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FC Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez is angry with the club's board for the way it is publicly discussing the potential return of Lionel Messi, ...

Xavi concluded his answer by adding: "I wish that he can come back to help us. According to El Confidencial, however, Xavi has been angered by public talk of an approach for Messi and believes that the best way for the club's higher ups to help his team win titles is to refrain from talking about the Argentine and any other potential signings until the end of the season. "I talk to him often, but now is not the time for the benefit of everyone: for the player himself, for the club, for the current squad ..." We are in contact with them, yes," Yuste said. Yet if Xavi really is irritated by the events of the last couple of days, he is not far off the mark to insist that the Blaugrana focuses on securing the domestic treble before revealing behind-the-scenes secrets and thinking out loud. "It is not time to talk about Leo's return."

Barcelona still want Lionel Messi, Manchester United may sell Scott McTominay, Thomas Tuchel wants his Chelsea man, and Liverpool will spend this summer.

“Old Trafford sources insist he has an important role to play for the rest of the season and won’t be pushed out. The Argentine striker is out of contract at Paris Saint-Germain this summer and has been linked with a move back to Barcelona, as well as to Inter Miami, and the Saudi Arabian League. “And Tuchel is keen to land the Englishman soon, with the pair having guided Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2021. Even if you lose contact.’” “Tuchel is "optimistic" a deal will be made but Chelsea don't want Barry at Bayern if the two clubs meet in the Champions League semi-finals. “He spoke about his disappointment at the fact that Messi had to leave in 2021, but is hopeful that the Argentine can finish his career at the Camp Nou.

Former Barcelona star Gerard Pique has offered his view on the club's attempts to bring Lionel Messi back to Catalonia.

“I know Rafa Yuste and how he is. ](https://www.football-espana.net/2023/03/31/barcelona-vice-president-confirms-talks-with-lionel-messi-over-return) [Barcelona](https://www.football-espana.net/category/la-liga/barcelona) star [Gerard Pique](https://www.football-espana.net/tag/gerard-pique) has offered his view on the club’s attempts to bring [Lionel Messi](https://www.football-espana.net/tag/lionel-messi) back to Catalonia.

Barcelona's current financial mess won't let them allow to sign Lionel Messi until they make some drastic changes to their financial plans.

If it happens, it will be because destiny takes you back to where you have to go. "Of course I would like him to come back, because of what he represents on a sporting, social and economic level. Beautiful stories should have happy endings, and there is a mutual love between the two parties."

Lionel Messi faces an uncertain future with offers from Barcelona and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal alongside the option of renewing his contract at Paris ...

[completed a stunning move to Riyadh-based club Al-Nassr](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/breaking-cristiano-ronaldo-alnassr-manutd-28793546) at the turn of 2023 and earns in the region of £173million per year. [PSG were one of 10 clubs fined](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/psg-ffp-mbappe-lionel-messi-27891617) for breaching FFP last year; €10m with a further €45m suspended alongside [Champions League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/champions-league) sanctions should they fail to comply with FFP going forwards. [Have Your Say!](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lionel-messi-transfer-barcelona-psg-29605311#comments-section) Where will Messi be playing next season? [confirmed contact had been made with Messi](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/barcelona-lionel-messi-xavi-psg-29602352) regarding a potential return to the Camp Nou. [future at PSG looks more uncertain than ever](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lionel-messi-sergio-ramos-psg-29589608). [joined PSG on a two-year contract](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/breaking-lionel-messi-psg-transfer-24707734) in the summer of 2021 – with his deal up for renewal in June and talks currently stalled. It comes as [L’Equipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Article/Les-salaires-2023-de-la-ligue-1-faut-il-prolonger-messi-et-ramos-a-tout-prix/1388499) detail how PSG need Messi to drop his wage demands to stay at the club due to their need to comply with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, the player does not wish to take a salary cut. In a press conference, the Barca boss explained: "There is the [financial] fair play issue, but more than anything it depends on Leo's intentions and [if he wants] to come back." He did not speak to Laporta at all during the event after the Barca president had assured his attendance. [Reports this week claimed](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lionel-messi-transfer-cristiano-ronaldo-29590607) that the offer for Messi from Saudi Arabia would see him earn even more than Ronaldo in a record-breaking deal. Such a move would pit Messi against Alongside [Sergio Ramos](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/sergio-ramos), his [contract talks have been put on hold](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/lionel-messi-sergio-ramos-psg-29440311) by the [Ligue 1](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ligue-1) giants.

Barcelona have confirmed transfer talks with Lionel Messi over a possible return to the Catalan club for the Argentine this summer.

Barcelona's vice president Rafa Yuste confirmed that the club are exploring the possibility of re-signing Lionel Messi.

A bigger reason that he could succeed could be that Barcelona plays much the same way as they did in Messi’s days. Barcelona might not have done everything to keep him, but they might do everything to buy him back. “I grew with the values of this club and I want to be recognised that way,” he said in his farewell press conference. But it does not matter, both Messi and Barcelona would be merely happy to be reunited again. Ronaldo, perhaps, was not as deeply connected to United as Messi was (rather is) connected to Barcelona. PSG was not his retirement shore, but one where he sustained his passion for the game and fuelled his World Cup dreams. But playing for another club would have been worse than death, for both Messi and Barcelona. But Barcelona, for nearly twenty years when he was there, was Messi, just as Messi was Barcelona. Not just because of the value he still brings to the club, but what he stands for. He would, stifling his emotions, call it the hardest moment of his career. In what he said without saying, it was clear that he thought Barcelona did not do everything they could to stop their greatest ever to have worn the club’s shirt. What I have very clear is that I did everything I could.” Silence hung uneasily in the room.

There is no football institution more intrinsically allergic to facing the reality of its situation than the crisis-riven, stupendously-indebted, ...

It goes deeper – to the financial probity of a great club, not to mention their moral sense of doing the right thing for football. The function of which would be to argue over who was to blame for this royal mess. A curious side-hustle for a club who sold a vast amount of future revenues last summer solely to get back into the Uefa Champions League, a competition that they also seek to destroy. It might well be the US investment bank Goldman Sachs to whom the club owes, at a conservative guess, in excess of €500million. One suspects the club would burn their last stick of furniture to win a trophy, or re-sign Messi. Even Real Madrid, who have forged an unlikely alliance with Barcelona in recent years over the ESL have been obliged to register their disapproval over the Negreira scandal. Their response to another week of desperate news in the borrowing market for a club wrestling with the question of doubling a debt currently around €1.5billion? Barcelona keep saying the rebuild of Camp Nou will start in the summer although for all the official holding statements promising agreement there is still no finance in place to refurbish a stadium they might not be able to afford, to play in Uefa competitions they may yet be banned from. Rather they were wondering how the Negreira scandal might affect Barcelona’s capacity to service their significant debt which is about to get even bigger. The club are living day to day. In the life of the giant debt-zombie the amounts – around €50million collectively – were relatively small. Nor the fact that Barcelona are currently unable, under current wage budgets, to register the young midfielder Gavi as a senior squad member – which would mean they could lose him for nothing in the summer.

SportsBrief.com News - Lionel Messi is not willing to lower his financial demands to continue playing for Paris Saint-Germain as the Argentine wants his ...

[ the battle to secure Lionel Messi’s signature ](https://sportsbrief.com/football/paris-saint-germain/37539-paris-saint-germain-break-bank-lionel-messi-barcelona-officially-start-negotiations/#:~:text=have%20noted%20how%20Barcelona%20have%20stepped%20up%20their)this summer promises to be good. [Goal,](https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/no-pay-cut-lionel-messi-psg-contract-negotiation/blt4d4e6ff273a515a2#:~:text=Messi%20is%20out%20of%20contract%20in%20July%20and) Messi won't take a pay cut amid financial concerns for the [Ligue 1](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/french-ligue-1/) club as they are trying to meet Financial Fair Play demands while trying to keep the Argentine. [PSG](https://sportsbrief.com/football/paris-saint-germain/) are pressing for the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner to pen extend his contract at the club as his current deal is set to expire at the end of the season.

Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi was once again booed by fans after it emerged that Barcelona are attempting to sign the Argentine forward.

Messi is yet to speak on the subject himself, although he did reportedly verbally agree to stay at PSG in December. The boos appeared to come from a small group of Paris' ultras, who have jeered Messi a handful of times in recent weeks. Messi's name was whistled after he was announced over the Parc des Princes PA system before Sunday's fixture with Lyon.

Lionel Messi's future in Paris remains unclear. Despite the fact that before the World Cup it seemed that PSG had reached an agreement with the Argentine to ...

I took part in the negotiations that unfortunately did not lead to a successful outcome. In recent weeks the messages from Barcelona about Lionel's possible return to the club have intensified. Therefore, and with a strange atmosphere in Paris after the Champions League elimination, the ultras have taken it out on the Argentine.