Xavi apparently planning for next season with him in the squad, as a midfielder lol. Sounds very naive. A midfielder without legs won't work, no matter how good he is on the ball.
This will be a disaster imo. No doubt he shouldn't of left the way he did but bringing him back now will only do damage to his Barca legacy. He'll be on big wages, will be guaranteed to start every match and doesn't have it in him to play more than a bit-part role at his age. Club will get an initial boost if he re-joins then it will fall off a cliff.
Best scenario: Messi goes to MLS for a few seasons, we continue the rebuild and then sign him for half a season when the new stadium is built and he retires after that.
will only do damage to his Barca legacy.
This will be a disaster imo. No doubt he shouldn't of left the way he did but bringing him back now will only do damage to his Barca legacy. He'll be on big wages, will be guaranteed to start every match and doesn't have it in him to play more than a bit-part role at his age. Club will get an initial boost if he re-joins then it will fall off a cliff.
Best scenario: Messi goes to MLS for a few seasons, we continue the rebuild and then sign him for half a season when the new stadium is built and he retires after that.
Still don't think he will come back to Barca this summer. Feels like a lot a lot of work needs to be done to get this over the line.
Plus the team will play in Montjuic next season. I don't see any point in bringing Messi if the team is not playing a Camp Nou next season.
We'll pay in 1 year what we owe for the levers just from his jersey
It will be a 10 step back regression of our rebuilt