The information was published by the newspaper The teamwho stressed that “no agreement was reached” and that “the extension seems increasingly problematic”.
The key to advancing or not in a possible renewal with PSG will be from March 9, one day after the second leg against Bayern Munich in which the French team will have to come back from 0-1 in the first leg. An elimination from the Champions League could speed up the beginning of the end for Messi at the Parisian entity.
In this context there are others interested in being able to count on the services of a Messi whose magic is intact at 35 years of age. First in the United States, according to information from the French medium itself: “he would be tempted to cross to the other side of the Atlantic to engage with Inter Miamidirected by David Beckham, where his family imagines settling down”.
But in Rosario they do not lose hope and the chance to Newell’s It would be another alternative, although very difficult at the moment.
News in development…