Barcelona boss Xavi Hernandez has admitted that whereas Lionel Messi is the very best participant ever to play soccer, a transfer for the Argentine stays inconceivable as of proper now.
Talking earlier within the month, Barca President Joan Laporta revealed {that a} transfer for the world-class ahead, who was pressured out of Barcelona final summer time, may very well be on the playing cards sooner or later.
“I might hope that the Messi chapter isn’t over. I feel it’s our duty to attempt to … discover a second to repair that chapter, which remains to be open and hasn’t closed, so it seems prefer it ought to have, and that it has a extra lovely ending”, he told ESPN.
VALENCIA, SPAIN – APRIL 16: Lionel Messi (L) and Xavi Hernandez of Barcelona react after Actual Madrid scored their opening aim in the course of the Copa del Rey Remaining between Actual Madrid and Barcelona at Estadio Mestalla on April 16, 2014 in Valencia, Spain. (Picture by Denis Doyle/Getty Pictures)
Xavi guidelines out the transfer… for now
Messi, now at PSG, is below contract till 2023 with the French champions, and the Parisians are reportedly eager to increase the deal past that. Quizzed about the way forward for his former teammate, Xavi was fast to level this out.
“He has a contract and it’s inconceivable proper now,” the Barcelona boss said. “Messi is the very best footballer on this planet and in historical past. President Laporta already stated that Messi’s story with Barça just isn’t over, however now just isn’t the time to speak about it.”
The Argentinian might nicely have unfinished enterprise on the Camp Nou, along with his 776 appearances thus far having yielded 670 targets and an extra 302 assists, alongside numerous memorable moments.
Ought to he get the possibility to return, it may very well be a transfer that fits all events.