Lionel Messi

FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi have opened negotiations for the club legend to return to the Camp Nou in 2023.

Right at the time he appears to finally be finding his feet with his French employers, however, Messi is being linked back to his first love and boyhood club. Aged 36 by the time he becomes a free agent again if not putting pen to paper once more with PSG, Messi could sign for Barca for a year or two it is said and therefore retire at the club he spent over two decades with after arriving at the La Masia academy as a teenager from Argentina. On June 30 next year, Messi's contract ends with his current club Paris Saint Germain with whom he is said to have the option of extending for another 12 months should he wish.

When asked by the Spanish press about a possible return to Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi remained quiet.

The Argentine remains silent about his future and even gave the cold shoulder when asked by Deportes Cuatro whether Messi would be interested in returning to Barcelona when his deal with PSG expires. Over the last few weeks, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta and manager Xavi Hernández have discussed the possibility of Lionel Messi returning to the Spanish club next summer. However, the 35-year-old reportedly wants to focus on the FIFA World Cup in November, which is likely his last tournament.

Taking advantage of the days of rest that has awarded Christophe Galtier to the players of the PSG, Leo Messi has taken advantage of to return to the City ...

Joan Laporta ensured in statements to 'ESPN' that "Messi has been it all, for the Barça has been the best player possibly of the history, the most efficient, only comparable with Johan Cruyff in the history of the Barça". The ex of the FC Barcelona returns to which went his house by more than two decades in the middle of the rumours on a possible return to the Spotify Camp Nou in 2023. It landed this Sunday 7 August before the 15:00 hours and was attracted by diverse media and fans that found in the airport of the Prat.

This news was first reported by Catalunya Radio on Sunday evening after Barcelona thrashed Mexican side Pumas UNAM 6-0 in the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Meanwhile, Messi has had a promising start to the Ligue 1 season with the Parc des Princes club. We will do our best to have Messi ending his career with Barcelona.” Now is not the best moment to talk about it since he is a player of PSG and he has one more year on his contract. We have to respect it.” “I feel a moral debt to the best player in history. “I would like to do it.