Barcelona is considering restoring the services of Argentine Lionel Messi, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, next summer, after the expiration of his contract with the French club.
According to the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona is facing a challenge in how to rebuild the relationship between Messi and President Joan Laporta, after the dispute that occurred last year, following Leo’s move to Paris.
Reports indicated that the relationship between Laporta and Messi began to return, through a phone message between the two, but no meeting took place, while those close to Liu denied the existence of contacts between the two parties over the phone.
Barcelona aspires to succeed in persuading Messi to return by offering him a great honor for his career with Barca, in addition to being an ambassador for the Catalan club.
Barcelona requires that Messi agree to reduce his salary in order to return to the club, in addition to accepting to play a secondary role with the team depending on the decisions of the coach.
She explained that the club greatly appreciates Messi, but does not want to reduce the roles of prominent players such as Pedri and Jaffe.
Barcelona needs to reduce his salary list to more than 200 million euros next season, if he wants to restore Messi, and give him a large salary.
There are still many highly paid players within the squad, such as Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay.
On the technical level, it is difficult for Messi to play as a fake striker in Barcelona, in the presence of Robert Lewandowski, while he may be in the center of the right wing or return to the midfield if the plan is changed to 3-4-3 or 4-2-3 -1.