La Liga ‘extremely skeptical’ about Lionel Messi’s return to Barcelona – report

Barcelona are working hard to try and find ways to improve their Financial Fair Play situation so that they can go ahead and re-sign former captain and club legend Lionel Messi in the summer.

The 35-year-old is set to become a free agent after a complete breakdown of his relationship with PSG, where his current contract expires on June 30.

Barcelona have positioned themselves as a possible destination for the Argentina captain, although they must cross the Fair Play hurdle before they can sign Messi or any other player for that matter.

Barça, to that end, have already sent in their economic viability plan to La Liga for approval so that they can press ahead in talks with Messi. And, it had previously been reported that they were confident about receiving the green light from the league.

It was also suggested that La Liga believe Barcelona will execute their viability plan accurately, which would allow them to sign and register Messi.

However, according to the latest report from RAC1, La Liga are now said to be ‘extremely skeptical’ about whether Barcelona will have enough Fair Play margin to sign and register Messi in the summer.

This comes a day after La Liga president Javier Tebas had claimed that Barcelona can generate a good amount of money in the summer from player sales as per the club’s plans.

The league supremo had also claimed that the Catalans were being forced to raise €250 million for them to have the requisite salary limit to sign and register players.

But, as things stand, there seems to be a lot of skepticism amongst the La Liga officials about whether Barcelona will have enough margin for them to be able to fit Messi into their plans.

The Argentina captain, for his part, is willing to reduce his salary by a significant amount in order to return to the club of his heart. But, only time will tell whether such a move is possible or not.