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EDUARD ROMEU SPEAKS CLEARLY

Barça's vice president confirms that Messi's return is just a rumor

Published:10/10/2023 - 23:57h

Updated:10/10/2023 - 23:58h

The economic vice president of FC Barcelona, ​​Eduard Romeu, spoke with the Catalan press about the club's plans for the winter market. According to the culé manager, the possibility of signing Leo Messi in January is just a rumor

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The elimination of the Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer (MLS) reactivated the rumours in the Catalan and international press on the possible return of Leo Messi to the FC Barcelona in the wintry market. The '10' will not go back to play by something important until finals of February, when it initiate a new season of the MLS, but financially the operation is unfeasible for a Barça still in problems with the 'Fair Play' financial.

In this regard, the economic vice-president of the Barça, Eduard Romeu, was cutting when referring to the options of the club to bring of return to 'The Flea'. "We want to homenajear to Messi when the circumstances give it. It deserves it to him and are wishing that it arrive. The rest are speculations of which do not speak", affirmed the director culé. Messi could go out yielded of the Inter in January, but for now neither his club neither the player contemplate this possibility.

To the Barça do not give him the accounts for fichar to Leo Messi

Although the Barça and Leo could negotiate an agreement by a low wage, LaLiga would compute the operation with a mount chord to the index card of the player, as it has done with Joao Félix. Although the Barça only pays 400.000 euros to the luso, the patronal calculates his whole wage in 4 million euros. After the signings of Félix and Cancel, the limit salarial culé remained in 270 'kilos'. For January, the club expects to have ingresado the €40m of the sale of a percentage of Barça Studios that did not satisfy the German bottom Free, with which will be possible to manage at least a reinforcement.

In this regard, Eduard Romeu ensured that the priority of the club keeps on being to recess the mass salarial to the standards that asks UEFA. Have the difficulty added to have sections, but go to arrive to the 492 millions. We came of 676 with the majority of exercises above the 600. Besides, we have been able of revalorizar the teams. They are younger and more competitive, with a lot of players with more value of market", said in a talk with 'SPORT'.

The signing of Vitor Roque, the only contemplated for January

On the wintry market, the economic vice-president of the Barça cleared that, for now, Vitor Roque keeps on being priority pair even market in which they do not expect big movements. "We have to generate 'Fair Play' sufficient and, as we always have said, will do the possible and the impossible for pleasing to Xavi, as we have done to date. We are not suspicious to not to fulfil it", sentenced Romeu.

Besides, it added: "we will see how evolve all this. Have two windows, a possible in January and another in June. It goes to depend on the technical part. As always, we will do all the impossible for pleasing to the technician, that is the one who commands in this". For Xavi, the ideal is to have the Brazilian from January, considering the problems by injuries that has had the staff in the last weeks.

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