Messi returns to Barca in early 2024

 Barca is planning to bring superstar Messi back in the January 2024 transfer window, if Inter Miami misses the MLS play-off stage.

Barcelona officials as well as coach Xavi Hernandez always yearn for Lionel Messi to contribute to the team again.

This possibility is entirely possible when the winter transfer market opens, a motivation for Barca to race for La Liga as well as the Champions League.

Barca wants to borrow Messi in January 2024

Messi made a big impression when joining American football, where he quickly wrote new pages of history for Inter Miami. However, the Argentine striker's mysterious injury prevented him from participating in the last 4 matches, counting on all fronts.

Without Messi, the team chaired by David Beckham went through a series of 4 matches without winning. The 4-1 defeat to Chicago Fire means that Inter Miami needs a miracle to extend the season beyond October 21, with the MLS play-offs. Inter Miami is ranked 14th in the MLS East region, while only 9th place or higher can enter the next round.

According to Sport, a Catalan newspaper close to Barca, president Joan Laporta and his colleagues are contacting Inter Miami about the possibility of borrowing Messi. In case he does not enter the MLS play-off round, Messi will not play for Inter Miami until early March 2024.

Many players still choose to return to Europe on loan to maintain their form. American clubs also want this, of course with the risk of injury.

Messi reluctantly left Barca in 2021 amid the club's financial crisis, despite agreeing to a 50% salary cut. Before Messi went to Inter Miami, Barca negotiated to bring him back but failed.