Barcelona Meet With La Liga Officials to Discuss Lionel Messi Transfer Plans

• La Liga and Barcelona officials have met to discuss a potential way of bringing Lionel Messi back to Spain
• Barcelona are determined to reunite with the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner this summer
• Paris Saint-Germain are no longer prioritising a contract renewal for Messi amid transfer interest from Barcelona

Barcelona are doing everything possible to ensure Lionel Messi returns to Camp Nou next season after recently meeting with La Liga officials.

Messi has been heavily linked with a return to the Catalan giants this summer after talks over a contract renewal with Paris Saint-Germain stalled.

According to Football Espana, Barcelona Director of Football Mateu Alemany and Treasurer Ferran Olive met with Corporate General Director Javier Gomez and General Executive Director Oscar Mayo from La Liga to discuss the Messi deal in a restaurant in Madrid.

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Alemany described the meeting with La Liga, which lasted over one hour and 30 minutes as informal on his way out of the restaurant.

Messi whose two-year contract with PSG is set to expire in the summer, intensified rumours of his return to Barcelona after spending last weekend in the city with former teammates Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.

PSG planning to convince Messi to stay

Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain are not giving up in their bid to retain the services of Lionel Messi despite the Argentine’s contract being set to expire at the end of the season, Barca Universal reports.

The Argentine has expressed dissatisfaction with PSG's sporting project and the club's lack of ambition after another underwhelming season with the Ligue 1 giants.

According to reports, Messi's father had been lobbying for a raise in salary due to the player's success at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, PSG insists that the attacker agrees to the same terms he signed in 2021.

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Fans urge Messi to return to Barcelona

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Lionel Messi’s recent trip to Barcelona has got some of the club’s fans extremely excited, with some calling for the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner to return to Camp Nou.

Recently, Barcelona fans have been chanting Messi’s name in their home games as a plea for the Argentine superstar to return to the club where he spent 17 successful seasons.

Some Barcelona fans have been recorded at the airport, passionately pleading for Messi to dump Paris Saint-Germain and make his fairy-tale return to Spain.