{"id":12310,"date":"2023-04-01T11:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T05:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=294385"},"modified":"2023-04-01T11:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T05:31:47","slug":"barcelona-vice-president-rafa-yuste-confirms-lionel-messis-contact-and-wants-him-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/barcelona-vice-president-rafa-yuste-confirms-lionel-messis-contact-and-wants-him-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona vice-president Rafa Yuste confirms Lionel Messi\u2019s contact and wants him back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"bc834301-5631-4243-b900-ab6ea12ec6f9\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Two years after Lionel Messi left for Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona vice president Rafa Yuste confirmed the club wishes to resign him. Messi, who led Argentina to World Cup glory in December, will see his current contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired. There are also talks of an extension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"85afcece-73e8-478f-804f-c9e456cf71f4\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been in contact with Leo Messi\u2019s camp. Leo knows how much we appreciate him, and I\u2019d love him to return. \u201cMessi loves Bar\u00e7a and the city, so we hope to find the right conditions to continue his history here.\u201d Barcelona vice president Yuste said, per Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bar\u00e7a vice president Rafa Yuste: \u201cWe\u2019ve been in contact with Leo Messi\u2019s camp. Leo knows how much we appreciate him and I\u2019d love for him to come back\u201d \ud83d\udd35\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure Messi loves Bar\u00e7a and the city, so we hope to find the right conditions to continue his history here\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUOqNUlQLs\">pic.twitter.com\/bUOqNUlQLs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1641749572367048704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"dd72084d-c93c-4bfb-80cf-770cd7c2c1b1\">In 2021, the 35-year-old left Barcelona under controversial circumstances, ending his association with the club due to his departure. As Messi\u2019s close friend Xavi is now the man in charge of the club, the club has moved quickly to bring him back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"fc472a74-e4fa-4682-9db5-94fb6ae2795c\">Messi reportedly earns \u00a3 740,000 a week, and PSG is reluctant to renew his contract, with potential Financial Fair Play punishments looming for them. PSG faces a hefty wage bill because of star players such as Neymar and Kylian Mabppe on its books. With Messi already past his peak, the decision of PSG and Messi to move on is a good one. Barcelona fans can also be delighted by a comeback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pb-2\" data-private=\"redact\" data-wt-guid=\"d44653d8-44a1-42d2-afbb-636bc478546b\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi reportedly earns \u00a3 740,000 a week at PSG. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":34689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[238,1825,568],"class_list":["post-12310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-lional-messi","tag-paris-saint-germain"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}