Barcelona want to complete Messi’s signing before USA pre-season tour – report

According to a report published by SPORT, Barcelona want to complete Lionel Messi’s signing before their pre-season tour kicks off in the United States of America. They want the Argentine to travel and participate in the pre-season with the rest of the team.

Messi becomes a free agent this summer and has been in contact with Barcelona, according to reports. He desperately wants to come back, especially now since that Joan Laporta called to apologise to him about his exit from the club in 2021.

Barcelona’s only rival in this race are PSG themselves, who want Messi to continue in Paris for another season, at least. However, it seems the player is done with his stint in Ligue 1, and is not particularly happy about his relationship with the fans, either.

Barça, meanwhile, have already submitted a financial plan to La Liga regarding Messi’s incorperation. While the league have disapproved some pointers, they believe the two parties already have an agreement in place.

As such, La Liga have started to use Messi’s images to prepare promotions and advertisements about his return to Barcelona.

Xavi, too, has reportedly started to plan next season’s team with Messi in the starting lineup. He will be looking to use him as an attacking midfielder behind Ousmane Dembele and Robert Lewandowski in a 4-4-2 diamond-looking formation.

Now that Barcelona’s desire to sign Messi is pretty much an open secret at this point, the club’s marketing VP also commented on it, and about La Liga’s involvement, saying, “Of course, and it would be very stupid if Tebas didn’t help us if this agreement ends up happening,”

Of course, it goes unsaid, Barcelona will need to make some important changes to their team, most significantly, reducing the wage bill by €200 million ahead of the transfer window.

Should the transfer move through, though, Barça will be boosted incredibly by potential sponsors that will follow.