Barcelona confident La Liga will allow Lionel Messi’s registration in the summer

It is no secret that Barcelona are plotting an ambitious operation for the summer to re-sign former captain and club legend, Lionel Messi. The 35-year-old is set to become a free agent in the summer, with his contract at PSG set to expire at the end of the season.

Contract talks with the French champions have hit a brick wall and given the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner’s desire to continue in Europe, Barça are in a solid position to sign the legend.

However, Financial Fair Play is seen as a major hurdle in the Catalan giants’ pursuit of Messi. With the club needing to lower their wage bill by a massive €200 million, La Liga must improve their economic viability plan for next season before Barça can dream of signing and registering the 35-year-old.

Now, though, Jordi Gil of SPORT is reporting that Barcelona are growing confident that La Liga will allow the registration of Messi in the summer once they study the club’s new economic viability plan.

The Blaugrana are planning wage cuts across all sectors of the club. That, coupled with player sales and income generated from other avenues will revitalise their economic situation and provide them with enough Fair Play margin to sign and register Messi.

It has previously been reported by Gerard Romero that Barça had already sent in a financial viability plan to La Liga last month, but the league had rejected some points in it. However, Romero had also stated that La Liga believes Messi had agreed to return to the club and were already devising marketing strategies for his return.

A revised plan is expected to be proposed soon and the Catalans are optimistic it will be accepted by the league.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta will travel to Madrid tomorrow for the La Liga assembly, where he will not only address the Negreira case, but also discuss the financial plan with the league.

In the meantime, the La Liga leaders are also maintaining contact with Messi’s camp and believe that he can be convinced to return. The Argentine international has not accepted PSG’s renewal offer nor the lucrative proposal from Saudi Arabia. Instead, he is said to be tempted by the idea of a return to Barcelona.

So, there are reasons for optimism within the camp that Messi could end up coming back to the club next summer, with La Liga likely to allow his registration.