La Liga president Javier Tebas has questioned the doable return of Lionel Messi to Barcelona, claiming that solely PSG can afford his wage calls for.
- Messi left Barca in 2021
- Tebas questioned his need to return
- Revealed PSG wage not inside league’s restrictions
WHAT HAPPENED? Whereas Barca coach Xavi just lately welcomed the potential for teaching Messi, the La Liga president has his doubts. Tebas queried the motives of the Argentine and the potential for Paris Saint-Germain letting him depart, earlier than claiming that the wage he’s presently on within the French capital wouldn’t fall inside La Liga’s monetary rules.
WHAT THEY SAID: “I do not know what [Messi] desires,” Tebas stated at a ceremony for the Spanish Ejecutivos journal. “To begin with, if he desires to depart PSG; secondly, if PSG will let him depart; and, thirdly, it then is determined by what he earns, proper? If all these three issues fall into place and it is an inexpensive quantity for Barcelona, inside [LaLiga’s] monetary rules, he’ll signal. Nevertheless it is determined by what he earns. If it is what he earned when he left [in 2021], then no. With the quantity Messi earns [at the moment], solely PSG can afford him.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Messi bid an emotional farewell to the Catalan membership again in 2021 after Barcelona have been unable to adjust to La Liga’s strict monetary legal guidelines. After practically a year-and-a-half within the French capital, during which he has recorded 23 objectives and 28 assists, rumours in regards to the Argentine’s subsequent vacation spot are starting to flow into. The latest transfer mooted was a sensational multi-million greenback switch to MLS facet Inter Miami.
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DID YOU KNOW? Messi (32 video games) grew to become the second-fastest participant to succeed in 20 assists in Ligue 1 since information started in 2006-07, behind solely Angel Di Maria (31 video games).
WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI? With uncertainties over his membership future, Messi might have to provide heroics once more for Argentina once they tackle Poland within the World Cup this Wednesday. The Albiceleste want a win to be completely positive of final 16 qualification.