The perfect closing of the circle: this is how Barcelona plans to convince Leo Messi to return
The Argentinian is still hurt and angry with the club, but Laporte believes he will "go with his heart" and prefer the exciting closure over the big money - also thanks to the new professional challenge
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25/07/2022
Monday, July 25, 2022, 12:35 p.m
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Will Leo Messi really return to Barcelona?
After the reports yesterday (Sunday) that the club plans to try to bring back the Argentinian star next summer, the Catalan media explain that the comeback scenario is quite likely.
According to the Catalan "Sport", Barca president Juan Laforte is aware that Messi is still "hurt and angry" about the way the team parted ways with him last summer, but is "ready to put everything aside and erase the hard feelings to renew the relationship".
Laforte even groped Jorge Messi, the father and agent, regarding Leo's readiness to make a comeback and received positive messages from him, which increases the optimism in the club.
The comeback sounds tempting.
Messi (Photo: Reuters)
Barcelona are convinced that Messi has many good reasons to want to return.
The first reason is fundamentally sentimental: Messi knows that in terms of legacy and career, winning titles with Barcelona at the end of his career would be the perfect closing of the circle for him.
He even told his close associates more than once in recent months about his family's difficulties in acclimatizing in Paris, and about their strong longing for Barcelona.
Second, Barcelona are sure that the professional challenge will also attract Messi.
Since the appointment of Xavi as coach, the team looks more competitive and stronger, and together with the impressive acquisitions that arrived this summer, Barcelona hopes to return to its good days.
Messi, then, "would like to be part of a competitive and renewed team that competes for all the titles."
Laforte believes that the financial issue will not be a problem either.
Messi is expected to receive very high offers when this ends at PSG next summer - including from PSG itself and also from Inter Miami who want to bring him to MLS for big money - but the club is sure that he will "go with his heart"
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