Barcelona ‘best placed’ to sign Messi, conversations with La Liga moving forward – report

Contradicting reports continue to do the rounds as far as Lionel Messi’s possible return to FC Barcelona is concerned.

Earlier today, reports in Spain suggested that La Liga had grown extremely skeptical about whether Barcelona would have enough margin to re-sign Messi.

However, now, according to Argentine journalist Gaston Edul (h/t Albiceleste Talk), Barcelona continue to be the ‘best placed’ to sign Messi as a free agent in the summer.

The journalist states that talks between the club and La Liga are moving forward and that the 35-year-old legend is thinking only about Barça and nothing else.

This comes amidst fresh speculations stating that Saudi Arabian clubs were making a hard play to try and sign Messi in the summer.

Apart from offering the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner a crazy contract worth around €400 million per year, they are also said to be open to the prospect of signing Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba in order to convince Messi to move to the Middle East. The former even has a contract proposal on the table.

But, as things stand, Gaston Edul states that Messi is only thinking about returning to Barcelona, who remain the best-placed club to secure his services for free in the summer.

Conversations over the Financial Fair Play situation are said to be moving forward with La Liga, but as league president Javier Tebas has stated previously, there is still a lot that needs to be done for the Blaugrana to seal Messi’s return.

Having been unable to retain him in 2021 due to financial issues, Barça are determined to bring back their former captain for one last dance and a fitting farewell at the club.

It has been suggested that Barcelona plan to offer Messi a two-year contract so that he can be at the club when the new Camp Nou is inaugurated. The deal is expected to be worth around €13 million per season (net).

It must be noted that a renewal with PSG is no longer on the table after the relations between the two parties completely broke down earlier this week.