Lionel Messi wants Barcelona return

Messi
spent
two
decades
at
Barcelona,
becoming
the
club’s
all-time
leading
scorer
and
appearance
maker,
before
joining
PSG
ahead
of
the
2021-22
season
after
the
embattled
LaLiga
giants
were
unable
to
re-sign
the
six-time
Ballon
d’Or
winner
due
to
their
financial
situation.

But
Messi
expressed
his
passion
for
Barca,
where
he
won
a
club-record
35
trophies,
including
10
LaLiga
titles
and
four
Champions
League
crowns.

“Yes,
I
always
said
that
I
would
like
to
come
back
to
help
the
club
in
whatever
way,”
Messi,
who
is
yet
to
score
a
Ligue
1
goal
for
PSG,
told
Sport.

“I
want
to
be
useful
and
help
so
that
the
club
is
doing
well.
I
would
love
to
be
a
technical
secretary,
but
I
don’t
know
if
it
will
be
at
Barcelona.

“I
would
like
to
return
to
the
club
to
contribute
what
I
can
because
I
love
[Barcelona]
and
I
would
love
them
to
keep
doing
well,
to
continue
growing
and
to
continue
to
be
among
the
best
in
the
world.”

Messi
had
come
close
to
leaving
Barca
in
2020
amid
links
with
Manchester
City,
PSG
and
Inter,
growing
dissatisfied
with
the
direction
of
the
club,
with
a
release
clause
in
his
contract
leading
to
him
staying.

Barcelona
have
endured
a
difficult
campaign
since
Messi’s
departure
sitting
ninth
in
LaLiga,
leading
to
the
sacking
of
head
coach
Ronald
Koeman.

Spanish
side
Barca
have
taken
16
points
from
11
games
in
LaLiga
this
season
(W4
D4
L3)
–
equalling
their
worst
start
at
this
stage
in
the
three
points
for
a
win
era
(also
16
in
the
2000-2001
and
2002-03
campaigns).

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