Neymar back in Barcelona, not for Formula 1 Grand Prix by Lionel Messi.
FC Barcelona took a huge slap in the face this week. Not only did Lionel Messi decide not to return after his escapade at PSG, but he also immediately justified this decision by pointing the finger at the leaders of the Catalan club. If he claims to still have the greatest friendship for coach Xavi and that the explanation for his refusal to return had nothing sporting about it, he made it clear that Joan Laporta’s inability to present him with the guarantee that he could have a contract at Barça was decisive in his choice. The Catalan club responded in a ruthless manner, succinctly explaining that they understood their former number 10’s desire to play in a minor league without pressure, implied to end his career at the highest level.
Neymar enters into Xavi’s plans at Barca
Suffice to say that the smiles will be on the front when it comes to broaching the subject Lionel Messi within FC Barcelona. A situation that will inevitably disrupt the transfer window of the Blaugrana club, which hoped to strike a blow by recruiting the Argentinian for zero euros, and to ensure an offensive asset capable of continuing the renewal started with Xavi. It will therefore be nothing, this failure brutally woke up Neymar. As nature abhors a vacuum, the Catalan newspaper Sport announces that the Brazilian took advantage of Lionel Messi’s refusal to return to Barcelona to offer his services.
🔵🔴 | #FCB
💥 El brasileño estaría encantado de regresar al Barça como reclamo
📌 Saldrá del PSG y aceptaría rebajarse el salario
✍️ L. Miguel Sanzhttps://t.co/gNhQ35weem
— Diario SPORT (@sport) June 7, 2023
The PSG playmaker knows very well that he is not part of management’s plans, and that he will be pushed out at the first opportunity. The Premier League isn’t eyeing him yet, but it could come this summer. It’s not really his dream destination, he who fears a less active social life, tabloids galore, the climate and the rough game on the other side of the Channel. On the other hand, at Barcelona, he would be like a fish in water and that’s why he would have offered to return, while trying hard to lower his salary.
Barça will have to negotiate with PSG
This gala plan B had already been ignored in the past by the Blaugrana leaders. What will happen after Lionel Messi refuses to return? Xavi could clearly see an interest in it, knowing that he is not necessarily satisfied with players like Ansu Fati and Ferran Torres, and would offer himself the possibility of reviving a player whose career is bogged down at PSG. But precisely, Neymar is in Paris, and has a concrete contract. This will therefore mean that it will be necessary to negotiate with the club of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, which is already a major obstacle in itself. Especially since the margin left in the Catalan club’s payroll is clearly not huge. This makes this file complicated, but the newspaper Sport affirms it, it is from Neymar that this idea came. The Brazilian” would be delighted to be able to return to Spain. And the specialists of the transfer window know it well, if the player is eager to be transferred, it is generally half of the work which is already done. Especially if PSG manages to pull out all the stops to bring in Bernardo Silva, whom Barça also wants.
