Lionel Messi said he will return to live in Barcelona with his family when his time at Paris St Germain was over adding that his life is at Barca.
Messi added that he would like to help the LaLiga club in the role of a technical director.
Josep Maria Bartomeu says it was a mistake for Barcelona to let Lionel Messi leave in the summer of 2021, with the former Blaugrana president claiming that he would only have allowed the Argentine to depart Camp Nou for MLS or Asia.
Messi ended a two-decade stay at FC Barcelona, where he was their record scorer with 672 goals, in the off-season he joined PSG on a free transfer on a two-year deal.
He said in an interview with Spanish Outlet Sport “What is almost confirmed … is that we are going to live in Barcelona again and that our life will be there,”
“It’s what my wife wants and what I want. I don’t know when my contract with PSG ends, but we’ll go back to Barcelona to live.
“I always said that I would love to be able to help the club … I would love to be a technical director at some point. I don’t know if it will be at FC Barcelona or not.
“If there is a possibility, I would like to contribute again because it’s the club that I love and I would love for it to continue doing well, to continue being one of the best in the world.”
Barca, who are ninth in LaLiga, sacked coach Ronald Koeman last week.
Coach Mauricio Pochettino is hopefull that Messi will be available for this week’s Champions League game at RB Leipzig, he limped off injured in PSG’s 2-1 win over champions, Lille, on Friday.