BARCELONA' INSANE SQUAD for 2023_24 season with LIONEL MESSI 😱

Lionel Messi is in no hurry to plan a new contract with PSG. What seemed to be an already settled matter, unexpectedly dragged on and on, giving rise to many rumors about the future of the main star of world football. Among the many different career options, namely, return to his boyhood club, Argentina's Newell's Old Boys, a move to Saudi Arabia under a cosmic contract A long-awaited trip to the MLS, where Inch Miami and David Beckham are waiting for a Leo. A transfer to Manchester City, led by no other than Pep Guardiola. We have chosen the most intriguing and captivating option available. A romantic return to Barcelona, where Xavi has already brought almost complete order. He has already won his first trophy as Barca coach. He's leading the team to their first La Liga trophy since the 2018-19 campaign and has the opportunity to lift at least two more cups above his head. The Copa del Rey and the Europa League. Xavi often says that he is happy with the team's roster, but who in their right mind would refuse Leo Messi? Especially if the Argentine himself considers Barcelona the club of his life and could possibly return to Camp Nou as a free agent. For a manager like Xavi, Messi's role as a joker must be something of a gift of fate, a tool for future success in the Champions League. So how would Barcelona look like with Leo Messi in the 2023-24 season? Let's take a look. Firstly, hit the like button under this video. Thus, more Barca and Messi fans will watch the video. Make a call to Lionel in the comments below. Come back to Barca-Leo. Maybe the Argentine legend or one of his children will also see this video. Be touched by your support and then Messi will 100% decide to pack his bags back to Camp Nou. With all that said, let's get started. Barcelona must make a titanic effort in order to bring Leo Messi back to Camp Nou. The first and key factor is the improvement of the relationship between Laporte and the club's icon. It's no secret to anyone that after Lapuga got shockingly departed in the summer of 2021, the relationship between the president and the player became disastrous. Leo and his entourage directly accused Joan of using Messi's name to win elections and return to power in Barca. Since then, Laporte and Lionel have never met or talked on the phone ever again. At the moment, only the Blaugrana president is showing a desire to reunite, though when a dialogue finally takes place, no doubt it'll be a very tough one. The second factor is to fit Messi into La Liga's merciless financial fair play, enforced by Javier Tabas, who hates Barca and is fanatical about Real Madrid. Here, Barca may face many issues. In particular, according to Sportes, it's currently known that Barcelona must reduce the salary fund by 200 million euros in order to fit into the FFP rules for the next season. How to enter Messi's contract under such strict conditions, which, relatively speaking, will not exceed the salary cap set within the Catalan side itself, 10 to 15 million euros. There are several solutions to ponder upon, and main one being the proper use of the profit received from players who are just a foot away from leaving Barca. For instance, Pique, Depay and Bellerin are no longer representing the club. Already 54 and a half million savings. Next in line, apparently, are the old-timers Busquets and Jordi Alba. Sergio's contract is coming to an end, so he plans to travel to the MLS, while the management have been open to part ways with Jordi since last summer, because of Balda's progress and Marcos Alonso can be used as substitute. In total, savings amount up to 112 million euros. By the way, the club's sales will also be taken into account. Now the biggest candidates for exit are the following footballers. Jordi Alba, Franck Hussier, Ferran Torres, Rafinha and Ansu Fati. Dest, Langley, Trincao, Nico, Abde, Collado and Antiti are supposed to return from loan. The club's objective will be to sell most, if not all of these players for an amount not less than 70 to 80 million euros. Therefore, the level of 200 million euros could be met. Let's immediately agree that in our take of the events of summer 2023, Ferran and Rafinha will be on their way out from Barca as individuals who did not live up to all the management's hopes, but on whom you can still make a little money. Barcelona are considering to trigger yet another financial lever. The sale of part of Barca TV rights, which may most likely result in more necessary funding for the new season. Let's not forget about the potential new sponsors, whose attention will be drawn to the club once again upon Messi's arrival. His marketing factor is actually the main financial lever that should allow Barca to register the Argentine's contract. According to various media reports, PSG have earned from 700 million to 1 billion euros just on Lionel's move. Consequently, do some math and think whether Barca still have a chance to resign Messi. In our opinion, the matter is laid out in the most comprehensible way. After the crazy transfer summer of 2022, Barca have both throwed the team well, and therefore, given the complexity of La Liga's FFP, the management will focus on acquiring free agents. The number one free agent should be, of course, Lionel Messi. Xavi sees the defensive midfielder as potentially the most problematic position for the 2023-24 season, as there are only two options to pick, Frenkie de Jong and Nico Gonzalez. Neither of which are perfect, so Xavi is in search of a performer familiar with the role. It could be Ilkay Gündoğan from Man City and N'Golo Kanté from Chelsea. The contracts of both are soon to expire. We think the coach will go for the German. Ilkay can fit right in Barca's plans due to the stylistic similarities between the Cotlands and Man City. Since one of the wingers will definitely quit Barca, there is definitely a need to acquire someone as a replacement. Luckily, the option with Wilfried Zaha looks promising. The Englishman, whose deal with Crystal Palace is expiring too, will accept the role of an important substitute player. Perhaps Barcelona will be keeping tabs on only three moves of Messi, Gündoğan and Zaha. Nevertheless, the lineup would look like this. Ter Stegen and Peña will take the goalkeeper spot. Koundé, Araujo, Roberto and Balde are available as right-backs. Koundé, Araujo, Christensen, Garcia, Alonso in the center of defense, Balde, Alonso and Roberto on the left. In the defensive midfielder zone, we will be seeing Frenkie, Niko and Gündoğan. At the same time, Gavi, Pedri, Frenkie, Niko, Gündoğan, Pablo, Tore and even Messi could be playing in the center of midfield. Messi, Dembele and Zaha can end up on the right wing, with Dembele, Ansu, Zaha and Gavi on the left. Lewandowski, Messi, Dembele or Ansu could be taking center forwards duties. As for the names expected for a promotion to the first team, the following youngsters are to be welcomed soon. 19-year-old Chadi Riyad is considered a very promising center back and Xavi is impressed with his capabilities. La Masia super-talent Lamin Yamal, who will turn 16 in July, and 18-year-old Lucas Ramon can get their chance at right wing. Especially the latter, who is already called the new Messi for having many similarities between his and the girls' performances. At last, Xavi has a trick up his sleeve for the center forward position. Meet 18-year-old Ángel Alarcón, who is already participating in the first team's training sessions and sometimes is even included in the lineup for matches. So, as we can see, there will be enough alternatives for Xavi to try out, and with Messi's presence in the team, Barca's playstyle could get even more interesting towns. Needless to say, Xavi is always thinking up options for the possible return of Messi, aimed to easily fit the new version of Lionel into the style of play of his roster. The Argentine has been lined up for a variety of roles. Right winger, false right winger, center forward, false 9, second striker, central attacking midfielder and central midfielder. Messi would successfully deliver any task from Xavi would equal success. Barcelona, in fact, are already prepared for Messi's comeback in terms of tactics. Xavi sticks to a hybrid formation, in which the main feature lies in the team's transformation during different phases of the game, offensive and defensive. Defensively, Barca switch to 4-4-2, where the whole squad works in defense, with Gavi and Dembele occupying key positions of When attacking, Barca turn to 3-5-2, Koundé operates as the third center back, Dembele goes up to the right wing, Valde takes the left one and anyone from the Frenkie-Pedro-Gavi trio can go up front in the center and join forces with Lewandowski. Basically, it could be worth a try for Barca to fit Messi into the same formation, where he is most likely to become the most destabilizing element in Blaugrana's attacking line. The mentioned role is now masterfully performed by Gavi, but Leo can do even better job, we are 200% sure of that. How do we expect to see when talking about Barca's starting lineup for the 2023-24 campaign? Have a look. Ter Stegen, Koundé, Araujo, Christensen, Valde, Frenkie, Pedro-Gavi, Messi, Lewandowski, Dembele. How do you like it? We think that such a powerful team will finally be capable of competing for victory in the Champions League. Guys, how many goal contributive actions do you think the potential attacking trio of Messi, Lewandowski, Dembele could bring in a single season? Share your thoughts in the comments. Folks, subscribe to Football Club as this is a place of high-quality football journalism. Don't forget to press like and write any comments so that this video will be watched by as many Barca and Messi fans as possible. Take care and see you next time.