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Where will Lionel Messi play for the 2023-24 season? Filmed by the Twitch channel Jijantes leaving a restaurant on Monday evening, the father of the Argentine striker, Jorge Messi, promised that “the decision will be known this Tuesday or Wednesday”. The suspense is at its peak. FC Barcelona, Inter Miami and a Saudi club, presumably Al-Hilal, are the last three credible leads. State of play.
"He wants to go back to Barça and I would also like him to come back," Jorge Messi swore on Monday. The father and agent of the six-time Ballon d'Or was coming out of a half-hour meeting with Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona. According to Mundo Deportivo, Messi, who turns 36 this month, genuinely wants to return to Barcelona, who he reluctantly left for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021.
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There are two problems though: Barca couldn't make him a concrete offer on Monday night, and Messi doesn't want to wait any longer. He would quickly like to know his sporting and family future, he whose departure from PSG is already official.
Barça cannot make him an offer because his economic situation remains worrying. Reason for hope: La Liga gave the green light on Tuesday to Barça's "feasibility plan", also called "cash plan". In short, the Spanish league recognizes the recent financial efforts of the Blaugrana who can thus advance on 'new signings', as the club told Mundo Deportivo. Taking care not to mention Messi's name...
On May 9, AFP quoted a Saudi source as saying that Messi's signing in Saudi Arabia was "a done deal". From ? Nothing concrete. The Al-Hilal club would be the one to welcome the Argentinian, with an unprecedented contract (400 to 500 M€ per year over two seasons) in the history of football. A Saudi delegation is said to have traveled to Paris to meet Jorge Messi there.
The attraction is financial, and that's about it. Its advantage: the offer is ready, on the table. But Messi, under contract with the Saudi tourism embassy, would lose sportingly, he who is aiming for the Copa America 2024 with Argentina. His wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, and their three children would not be thrilled with the idea. Barcelona miss them. The team assures that "unless there is a huge turnaround", the native of Rosario will not join Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the Gulf desert.
The more it went, the less we talked about Inter Miami in this file. The club owned by David Beckham has been on the go for ages. In 2016, when Inter had not even started in MLS yet, the British press was already talking about it. And it may pay off: L'Équipe reveals this Wednesday that Miami "now holds the rope" to attract Messi.
In terms of living environment, Florida appeals more to the Messi family than Saudi Arabia. The MLS, in clear progress on the field, would be a happy medium in terms of competitiveness between the Middle East and Europe. Mundo Deportivo report that Inter Miami have increased their offer in recent days. Enough to tip the scales? The answer seems imminent.
