Barcelona opens its doors to welcome Messi

Barcelona (AFP)
Barcelona’s financial vice president Edward Romeo confirmed that Argentine Lionel Messi, who left Catalonia for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 after a 20-year career, “is an addition to Barcelona and the are open for him “to return.
Asked about the possibility that the best player in the world will come back seven times during the presentation of the 2022-2023 budget and the close of the previous year, Romeo said: “They have said so many times, President Joan Laporta has said it, and I I said it myself, Leo Messi is an addition to Barcelona and the doors of the club are open in front of him. “
Asked if the 35-year-old’s return was financially feasible for Barcelona, ​​he replied with a smile: “We know how to work miracles.”
And he added: “It is a question of sports administration, and if the sports administration decides, we will work towards this goal.”
On 29 July, president Laporta had hinted that Barcelona would not give up on the idea of ​​seeing Messi with the club again in the future, stating that “Messi’s time at Barcelona did not end as we all wanted. He ended up being conditioned for economic reasons”.
He continued: “I think Barcelona owe it morally to Leo Messi. We would like to end his career with the Barcelona shirt with applause in all stadiums and wherever he goes”, explaining that his words are only “good wishes, there is no it’s nothing written. “
Laporta’s appeal for the return of the little “flea” came after some Spanish media reported that the current coach and former Barcelona midfielder, Xavi Hernandez, asked the club’s management to study the possibility of return the Argentine tied to a contract with the Parisian club capital until June 2023.
After a modest first season (2020-2021) for Messi in Paris, where he scored just 11 goals in 34 games, the Argentinian shook the dust of his departure from Catalonia at the start of the current season (2023-2022) by scoring 8 goals, the last of which against Benfica in 1-1, 1 in the third round of the Champions League group stage on Wednesday, and topped 8 decisive balls in 13 games in all competitions.