Messi’s return to Barcelona raises a lot of controversy…
Rumors and reports have increased over the past few hours about the possibility of Argentine Lionel Messi returning to the Spanish club Barcelona, after Inter Miami’s season officially ended with its loss to Cincinnati with an unanswered goal at dawn on Monday, a loss that made it impossible for coach Tata Martino’s team to advance to the American League title qualifiers. .
Although Tata Martino, the former Barcelona coach, quickly responded to these reports, stressing that Messi’s going to Barcelona would only be for an outing, the talk did not stop.
The Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo” confirmed that FC Barcelona, with all the respect it has for Messi, is currently its priority is to include Atletico Paranaense striker Vitor Roque next January, and that borrowing the Argentine is not an existing hypothesis at all.
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In addition, the Spanish newspaper revealed that the Spanish League would calculate a very high cost if Barcelona wanted to borrow Messi from Inter Miami given the salary of the former “Blaugrana” captain, and therefore the rules of financial fair play would prevent his return.
As for Messi himself, things are clear that returning to Barcelona is not an option, especially since during the next four months he will not completely move away from football.
Messi has two matches with Inter Miami until the end of the regular season in the American League, in addition to four other official matches with the Argentina national team, including a match next November against Brazil in the “Maracana” in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, and therefore Messi must continue. Training for fitness.
Furthermore, Inter Miami already has offers to play friendly matches to make Messi’s signing lucrative while playing the MLS title qualifiers, after which he will take five or six weeks off before returning to prepare for the new season in January 2024.
2023-10-09 09:05:00
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