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Messi not interested in Barca return Spanish newspaper Marca gives an update on Lionel Messi’s plans. He had been linked with a return to Barcelona from Paris Saint-Germain, but the Argentine is focused on three other aims. First he wants to seal this season’s Ligue 1 title, then be ready for next year’s World Cup in Qatar, before taking another run at the Champions League.
Lionel Messi became Barcelona’s all-time record goalscorer on this day in 2012 after netting a hat-trick in a 5-3 win over Granada at the Nou Camp.
Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said "the doors are open" for Lionel Messi to return to the club.
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said on Saturday "the doors are open" to Lionel Messi. Xavi was speaking in a press conference ahead of the El Clasico on Sunday, when Barca face La Liga leaders Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Messi has endured a disappointing season at Paris Saint-Germain although Barca's dire financial situation would make re-signing the Argentinian difficult. La Liga's latest spending restrictions published last week set Barcelona's limit at -144 million euros ($159 million). It means the club will have to make considerable savings to sign anyone in the next transfer window. Messi was let go last year because Barca could not afford to renew his contract, bringing an emotional end to the striker's historic career at Camp Nou. Asked if he would open the door to Messi coming back, Xavi said: "He is the best player in history and the history of the club, he's earned the right to have the doors open to him. "As long as I am coach the doors are open to him if he wants to come any day. He is the best in history and as a club we owe him a great tribute, he deserves it, but he has a contract with PSG, so there is little more I can tell you. "If he wants to come any day, to see training, talk to the coach, the doors are open because he is the best player in the history of the club."
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, 29, is back onBarcelona's radar after the Spanish club signed a lucrative sponsorship deal. The 29-year-old France international will be a free agent when his contact with the Old Trafford club ends in the summer. (Star)external-link
MADRID: Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said on Saturday (Mar 19) "the doors are open" to Lionel Messi.
Xavi has said the door is always open for Lionel Messi to return to Barcelona. Messi left Catalunya for Paris Saint-Germain last summer, but his move to France has not played out as he would have liked after PSG were knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid. Ad/> Following the loss to Real, Messi and Neymar were roundly booed by PSG fans in the home win over Bordeaux last weekend.
Manchester United are eager for teenage hopeful Alejandro Garnacho to relish every moment of being called up to the senior Argentina squad for their forthcoming World Cup qualifiers.