Lionel Messi return to Barcelona financially doable subsequent summer time

Barcelona vp Eduard Romeu has mentioned Lionel Messi’s return to the membership as a participant could be financially doable subsequent summer time.

Messi, 35, is out of contract with Paris Saint-Germain on the finish of the season and will doubtlessly transfer again to Barca on a free switch.

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The Argentina ahead left the membership for France in 2021 as a result of they may not afford to resume his deal whereas remaining inside their LaLiga-imposed spending restrict.

“It could be doable financially as a result of if he returned it might be as a free agent,” Romeu advised Catalunya Radio on Wednesday when requested if the membership may afford to carry Messi again.

“Nevertheless it’s a choice which needs to be made by the teaching employees and the participant. It would not correspond to me [to make those decisions], however it might be viable.”

Barca president Joan Laporta opened the door to a sensational Messi return in the summertime when he advised ESPN the ahead’s “chapter” on the membership continues to be “not over.”

Laporta mentioned he considers it his duty to make sure Messi has a “extra stunning ending” at Camp Nou than the one he skilled when he was compelled to say goodbye to the membership amid tears simply over a 12 months in the past.

Coach Xavi tried to minimize the possibilities of a reunion together with his former teammate in July however did say “we are going to see sooner or later” when talking on the membership’s tour of the USA.

Sources near Messi have all the time maintained that his focus in the mean time is solely on the upcoming World Cup with Argentina and having a profitable season with PSG.

The panorama has tremendously modified at Barca since Messi’s departure. Asset gross sales totalling over €700 million, which had been dubbed “unfair” by PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Wednesday, allowed them to put money into Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde, amongst others, in the summertime.

Their LaLiga wage cap has elevated from -€144m to over €600m, however Romeu says that whereas they had been capable of signal gamers like Lewandowski and will afford to carry Messi again, they’re nonetheless not utterly wholesome financially.

“With out boasting, we have now saved Barca, however the membership shouldn’t be economically wholesome but,” the vp added.

“There’s nonetheless a necessity for austerity and there’s a lot of labor to do. [I predict] Barca shall be wholesome inside 5 years [of our mandate]. Within the 24-25 season, we shall be on the stage we must be.”