It’s not official yet. But Barça already assumes that Leo Messii won’t be back. After months of complex negotiations that did not lead to any final agreement, the Argentine star is now targeting Inter Miami of the American MLS (Major League Soccer), thus ruling out the possibility of his return to the Barça club and scaring, at the same time, Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion dollar proposal.
The trip to the United States, which has not yet been officially certified by the player, links him to the history of other great stars of the past. Cruyff, Pele and Beckenbauer, among others, also embarked on that route to the United States. A route that I could now repeat Messiwho leaves Paris SG in a decision, which according to the journalist Miguel Rico, already knows Barça.
Messi has communicated to Barça that he is not coming back. He will play for Inter Miami
– Miguel Rico (@MigRico) June 7, 2023
laporta he had no room for manoeuvre, limited as he was by salary fair play. And Xavi, who had optimistically championed Messi’s return to Barça, will be unable to direct the player in exile on Montjuïc. But as the Barca coach himself recognized, it was Leo who “had the upper hand.” And he has chosen.
The offer requested by Jorge Messi, the striker’s father and agent, did not exist. Coupled, in addition, with the climate of deep mistrust that existed with Laporta because less than two years ago the player had to leave the Camp Nou against his will on his way to the Parque de los Príncipes.
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Laporta wanted to recover the star so as not to go down in history as the president with whom he left Barcelona. But he was not able to prevent his departure in the summer of 2021, nor has he now been able to find the necessary resources for his return.
In the summer of 2022, Laporta said that he owed “a moral debt” to Messi. Debt that he has not been able to settle
Furthermore, Leo was in a hurry to sort out his future as soon as possible. On Saturday he said goodbye to PSG where he has completed two frustrating years, despite winning two Leagues and a French Super Cup. Two years but not a single Champions League, the title that he has resisted since Berlin-2015 when he conquered it with Barça del tridente and Barça de Luis Enrique.
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A year ago, in the summer of 2022, Laporta confessed on the team’s tour of the United States that he had “a moral debt” with Messi, the best player in the history of Barça who has not even been able to say goodbye to the Camp Nou, something that they have made stars like Xavi, Iniesta or Busquets, among others.
would leave Messi to the United States without ruling out that there he could meet again with Sergio Busquets, who left the Camp Nou after spending 15 years in the first team. There, in Miami, a project awaits him that goes far beyond sports because commercial interests also come together because the American franchise offers him other ways to increase his salary.