Barcelona have found a solution, albeit not a perfect one, to bring their legend Lionel Messi back into the summer transfer market, ensuring it will be the last match for the Argentine of his career in his glory club jersey.
Barcelona and Inter Miami have entered into talks over a possible deal to buy and loan the Argentine, according to French newspaper L’Equipe, and the deal would include Inter Miami signing Messi this summer as a free player and then a transfer on loan to Barcelona for 18 months, after which Messi will return to Inter Miami to play for the rest of his football career.
Reports indicate that the main benefit of the move is that Messi will be able to continue playing at the highest level until the 2024 America’s Cup before moving on to experience in the NBA.
Messi’s move to Saudi Arabia is a possibility, according to L’Equipe newspaper, especially as Al-Hilal raise their offer to the Argentine by a hefty €600m each year, the equivalent of double Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary with Al-Hilal. . Nasr, and at this stage, as the French newspaper points out, no agreement has been reached with either side.
The 2022 World Cup winner wants to make a decision after the end of the season with Paris Saint-Germain as Messi helped win the French Championship with the French capital club for the second time in a row in a match in Strasbourg last weekend and he is keen to take part in the next match against Clermont Foot on Saturday.
Source: “Media”