Where Lionel Messi will play will undoubtedly be the big issue of the pass market that is coming worldwide. The fate of Leo will be resolved after the tour of the Argentine National Team in Asia and there is still no offer from Barcelona, however, the coach of the Catalan club, Xavi, was encouraged to fantasize where his friend would play if he finally gave his long-awaited return to the club.
First, asked if it makes sense to return the best player in the world, the coach replied: "Yes, for me it makes sense. For me there is no doubt that if Messi returns he will help us footballingly. I have made that known to the President. I have no doubt because he is still a decisive player, because he is still hungry, because he is a winner, because he is a leader and because he is also a different player. We don't have a Barça with a talent within reach of 2010, for example. And what would Messi bring you? It would bring you talent. Last pass, set pieces, goals... In the last third, differential player. Therefore, and the way I want to play, we want to play in the staff, for me there is no doubt that he would bring us a lot, but it depends on him. In the end I think that the pan by the handle at the moment has Leo.
Immediately, in Sport he was asked what would be the key in the decision of the captain of the National Team. "It's difficult to put yourself in the shoes of a player who has won everything. It's hard, isn't it? I don't know what doubts I might have. Maybe it is already another project, that important players and very good relationship for Leo as Busi (Sergio Busquets) and Jordi (Alba) leave. I don't know, I'm not in his head. With the relationship I have with him, I think I've been very clear. Here you have the doors open. If he wants to come, I have no doubt as a coach, none."
Leo Messi and Antonela with Coldplay in Barcelona. (@AntonelaRoccuzzo)
Playing Messi
Going more to football, the question was whether Messi would look like a Barcelona very different from the current season, in which he won the Spanish league. "Nope. It would be practically the same and Leo could play in several positions: false nine, winger, inside, even at the base, coming to make the last pass. Maybe he has been losing the explosiveness, but we also saw an extraordinary Messi in the World Cup, with explosiveness. In the end I think he still has years ahead of him, of a high level."
"What would it be like on the defensive end? With the team. In the end you can't ask for the same defensive level from Dembélé as you do from Koundé. Many times the winger gets distracted and does not make you a lap the same in the 80th minute as in the 20th minute. Compensating it with footballers. In the end, work and obligations are the same for everyone. And we have seen it with Robert Lewandowski, world crack, who has adapted very well to our high pressure, to our pressure after loss, to our medium-low block block, "said Xavi.