Not qualified for the MLS playoffs with Inter Miami, Lionel Messi has time on his hands. Four months without playing which Saudi Arabia wants to take advantage of. A loan from the Argentinian is desired.
The prosperous years of La Liga belong to the previous decade. From the time when the two world stars of the time met during frenzied “Clasico”. On one side, Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid and on the other, Lionel Messi and his FC Barcelona. And then in 2018, “CR7” left for Juventus before “la Pulga” left the Spanish championship in the summer of 2021. Apart from a reunion in the Champions League in December 2020, the two players have not no longer play against each other. But the failure of Messi’s Inter Miami to reach the playoffs in Major League Soccer in October could change the situation.
According to Sport, Saudi Arabia would have positioned itself to obtain a loan from Lionel Messi during the four months that the Argentinian now has ahead of him. The Spanish media thus explained that the possibility of seeing Messi land in the Saudi Pro League until the resumption of the MLS regular season in February 2024, was seriously considered by the Gulf country. Will a duel “like the good old days” between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi take place in the coming weeks?
And Barça?
It remains to be seen what the main person concerned thinks about it. Will he want to fly to Saudi Arabia? Would his wife and children follow him? And is the FC Barcelona option definitively ruled out? Because the Blaugrana club would also have considered lending its former glory. So many questions whose answers remain unanswered for the moment. But maybe not for much longer.
