A decision on the future of the World Cup champion will be made on either Tuesday or Wednesday, according to Lionel Messi's father.
Messi is eager to return to Barcelona after leaving Paris Saint-Germain this summer. His father, Jorge, recently met with Joan Laporta, the club's president, to plan an emotional reunion at Camp Nou.
Messi wants to return to Barcelona, and Jorge said as much after their conversation. There is hope that a deal may be reached, but the 35-year-old has also been offered a staggering contract in Saudi Arabia, which would make him the highest-paid athlete on earth.
Later, Jorge told Jijantes FC that a decision on Messi's future will be made soon because La Liga is anticipated to approve Barcelona's financial sustainability plan.
Jorge said, "This Tuesday or Wednesday, the decision will be made."
Later, Jorge acknowledged that "it is difficult" to predict Messi's team for the upcoming season and emphasized that the decision to bring him back to Barcelona completely depends on if the La Liga champions can genuinely afford to do so.
La Liga, which received a viability plan from Barcelona in an effort to get permission to make signings this summer, has prevented them from adding any additional money due to their wage cap overage.
Although 90min is aware that their transfer requests are likely to be approved soon, Barcelona still has a lot of other matters to take care of. Another top priority is to register the contracts of Ronald Araujo and Gavi, whose senior extensions are still de facto unofficial.
After a final decision regarding Messi's future has been made, Barcelona also intends to sign free agent center-back Inigo Martinez from Athletic Club and free agent captain Ilkay Gundogan from Manchester City.
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