How can Barcelona re-sign Lionel Messi?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 12 April 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Barcelona writer Pol Ballus and PSG writer Peter Rutzler to debate the possibility of Lionel Messi returning to Barcelona two years on from leaving.
The panel assess how the La Liga side could afford a move for their former star, his relationship with the PSG supporters having been booed in recent home matches, while his name has been chanted at Camp Nou.
Plus, what commercial impact could it have on PSG if he were to leave and if not Barcelona what other options are open to Messi?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.8 | After nearly two years away, could Barcelona really bring Lionel Messi back this summer? |
| 0:12.1 | It's political, it always is with Barcelona, it's also complicated, but it's also very real. |
| 0:18.6 | I'm Mark Chapman, this is the Athletic Football podcast. I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:32.4 | They strongly believe that Leonel Messi in that department is still the number one player |
| 0:36.7 | in the world. So they really want him back. |
| 0:41.3 | This feeling of we owe something to Messi is inside the club, inside the board and inside a lot of fans. |
| 0:47.3 | Good day. |
| 0:48.3 | A lot of the hour that not said I was in Puebla. When you get up by the When you get the constant background noise of, |
| 1:03.0 | Is he going back to Barcelona? |
| 1:05.0 | Could you go back to Barcelona? |
| 1:07.0 | Does he want to be in Barcelona? |
| 1:08.0 | It's very difficult for him necessarily to have that affinity with the supporters. |
| 1:13.6 | Barcelona is kind of playing with a lot of narrative, with the narrative of Messi being |
| 1:20.1 | built in Paris and being cheered at the Camus. |
| 1:22.6 | Messi! |
| 1:23.6 | Messi! |
| 1:24.6 | Messi! |
| 1:25.6 | Messi! and the narrative of La Liga having the possibility to bring back its biggest jewel ever. |
| 1:38.3 | So joining us for this one on whether Leonel Messi could be heading back to Barcelona this summer and whether he |
| 1:45.8 | should. We have the Athletics Barcelona writer Paul Ballas as well as our PSG writer Peter |
| 1:51.6 | Rutzler. So your piece, Paul, that you've written for The Athletic on Wednesday, starts with the |
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