The fans of Barcelona began to get excited, but it was still a simple rumour: The star Lionel Messi, who rests in Barcelona after his successful debut in Ligue 1 2022/23 with Paris Saint-Germain, had no contact with the Catalan club to talk about his eventual return in the future, sources from the soccer player’s environment clarified, quoted by the city’s media.
The alleged conversations between the player and the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, were flatly denied from the Argentine’s inner circle, the newspaper confirmed on Monday Sports world. “There was no approach by Laporta to Leo Messi and his environment or vice versa; whoever says that is lying”highlighted the information.
Messi, 35 years old, He arrived at his home in Barcelona on Sunday to take advantage of the 48 hours of rest that PSG manager Christopher Galtier gave the squad after Saturday’s win against Clermont (5-0), in which the Argentine excelled with two goals.
The versions about contacts between the parties, a year after the remembered press conference in which he announced his dismissal from the club, took force after Laporta’s statements during the recent tour of the United States. The leader acknowledged that he maintains “a moral debt” with the Argentine for not having achieved the renewal of his contract at the club and he did not hesitate to assure that his history in Barcelona “is not finished”.
However, in the last hours, the president backed down: “I am not going to talk about Messi anymore because he is a PSG player; I will only say that we owe him a moral debt and speaking up may go against our aspirations.” “Your relationship with your family? It’s good,” Laporta said on Sunday before the final for the Joan Gamper Trophy in which Barcelona thrashed Pumas from Mexico (6-0).
