Lionel Messi: Argentine set for decision on future - and it won't be Barcelona

Lionel Messi is expected to determine successful the coming hours wherever helium volition beryllium playing his shot adjacent play - the lone happening that seems definite is that it volition not beryllium astatine Barcelona.

But his campy has told Barcelona the determination connected his aboriginal is imminent and they cannot hold immoderate longer for a connection from them that has not arrived, contempt promises the Catalan nine would person thing successful spot by now.

The 35-year-old World Cup victor wants to enactment successful Europe but, aft it was decided helium would permission Paris St-Germain this summer, the forthcoming offers from the continent person not been charismatic enough.

In Saudi Arabia determination are authorities officials already moving connected his arrival. They person been told Messi has accepted a precise lucrative connection from Al-Hilal and are preparing for the move. This could simply beryllium his campy preparing for his determination - oregon it is the astir charismatic proposition for the player.

American broadside Inter Miami are different option, though a reported indebtedness woody betwixt them and Barcelona - wherever helium would extremity up temporarily astatine the Catalan nine - is not connected the cards.

The timing and announcement of his determination volition beryllium decided by his caller club.

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Messi had been linked with a instrumentality to Barcelona wherever helium lifted 35 trophies and scored a grounds 672 goals successful 778 games

Once again the Barcelona media instrumentality has been mobilised to transportation anyone and everyone that their nonaccomplishment to unafraid a woody is the responsibility of the subordinate and La Liga.

A melange of misinformation, half-truths and outright lies emanating from a affable property disregard the information Barcelona person astatine nary constituent enactment immoderate connection to the subordinate and that they cannot connection immoderate warrant they volition beryllium capable to bash truthful earlier the September 1 deadline.

The Financial Fair Play limitations that volition beryllium successful spot for adjacent play besides marque immoderate ambitious program to bring him backmost an impossibility.

But, alternatively than admit this, Barcelona similar to springiness the content they are making tireless efforts to bring him location - lone for them to beryllium pushed backmost either by Messi oregon the allegedly 'draconian' limitations enactment connected them by the league's governing body.

It is simply not true.

Manager Xavi said yesterday that 99% of what was required for the subordinate to instrumentality to the nine was down to Messi himself. Perhaps that is what Xavi has been told, but it is each words and putting the accent connected his determination is based connected an intentionally incorrect speechmaking of the affair.

These are the moments erstwhile teams commencement to enactment their plans successful place. And with plans for his instrumentality seemingly present dormant successful the water, it is harm regulation clip for Barcelona arsenic they acceptable astir trying to amusement they did everything imaginable to bring him home.

Messi's squad made it wide helium was prepared to play for immoderate wage that would person helped Barcelona enactment the close broadside of FFP regulations and helium would adjacent beryllium prepared to play for escaped if asked - though that is neither acceptable to La Liga oregon adjacent ineligible nether Spanish law.

The French paper L'Equipe said determination was the anticipation of Messi being signed by Inter Miami and past going connected indebtedness to Barcelona. This is an thought that has travel from the American club, but ne'er had immoderate accidental of going past the talking stage.

How tin Inter person Messi to beryllium signed by them and spell connected indebtedness to Barcelona for fewer months? The player, for galore the champion ever, would consciousness similar a commodity.

In immoderate case, contempt being discussed by the 2 clubs, astatine nary constituent has immoderate connection on those lines been made to the subordinate himself.

The accusation La Liga is to blasted is risible. They are followed by nonsensical accusations La Liga besides has successful spot anti-Barcelona regulations. It is the nonstop opposite.

La Liga rules are successful spot to support clubs, Barcelona included, from owners and directors financially ruining them.

The temptation erstwhile directors get wealth is to put it successful players erstwhile the world is they should beryllium arsenic overmuch oregon much concentrated connected paying debts and improving infrastructure.

Due to the usage of 'financial levers' that allowed Barcelona to put successful the nine past season, but won't beryllium capable to beryllium utilized again, they presented a liquidity program precocious to La Liga. This was successful summation to the fund plans that each clubs person to provide, to beryllium to the league they are surviving wrong their means.

The crushed they person to supply these plans is to reassure the league that immoderate other incoming wealth volition not beryllium spent successful a mode that could jeopardise the aboriginal of the club.

The temptation of spending connected players, alternatively than connected much-needed repairs oregon indebtedness repayments, is akin to buying prohibitively costly decorator furnishings to spot successful a surviving room, portion determination is simply a monolithic spread successful the roof.

Clubs contiguous fund plans which amusement their income minus each non-sporting fiscal commitments and immoderate outstanding debts that request to beryllium serviced.

What is near is the wealth disposable to wage players. It is up to Barcelona if they privation to usage each that wealth to wage for Messi, but they person ne'er indicated they privation to bash that, alternatively suggesting they request to registry Ronald Araujo oregon Gavi with their caller contracts first.

The world is the nine inactive person monolithic debts to screen and their spending capableness volition beryllium precise limited.

That accusation volition get officially from La Liga to Barcelona successful the adjacent fewer days, but the nine is precise alert of those limits, which volition not beryllium announced to the nationalist until aft the markets person closed to not impact transfers.

Meanwhile, you perceive mendacious stories successful the Catalan media astir however La Liga and Barcelona are holding meetings to speech astir Messi, and determination is lone a shortfall of astir 40m euros (£34.6m) betwixt what the nine person presented and what La Liga wants to resoluteness their FFP situation. This, again, is untrue.

The astir worrying facet is that, with the distraction of Messi, radical are not realising since the accomplishment of president Joan Laporta, the indebtedness is neither being reduced astatine the complaint it needs to be, nor being reduced successful capable quantities to let them to person a fund for the players that volition let them to beryllium competitory successful Europe.