{"id":73969,"date":"2023-06-06T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:25:10","slug":"messi-wants-barca-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Messi Wants Barca Return’ –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Lionel Messi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge Messi, said yesterday that his son would love to return to Barcelona this summer.<\/p>\n

The Argentina captain is considering offers after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent after two seasons with the French champions.<\/p>\n

Despite being caught on camera entering the home of Barcelona president Joan Laporta on Monday morning, Jorge Messi denied the meeting but told reporters: \u201cOf course, he [Messi] would love to return to Barcelona. I would like it too. We will see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barca expect to get approval from LaLiga this week regarding their financial plans in order to begin their transfer business, which will include the anticipated re-signing of Messi.<\/p>\n

Asked if he had spoken to Laporta about how Barca could finance Messi\u2019s return, Jorge Messi said: \u201cWe spoke the other day, but there\u2019s nothing concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barca coach Xavi Hernandez said that Messi would make a decision regarding his future club this week, and that \u201cthe doors are open\u201d for his return.<\/p>\n

Messi, 35, played his last game for PSG on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Argentina forward has contributed 21 goals and 20 assists for PSG in all competitions this season.<\/p>\n

ESPN reported in April that Messi is considering a sizeable offer from Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal, although Jorge Messi denied later reports he had agreed to a deal.<\/p>\n

Major League Soccer side Inter Miami CF are also interested in his signature.<\/p>\n

Messi spent 21 years at Barca and helped the club win 35 trophies but left for PSG in August 2021 due to the club\u2019s financial crisis.<\/p>\n

\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lionel Messi Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge Messi, said yesterday that his son would love to return to Barcelona this summer. The Argentina captain is considering offers after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent after two seasons with the French champions. Despite being caught on camera entering the home of Barcelona president Joan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge Messi, said yesterday that his son would love to return to Barcelona this summer. The Argentina captain is considering offers after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent after two seasons with the French champions. Despite being caught on camera entering the home of Barcelona president Joan […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/\",\"name\":\"'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":810},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"‘Messi Wants Barca Return’ –\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Lionel Messi Lionel Messi\u2019s father and agent, Jorge Messi, said yesterday that his son would love to return to Barcelona this summer. The Argentina captain is considering offers after leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent after two seasons with the French champions. Despite being caught on camera entering the home of Barcelona president Joan […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":810,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/","name":"'Messi Wants Barca Return' - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-06T17:25:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/1680694862_Lionel-Messi.jpg","width":1440,"height":810},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/06\/messi-wants-barca-return\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"‘Messi Wants Barca Return’ –"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}