After Messi and Saudi giants Riyadh Crescent broke out the signing rumors, Barca also felt great pressure. After all, Messi is their primary target for signing in the summer, and in order for Messi's return to bring commercial value, the team also needs to maintain a close relationship with Messi.
So at present, Barca also made an offer to Messi, but this offer is quite insincere. The contract offered by Barca this time is only 15 million euros, and then the commercial share will provide Messi with a big concession. But the total revenue is actually less than 25 million euros. You must know that Messi in Greater Paris, even if the basic salary is more than 30 million euros a year.
Therefore, Messi's return this time is equivalent to cutting his salary by half, and the contract offered by Barca is only 1 year short. But Messi is clearly looking forward to a long-term contract so he can end his life at Barca. So Barca's offer this time is really quite perfunctory, obviously just to let Messi know that the team is interested in you. But your return to Barca requires your own salary cuts and concessions.
And there is also a rather dangerous thing at present, that is, Messi's team and Xavi's side have turned their faces. Argentine national team journalist Gastón Edul reported: "The Messi team very much does not understand why Xavi said in public that Messi's return depends on Messi's attitude. This is completely unilaterally putting Messi under pressure in this regard. In fact, whether Messi can return to Barca depends on the operation of La Liga and the team."
Messi's team is still quite unhappy with Xavi's direct public dumping, and realizes that Barca is likely to end up dumping the responsibility for not signing Messi on Messi himself. So it seems that Messi's return to Barca is really not the player's own attitude, which can solve the problem.