We Can’t Financially Afford For Barcelona To Re-Sign Lionel Messi In 2023 – Barcelona Vice-President

We Can’t Financially Afford For Barcelona To Re-Sign Lionel Messi In 2023 – Barcelona Vice-President

Lionel Messi’s spectacular return to Barcelona next summer is financially “feasible,” according to Barcelona vice president of economics Eduard Romeu.

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Due to financial difficulties at the Catalan giants, Messi left Barcelona last summer and joined PSG. However, his deal with the Ligue 1 team is set to end in 2023.

After the World Cup in Qatar, the Argentine forward is anticipated to decide on his future, and Romeu has stated that Barcelona could afford to bring Messi back to the Nou Camp.

‘It would be possible financially because if he returned it would be as a free agent,’ Romeu told El Mati de Catalunya Radio.

‘But it’s a decision which has to be made by the coaching staff and the player. It doesn’t correspond to me [to make those decisions], but it would be viable. Although I don’t have it in the budget.

We Can’t Financially Afford For Barcelona To Re-Sign Lionel Messi In 2023 – Barcelona Vice-President

‘He is an icon of the club. This will always be his home, but it will be a technical decision [if he returns].’

Despite his comments on potentially re-signing Messi, Romeu has admitted that Barcelona is still two years away from being in a healthy financial position.

‘We have saved Barça, but we still haven’t resolved it. We don’t have it healthy; it involves a lot of austerities, a lot of rigor and there is a lot of work to do,’ he added.

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‘In the 2024/25 season, we will be at the level that corresponds to us.’

Romeu has refused to talk down Barcelona’s chances of landing Messi, but the 35-year-old playmaker recently stated that he is ‘enjoying’ himself in Paris, hinting that he could extend his stay in the French capital.

We Can’t Financially Afford For Barcelona To Re-Sign Lionel Messi In 2023 – Barcelona Vice-President

‘I feel good, different from last year and I knew it was going to be like that,’ Messi told reporters.

‘Last year, as I’ve already said, I had a bad time, I never finished finding myself but this year is different. I’ve arrived with a different head, more accommodated to the club, to the dressing room, to the game, to my teammates.

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‘The truth is I feel very good and I’m enjoying myself again.’

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