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FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has asked president Joan Laporta to sign Lionel Messi when his Paris Saint Germain contract expires.

But also as president of Barca, and on a personal level, I think I owe him." "I would hope that the Messi chapter isn't over," Laporta went on. To me he's only comparable to Johan Cruyff. But it had to happen one day.

The Barça coach believes the return of Messi is the key to the club's success in the years to come, both from a sporting and a financial perspective.

Xavi believes the forward can financially help the club due to his global image which will further enhance the Barça brand. potentially paving the way for Barça to sanction his return on a free transfer. Xavi shares a close relationship with Messi, having shared the pitch together for a chunk of his professional career.

As Barcelona edged past Real Madrid 1-0 on Saturday in Las Vegas, their club president Joan Laporta turned plenty of heads as he brought up Lionel Messi.

"There was a reality and we collided with that reality and we had to make that decision." Laporta admitted in March 2022 that the decision to part ways wasn't an easy one but it was in the best interest of Barcelona at the time. "I think it is our responsibility to ensure that this chapter, which is still open and has not been closed, has a moment in which it can be done as it should have been done and that it has a much more splendid one than what it was."

According to the Catalan media Sport, Xavi would have asked its president Joan Laporta to look into a possible return of Lionel Messi to Barça in the summer ...

And everyone had left with a twinge in the heart. » This little sentence from Barcelona president Joan Laporta, this weekend in Las Vegas on the sidelines of the friendly Clasico against Real Madrid, obviously did not go unnoticed in Spain. And this Sunday evening, Sport is already moving up a gear. The Argentinian will then be 36 years old.