Barcelona and Lionel Messi closing in on an agreement over summer return

In a huge update, as advanced by Catalunya Radio, the agreement between Barcelona and Lionel Messi is very advanced as the Blaugrana look to bring their former captain back to the club in the summer.

Barça have been working hard over the past few months to try and re-sign Messi after it emerged that his contract renewal at PSG was unlikely to go through.

The 35-year-old will become a free agent at the end of the season and is said to be keen on returning to his former club in the summer. So much so that he had reportedly asked the club to do everything they can in order to re-sign him.

Earlier today, it was claimed that the operation to bring Messi back to Barça had been moving quite rapidly and that some senior officials at the club were already taking his return for granted.

That, indeed, seems to be the case, as Catalunya Radio is reporting that the agreement between Barcelona and Messi is almost complete with only a few details left to be finalised.

This development comes after the Argentina captain had dinner with former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba earlier this week when he was in Catalonia.

During the dinner, it is claimed that Messi confirmed to Busquets and Alba that if his registration is taken care of, he will be returning to Barcelona.

Furthermore, the report states that the seven-time Ballon d’Or was confident when it came to the matter of his registration, even though Barça are still awaiting a response from La Liga on their economic viability plan.

Reports in Spain had suggested that Barcelona would be offering Messi a two-year contract worth €13 million per season (net). However, as per the aforementioned outlet, Messi, Busquets, and Alba discussed staying at the club for just one more year.

That is one of the details that the club and the player are yet to iron out, but as things stand, Messi’s return to Barcelona seems to be edging closer and closer.