Recently, former Barcelona coach Xavi , in an interview with Brazilian legendary star Romario, again talked about his attempt to promote Messi's return to Barcelona.
In Romario's "RomarioTV" program, when asked if he had tried to bring Messi back to Barcelona during his coaching tenure, Xavi gave an affirmative answer. He said: "Yes, I tried, I really tried, but it didn't work out in the end. We talked for five months, everything was ready, but in the end the president (Laporta) said no."
The president Xavi mentioned is Barcelona club president Laporta. This also means that the negotiations surrounding Messi's return were close to completion, but were ultimately called off at the club management level.
In fact, Xavi had previously revealed in an interview with the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that Messi was once very close to returning to Barcelona, but was ultimately rejected by the club.
After leaving Barcelona in 2021, Messi joined Paris Saint-Germain, and then transferred to Inter Miami. And the rumors about his return to Barcelona have always been one of the hot topics in football in the past few years.