Press reports blew up a surprisingly high caliber, that Argentine star Lionel Messi, player of the French team Paris Saint-Germain, requested to return to Barcelona again, during the current summer transfer period.
Reports said that Messi made a phone call to his friend Xavi, the current Barcelona coach, and asked him about the possibility of returning to the Blaugrana again.
And the Argentine Lionel Messi, the French striker of Paris Saint-Germain, wants to leave the ranks of the Parisian team and return to Barcelona, after he did not feel comfortable in the “PSG”.
Messi left Barcelona during the last summer transfer period, to move to Paris Saint-Germain in a free transfer deal, due to the failure to register him as a player with the Catalan team.
Messi has been in a state of instability since his arrival in the French capital, Paris, where he preferred to live in a hotel rather than stay in a home in his first months with the team.
Journalist Eduardo Enda said in statements to the famous Spanish program “El Chiringuito”: “Messi spoke with coach Xavi Hernandez and asked him to return to Barcelona. The coach expressed his happiness with the request, but asked him to speak with the club’s president, Juan Laporta.”
It is reported that Messi had expressed his anger at what Laporta said after his departure from the club that the player refused to play for free for Barca, stressing that the salary was not the reason for his departure from the club, which caused the star’s relationship with his former club president to worsen.
The reports indicated that “Laporta did not contact Messi until that time, regarding him returning to the ranks of the Catalan team.”
Lionel Messi’s contract with Paris Saint-Germain is set to expire in the summer of 2023, with the possibility of a third season extension.
It is noteworthy that among the reasons that prompted Messi to leave the Parisian team, he was subjected to many criticisms from the fans of Paris Saint-Germain, according to what was announced by the Spanish newspapers.
Messi participated with Paris Saint-Germain in 34 games last season, during which he scored 11 goals and assisted 14 others.
Lionel Messi won the French League title with Paris Saint-Germain last season, and the marketing value of the Argentine flea is 50 million euros, according to the global Transfer Market website.