These are not just polls, Barcelona aims to bring Leo Messi back to Catalonia. According to the "Mundo Deportivo", Barça would have taken decisive action to make the Argentine champion wear the blaugrana shirt again.
At the expiration of his contract with Paris Saint Germain, Messi has not yet signed the renewal although until a few months ago it seemed done, and the situation would like to take advantage of the Spanish team. President Joan Laporta has already met Messi's father and agent, Jorge, but Xavi is also doing his part, keeping in touch with the player.
The coach would welcome the former teammate with open arms and other Blaugrana players have also publicly expressed themselves in favor of Messi's return, last February 21 at dinner, in the city, with Busquets and Jordi Alba. Aguero's words of a few days ago should also be underlined: the Kun has been unbalanced talking about a 50% chance that Messi will return to the blaugrana. There is to make ends meet but at Barça they are already studying how to further lower the amount of salaries to make room for Pulga, who in any case should accept a lower salary than what he receives in Paris.
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Lionel Messi with the Paris Saint German shirt
The top management make no secret of the desire to bring the player back to Spain: "Leo Messi and his family know the affection I feel for them - remarks the vice-president of the club, Rafa Yuste -. I participated in the negotiations that unfortunately did not lead to success. I have the thorn in Leo's side who could not continue in our club. If we talk about Masia (Barcelona's football school, ed) and grassroots football, we talk about Messi. Obviously - he continues - I would like to see him come back. For what it could represent on a sporting, social and economic level. We are in contact with them, yes.''
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Lionel Messi with the Barcelona shirt