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La Liga president explains how Barcelona can re-sign Lionel Messi.
The actions that Barcelona will need to take in order to legitimately re-sign Lionel Messi this summer have been explained by La Liga president Javier Tebas.
At Paris Saint-Germain, Messi’s contract is up at the end of the current campaign, and a new agreement is not imminent.
According to our information, PSG has conceded that the Argentine, who spent two years in France, is likely to go after that time and that negotiations to return to Barcelona are in the works.
Due to stringent financial restrictions put in place by La Liga in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Messi left Camp Nou in 2021.
In order to spend more freely on transfers, Barcelona has activated multiple “levers” and mortgaged club assets, although their financial situation is still fairly dire.
Tebas also stated that before Barça could re-register Messi, they still needed to make a few more adjustments.
“Barça must take many financial measures to undertake Messi’s registration. They need lot of effort to make it happen,” he said.
“Today, I don’t see his signing as feasible. But there’s a lot of time left – Barça can still make moves to get Leo. We are still awaiting a feasibility plan from Barcelona. They need a big effort to make it happen. They can sell players, for sure – but they still have some players to register too.”
One of the ‘players’ alluded to by Tebas is Gavi, who has returned to playing under his youth contract after La Liga and Spanish courts ruled that Barcelona could not register a new senior deal.
Gavi’s contract expires in the summer and has been extensively linked with a move to Chelsea.