The question comes up regularly on the side of Catalonia, especially since the failure of PSG in the Champions League: what if Lionel Messi returned to Barça?
President Joan Laporta wants to be very clear on this file.
“No, we are not considering his return, he declared on Monday evening to Radio RAC1.
I have not received any message from his entourage or from Leo in this sense.
Barca remain Leo's home.
The relationship is necessarily less fluid, now that he is in Paris.
For me it was not easy, I would have liked things to go differently.
But I couldn't put the institution in more danger.
I think we did what we had to do.
We are building a young team that is starting to work.
Leo is Leo, he is the best player in the world, but we are not considering his return.
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Since arriving in the capital, Messi has gone from cheers to whistles from the Parisian public.
The pitiful elimination in the knockout stages of the Champions League against Real Madrid left its mark, so much so that it is also legitimate to wonder if PSG did the right thing to recruit the legendary Argentinian.
Left in tears from Catalonia, the latter should therefore continue his lease in the capital.
He could nevertheless make a jump to Barcelona.
Laporta, who doesn't want to break the tie with Messi, also announced that he would like to... invite him for the inauguration of the next Camp Nou.
essi is currently with the argentinian team and will play in ecuador on the night of tuesday to wednesday.