FC Barcelona first team coach Xavi Hernandez has asked president Joan Laporta to sign Lionel Messi when his Paris Saint Germain contract expires.
Messi left his boyhood club of more than two decades last summer when Barca failed to offer him a contract extension amid strict La Liga salary cap rules.
The bombshell development eventually saw Messi switch allegiances to the Qatari-backed Ligue 1 giants, who he joined on a two-year deal set to expire on June 30, 2023.
And though it has been reported that Messi intends to honor the commitment he made to his employers in the French capital, his future beyond expiration of his current arrangement is unclear.