Barcelona have been left sweating over their pursuit of Lionel Messi in recent days. Negotiations over a return for the Argentine, who will be leaving Paris Saint-Germain as a free agent this summer, have stalled of late.
Currently, Barcelona have not been able to offer Messi a contract because LaLiga have yet to approve their viability plan, which takes the club’s transfer plans for this summer into account.
This has frustrated Messi, who is on a deadline to agree terms with Barcelona, as he also has an offer from Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal.
LaLiga President Javier Tebas has addressed Barcelona’s viability plan, as per Sport, and he has warned them over their pursuit of the 35-year-old.
“Barcelona knows the efforts they must make and the rules to follow with the viability plan. Their situation must be monitored for more than two seasons. This is where we come in. They will soon have a response to their plan. They are aware of everything.
“To sign players, others must leave and they must save what they can. They work and we supervise. This is our role.”
The situation has been a frustrated one for Barcelona and Messi, and both parties appear to be moving further and further apart of late.
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Tebas kept moving the goalposts last year until Laporta finally had to threaten to sue him to get straight answers as to what Barca needed to do to accommodate FFP.
He says Barca know what they need to do. Hopefully he’s telling the truth this time, but I’m expecting as yet “unseen hurdles”. It’s just how Tebas operates. Is it a power trip, or is he just the clown he appears to be?
His no clown mate, just realistic about Barcelona finances, you are tricking yourself if this a fault Tebas, Barcelona has themselves to blame.
The comment above is classic example of dregs that support and run the club.
Always someone elses fault.
Not suggesting at all that it’s his fault (although La Liga did approve all of Bartomeu’s extravagant spending, or he wouldn’t have been able to do it); Bartomeu is the one that presented the deals, and he and his people are ultimately responsible for nearly bankrupting the club.
What I am saying is that Tebas changed the requirements three or four times while Barca were trying to fix things last year, refused to disclose how they made their calculations, and that Laporta literally had to threaten to sue to get
accurate information so that Barca could comply with FFP. I am mistrustful of him because of his antics last time around, and I think justifiably so.