After losing the Champions League quarter-final with Real Madrid, Messi was booed by Parisian fans in Ligue 1, and the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner barely stood out in Paris, not only failing to lead the team forward as a big brother, but also failing to contribute when the team encountered difficulties. With a high salary and not contributing, is this not an obvious failure to work?
However, according to barca reporters, messi may have the idea of returning to Barcelona at this moment. Just the other day, Messi's father contacted Barca to discuss the possibility of Messi's return.
For the current owner of Paris, this is another worse news, after all, the management of Paris is now too chaotic, and the problem of insufficient background of upstarts and local tycoons is fully explored.
In contrast, as a veteran giant with a certain background, Barca can be willing to talk to Messi's father, which means to some extent that they are looking forward to the return of this player, and the chaotic situation of the Red and Blues is also worrying.
Although several forward reinforcements were signed in the winter window through different ways such as loan exemption, and Barca quickly returned to the top four by relying on their performance, these patchwork mercenaries are actually not exactly in line with Barca's team building idea, and signing them is only to ensure the results of the current season. So, if messi is really re-signed, will it be a good thing for Barca?
First of all, if Messi can return, it can indeed be seamlessly integrated into Harvey's new version of the tiki-taka passing tactics, but relatively speaking, Messi has the disadvantage of not running and not participating in defense, is Harvey going to hold the 34-year-old veteran to the core position to build tactics around him?
This is obviously an unrealistic choice, Messi did not play anything against Real Madrid, precisely because not only did he have no way to complete the breakthrough or shoot, but even the most basic defense failed to help. Messi's rapid decline in physical fitness has greatly affected his offensive ability, and at this time, the problem of not defending that was previously covered up will be exposed.
It can be said that today's Messi is really really difficult to have a direct contribution in attack and defense, the only remaining value is only the midfield rely on the footwork of the foot to pass the ball, with such a player as the core, is Xavi stupid or Barca stupid?
For Barca, the biggest attraction of re-signing Messi is only the commercial value that the player can provide, after all, who does not know that Barça is short of money? Purely for the sake of business, I have once again considered the players who swept the floor and sent them out, so what is the difference between Barca and the local tycoons in Paris?