6/10/2022–|Last updated: 6/10/202221:34 (Mecca)
Argentine champion Lionel Messi announced today, Thursday, that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scheduled between November 20 and December 18, will “certainly” be his last participation in the World Cup finals.
“This is my last World Cup. Definitely. I feel good physically, I had a very good preparatory season this year”, said in an interview the 35-year-old captain of the “Tango” national team and star of Paris Saint- Germain with the Argentine channel “ESPN” (ESPN). Which I couldn’t do last year, it was necessary to get to where I am, in a good state of mind and with a lot of hope. “
On the other hand, Eduardo Romeo, Barcelona’s financial vice president, confirmed that Messi, who left Catalonia for French Saint-Germain in 2021 after a 20-year career, “is an addition to Barcelona and the doors are open for him “to return.
Asked about the possibility of the best player in the world returning 7 times during the presentation of the 2022-2023 budget and the close of the previous year, Romeo said: “This has been said many times, the president (Joan Laporta) said so. and 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 possible for Barcelona, he replied with a smile: “We know how to work miracles.”
“It is a question of sports management and, if the sports administration decides, we will work towards this goal,” he added.
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On 29 July, the president Laporta had hinted that Barcelona would not abandon the idea of seeing Messi with the club again in the future, stressing that “Messi’s time at Barcelona did not end as we all wanted. In the end it was conditional. for economic reasons “.
“I think Barcelona owes it morally to Leo Messi. We would like to end his career with the Barcelona shirt with applause in all the stadiums and wherever he goes”, explaining that his words are only “best wishes, there is nothing good about it. written”.
Laporta’s request 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 returning the Argentine tied to a contract with the club from the Parisian capital until June 2023.
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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 the 1-1 draw. In the third round of the Champions League group stage yesterday, Wednesday, he overcame 8 decisive balls in 13 games across all competitions.
