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The world of football has been paralyzed by the celebration of the World Cup in Qatar that starts Next November 20 at 5:00 p.m. Spanish time with the opening match that will be Qatar against Ecuador and will be played until December 2, with four daily matches. From here, the spiral of hypotheses about the winter market will skyrocket and even the future of many stars will be outlined for 2023.
Lionel Messi finally seems to have found his place at PSG and shows a very high level 20 days before the World Cup in Qatar. Paris. However, the Argentine has a good chance of leaving Paris and everything indicates that he could join Inter Miami on a free transfer when his contract ends with Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2023.
Between Miami and Barcelona
According to The Athleticthe Inter Miami expect the 35-year-old to join the club in the coming months despite the fact that a final agreement has not been reached and talks will not resume until after the World Cup. According to the aforementioned information, the MLS franchise, which is co-owner of former England captain David Beckham, has reached an advanced stage in negotiations with Messi. For this reason, they now expect him to arrive from the World Cup and sign for the club in the coming months
However, in Barcelona they do not rule out the return of the Argentine as the final touch to his career and ensure that FC Barcelona’s plan to facilitate his return is still underway.
With Gerard Piqué on the squad, this plan was totally unfeasible. And it is that the Argentine neither forgets nor forgives. At least for now. Leo Messi is very hurt with Gerard Piqué since the day he found out that the defender recommended to Joan Laporta, president of Barça, that he not renew his contract to solve the club’s problems with financial fair play. The bad relationship between the two is an open secret in Barcelona and Messi had not flatly refused to share a new dressing room with the Barça captain. Proof of this is the absolute silence of the Argentine after the announcement of the withdrawal of the Blaugrana captain.
But now, with the defender out of the equation, the Catalan media report that the Argentine would have another requirement to plan his return. As reported The Nationalthe departure of Gerard Piqué is not enough for Messi and He has requested the continuity of Jordi Alba.
The return of the Argentine It is one of Joan Laporta’s goals for next summer. He feels that he is in doubt with the player because of the way he left and wants to reverse the situation by giving him the chance to hang up his boots at the Spotify Camp Nou, in front of the Barca fans.
The continuity of Jordi Alba
The problem is that to close his return, the board will have to abide by several conditions. The first one is face his high salary and the second comply with what he asks for in relation to the staff. With Gerard gone, the key would now be in the continuity of Jordi Alba, one of the discards of the directive who was planned to be released in the next winter transfer market.
The Catalan winger was one of the protagonists on the last day of the transfer market for the FC Barcelona, where he was able to go on loan to Inter Milan. A negotiation that the player did not like at all and did not hesitate to explode against Laporta days later. “I like to go face to face and that they go face to face. In this world of football nothing surprises me anymore”he said bluntly.
And to this is added a run-in with Xavi – leaked a few weeks ago – which ended with a lapidary phrase that clearly summarizes the disagreement. The last party of the Barça 2021/22 was a friendly in Australia. Xavi Hernández and most of the squad flew by charter to Sydney for more than 10 hours. The trip, counting the time difference, took almost a whole day. A considerable effort —for 90 minutes of football against a selection of stars from the oceanic country— that aroused criticism from the squad. Among those most upset with the obligation to be part of the expedition was Jordi Alba, one of the two captains who took the plane (Piqué and Sergi Roberto were injured). The Catalan winger did not hesitate to complain about the friendly to his teammates, some of whom were youngsters from the subsidiary. “He asked why he had to make that trip and Xavi’s answer was very clear: “To pay for contracts like yours”, according to what they leaked to the newspaper We buy from the culé changing room.
The situation would have to change a lot for the club to accept Alba’s continuity, which is why, today, it seems more likely that Both could share a dressing room in Miami, since the winger would also have received an offer from Beckham’s team.
