On the side of PSG, the speeches do not evolve about the future of Lionel Messi.
They always revolve around the words of Leonardo, released in France Football in mid-January: "Our chair is just reserved in case ..." Since then, even the scathing 4-1 inflicted by the Parisians at Barça on February 16 has not helped the movement of positions.
At the end of his contract next June with his long-standing club, the six-fold Golden Ball (a record) does not reveal anything about his future intentions.
Within a circle close to the Messi clan, actors admit, moreover, "to know nothing".
So any event is sufficient for different interpretations.
This Sunday was presidential election day for FC Barcelona.
Not inclined to stage his daily life on his Instagram account (he prefers to publish advertisements or clichés of matches), Messi has split a post dedicated to his vote, accompanied by his eldest son, Thiago, with whom he also posed from the stands at Camp Nou.
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For observers of the Catalan sports press, it did not take more to see a message of his involvement for the future of Barça and, therefore, his own.
"Without Laporta, that was the end of Messi at Barça"
One certainty: the identity of the future president of Barça counted in the mind of the number 10. Close to Joan Laporta, the man who made him initial his first professional contract in June 2005, Messi wanted to see the Catalan leader take over the reins of the Blaugranas.
It is done this Sunday evening.
But what is the real impact of Laporta's return?
“He announced a lot that with him, Messi would definitely stay to finish.
It is not so simple.
But the chances are growing with Laporta more than with another president, ”blows a market specialist.
"Without Laporta, that was the end of Messi at Barça", even assures a close friend of the club and the star.
The 33-year-old finalist for the 2014 World Cup gives his priority to FC Barcelona, where he has taken up residence since 2000. In the event of an offer deemed suitable, added to a solid sporting project, Messi will sign a final contract in Catalonia to conclude his European career there.
In the opposite case, he knows that others are waiting for him, whether it is PSG, Manchester City or Inter Miami for a more distant adventure.
Laporta knows the contours of the proposed challenge to retain the best player in Barcelona history.
His pharaonic contract, initialed in 2017, must be reduced in order to balance Barça's faltering accounts.
It remains to be seen which drop will accept Messi.
The soap opera is expected to last several more weeks.