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Laporta Greeted to Messi during his visit to the Ciutat Esportiva / Photo: @FCBarcelona_is

BARÇA TRUSTS IN THE RETURN OF MESSI

Principle of agreement, key date, salary... The details of Barça's 'Messi operation'

Published:15/05/2023 - 19:52h

Updated:17/05/2023 - 10:54h

FC Barcelona has confirmed that it is working on the return of Leo Messi and, according to new information, they will try to make it happen during the month of June. Receiving the green light from LaLiga for the economic viability plan will be the great key to the operation

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Joan Laporta has confirmed that the FC Barcelona will do all the possible to concretise the return of Lionel Messi for the next season, after two years in the Paris Saint-Germain. His bond wins on 30 June of this year and everything aims to that will do his cases to abandon the capital of France, with the Barcelona picture like his first option in the list of possible destinations.

From the club carry some time insisting in the return of the footballer of 35 years for a 'last dance' and that, like this, have the opportunity to sack in good terms after a traumatic exit in 2021, when although it had given the "OK" for his renewal, saw forced to go out by the rear door because the club did not have how inscribe his agreement in LaLiga by subjects of 'fair play' financial. They have learnt of his errors and pretend to not to repeat them this year.

The leaf of route of the Barça with Messi

The Barcelona club has very clear that the aim for the next season is the incorporation of Messi, but is not so easy as they would want to (the same that in 2021). Although there are a lot of informations that indicate that the intention of the player is to return to which went his house, also has on the table the possibility of recalar in Saudi Arabia, where offer him between 400 and 600 million euros so that it play in the To the-Hilal.

However, in spite of the money, the priority of Messi is to go back. For this, before, the club needs sanear his economy and find the suitable formula to include it between his plans. They have given the first step with the Plan of economic Feasibility, presented to LaLiga, that includes the leaf of route of the blaugrana for recortar his excedente of mass salarial in the next years (and no of an alone hit) and 'cause' that in this summer can have more options of fichar.

On 19 May, this Friday, is the marked date in the calendar. It will be when the blaugrana expect to receive the green light of the patronal and will begin the operations to generate income: sales of players, loans, discounts salariales... It foresees that they will be many the movements to fulfil with the parameters of the financial control and have options to achieve the turn of Messi. It is the first step and the one who will take more time, but the most important.

Agreement with Messi?

According to an information of the journalist Verónica Brunati, that has detailed the steps of the culés in this summer in regard to the possible turn of the Argentinian, "there is a principle of agreement reached to initiate formal negotiations. His index card will be lower to which has in PSG, but his return would not be due to economic reasons but sentimental: Barça is his house". For this, has been key that Laporta and Messi have gone back to have a positive relation.

Likewise, it insists in that the day 19 LaLiga will give green light to the plan of the Catalan entity and that the club would have asked "a document written that it indicate that "Leo Messi can be registered", that will send him to the player like guarantee that what sucedió 2 years ago will not go back to suceder".

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