Xavi Hernández, trainer of the FC Barcelona, already takes time planning the next course. The best of the three scenarios that he contemplates has the return of Messi who, although he knows the Barcelona plan, still does not have a formal offer, so he has not made any decision. But he won't wait much longer.
"Messi will decide if he returns next week. I think he has football to continue playing at a high level, ”said coach Xavi Hernández in an interview he gave to Mundo Deportivo. "Everything is stopped", point out sources from the sports city that await LaLiga's approval of the feasibility plan presented at the end of April in order to address the matter.
Precisely on Thursday, President Joan Laporta received the president of the employers' association, Javier Tebas, at his home to eat and discuss the matter. "It went well," say club sources who hope to find out next week which economic fair play rule must be accepted to sign.
It will be then when Xavi will be able to start communicating to some footballers that he does not have them. The first meetings are expected to take place after the friendly they will play in Tokyo against Vissel Kobe on Tuesday. "We cannot take much longer," they insist. Names like Ansu Fati's are on the table. The player stated at the beginning of last month that his intention was to continue as a Barça player, in a meeting held by his representative with the club. However, his continuity at Barcelona is complicated.
Beyond signing Messi, the club insists that the priority is to register the new contracts for Gavi, Araújo, Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto and Iñaki Peña and to renew Alejandro Balde. That Jordi Alba has given up 60 percent of his last year's salary has helped a lot.
