It would be the news of the year 2022, not the day’s news. Lionel Messi will return to Barca, they say.Is it a hoax, you might ask? Apparently not, as the one who broke the news was a much-respected Argentine journalist Veronica Brunati, with more than 112.000 followers on Twitter and a couple of exclusive news back in the past that proved to be nothing but accurate.1 de julio de 2023, Lionel #Messi será jugador del Barça.— Veronica Brunati (@verobrunati) October 4, 2022 If we can trust her, than the legendary magician will return to Camp Nou in less than a year.”1 July 2023. Lionel Messi will be a Barca player,” she tweeted on Tuesday afternoon and attracted the attention of the entire football world.Sources close to Lionel Messi insist he will decide his future in 2023, not now. Barcelona, already discussing internally of his return — and PSG will really try to extend his contract. 🚨🇦🇷 #MessiMessi’s camp guaranteed that no decision has been made & nothing is advanced yet. pic.twitter.com/wYIV97IL95— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) October 4, 2022 However, some other sources claim this deal is far from done and that the Paris Saint-Germain forward is still keeping his options open.”Sources close to Lionel Messi insist he will decide his future in 2023, not now. Barcelona, already discussing internally of his return – and PSG will really try to extend his contract. Messi’s camp guaranteed that no decision has been made & nothing is advanced yet, ” reported Fabrizio Romano on the same social media less than an hour later.Xavi: “Messi’s return to Barça? I wish him the best, he’s my friend, but it’s not the right time to talk about that. We’re not doing him a favour either. Let him enjoy Paris and we’ll see.” pic.twitter.com/ZmSNZkkCKQ— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) October 3, 2022 Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said the idea of Messi coming back to Camp Nou one year after his departure as “impossible” at the moment because of his PSG contract, but he admitted that outlook could change in the future.”It doesn’t make sense to speak about Messi. He is the best player in the world and the best ever,” Xavi told reporters. “The president has already said that he hopes Messi’s story has not finished with Barcelona. We will see in the future, but it’s not the moment to speak about Leo, it’s the moment to talk about the exciting players we have here.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6696532##
