Barcelona and the three-step plan to repatriate Lionel Messi

There is a certainty.

is determined to get

back .

He wants him back at the Camp Nou and dressed as a

.

Everyone wants him, as he felt the other day in the 10th minute of the derby against Real Madrid.

It is the only certainty.

Behind that conviction there is a meticulous plan to achieve the most desired goal.

.

Without deviating an inch.

Be careful, there are also multiple impediments.

However, in the heart of Catalonia, they are excited.

And they know, as the popular saying goes, that hope is the last thing to be lost.

Beyond all this general enthusiasm that reigns in Barcelona -and that which comes from losing 4-0 with Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey-, Joan Laporta and company know that the first obstacle is in Paris.

It is that, it is insisted, the only open negotiation that the world champion has at this time is with PSG.

Lionel Messi could be playing his last games at PSG.

Photo: EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA.

First step: goodbye to Paris

It will be repeated ad nauseam:

, father and representative of the Flea, still has a meeting pending with

, the patron of the club from the French capital.

The Qataris are the ones who make the most effort so that the Argentine continues near the Eiffel Tower.

again

.

With the napkin tied around the neck and the cutlery in their hands, in Barcelona they hope that this negotiation ends in shipwreck

.

Only then would the chances of the Catalan club begin to increase.

It is that Barcelona, ​​out of affection and roots -it should not move the whole family to another unknown place-, becomes the ideal plan B for the Rosario.

And that is where this three-step plan to seduce Messi would begin to take shape, knowing that the Catalan club has two large open fronts -one financial and the other judicial- that it must resolve before thinking of any type of offer to the flea.

Lionel Messi greets on his arrival in Paris.

Two years later, the panorama of the Argentine in the French capital is different.

Photo: Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP.

Second step: accommodate finances

Barcelona has just diagrammed the engineering to smooth out the financial obstacles that, at this time, make the dream of repatriating Messi close to a utopia.

Without counting the uncertainty generated by the so-called

, the complaint that weighs on the club for possible crimes of corruption as a result of the millionaire payments made to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, José María Enríquez Negreira.

The episode could become a scandal of proportions if the proceedings initiated in the Courts of Catalonia and in the UEFA offices progress,

Beyond this concern around the "Negreira Case", the first step is, precisely, to reach an agreement with

to accommodate the financial situation of the club.

, head honcho of Spanish football, warned that the club must drop

from the squad's salary mass.

"Barça executives will meet with LaLiga to explore an agreement to lower the salary limit. Mateu Alemany (the club's Football Director) has been preparing a feasibility plan for some time that includes, above all, a reduction in expenses and the

this salary limit to be given air. Next week's meeting is key to unraveling this matter and at Barça they see it well focused"

, explained the newspaper Sport this Friday.

The project is comprehensive and includes salary adjustments on the campus, sales to generate income and reduce budget and also cuts in areas unrelated to soccer so that the numbers stop being in a furious red.

They trust the Camp Nou offices that Tebas and company will give the green light, especially considering that

to reposition the product they sell.

Joan Laporta, pending what may happen in Spain and Europe with the consequences of the Negreira Case.

Photo: AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File.

Third step: win back Messi

With that obstacle overcome and with the hope that the negotiations between Messi and PSG remain at a standstill, the Catalans are also designing

.

It is that the reduction of the salary mass continues without making room for the salary that the best player of the last World Cup deserves.

Thus, while they try to convince different companies to become sponsors and thus generate extra income for the club and the Argentine, Laporta and company hope that, after a public apology to clarify the goals of his departure almost two years ago , the leader of the Scaloneta

compared to what he currently receives at PSG -about 30 million euros per year-.

On the other hand, the leadership believes that Barcelona will largely meet Messi's other requirement, which would involve having a team that is capable of competing strongly in the

.

It is known that he has excellent chemistry with the coach,

, who has already given the sports okay to add Rosario to the scaffolding of a team that is in a serious process of reconstruction.

Xavi Hernández, leading a team under construction that could be strengthened with the arrival of his friend Messi.

Photo: REUTERS/Vincent West.

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