It’s not every day that one of the best football players in history becomes a free agent, and Newell’s Old Boys want to take advantage of that.
The man in question is, of course, Lionel Messi, whose contract in Barcelona has now officially expired. Negotiations are underway for an extension, but there are major financial obstacles to resolve before an agreement can be reached.
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– Newells Old Boys (@Newells) July 1, 2021
As it stands now, Messi is free to join any club on the planet. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are common suspects, but Newells has taken the opportunity to throw his hat in the ring and bring Messi back to his former club.
“Hi Leo, are you there? In Argentina it’s now July 1st …” Newells wrote on Twitter along with a picture of Messi in a club shirt. “Nothing dared nothing won.”
Think.
A return to Newell has apparently not happened yet, but representatives of the Argentine side have repeatedly emphasized that they believe they will take Messi back to the club at some point in the future, and Messi himself has even flirted with the idea.
“I have the dream of being able to play for Newells in Argentina, but I do not know if it will really happen because I have a family that is ahead of my desire,” he told TyC Sports (via Goal) in 2019. dream that I have had since I was little, but I have a family, I have three children, I live in a place that has given me everything and where I am calm and can give my children a spectacular future. “
Messi spent five years with Newells between 1995 and 2000, during which it quickly became clear that he would be something special. Just watch this movie of him eight years old.
Meanwhile, Messi is expected to continue negotiating his extension with Barcelona, who are working to find a way to make everything work with La Liga’s salary cap.
Barcelona are calm all over and are happy that they will get a deal eventually, but this one may take a little longer.
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