{"id":1876774,"date":"2026-04-11T01:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876774"},"modified":"2026-04-11T01:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:21:56","slug":"lionel-messis-return-to-fc-barcelona-addressed-by-sporting-director-deco-many-untrue-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1876774","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi&#8217;s return to FC Barcelona addressed by sporting director Deco: &#8220;Many untrue things&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/fa1dd4507c0e767ec885316976a14af5\/crop\/0x0\/1999&#215;1330\/resize\/1200\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"ue-c-article\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__header\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__main-column\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__header \">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__header-content ue-l-article--expand-right-full-from-tablet ue-l-article--expand-right-half-from-desktop\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker-group\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker-container\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__kicker\">Barcelona<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 id=\"H1_js_69d99a27e2704eec578b4574\" class=\"ue-c-article__headline js-headline js-headlineb\">Lionel Messi&#8217;s return to FC Barcelona addressed by sporting director Deco: &#8220;Many untrue things&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article__standfirst\">Messi hasn&#8217;t pleaded to return to Barca, but he has said he would like to come back at some point in is life &#8211; but no one knows when.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__body\" data-section=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"ue-l-article__main-column ue-l-article--minimum-content-from-tablet\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-phablet ue-l-article--expand-left-full-from-tablet ue-c-article__media--main-media\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet has-image\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1010px) 660px, (min-width: 980px) calc(100vw - 330px), (min-width: 740px) calc(100vw - 310px), 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/663ebfd2163628104d250764055b4d78\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/360\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 360w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/6cfd009512357502e01bf4f4c2fc2552\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/375\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 375w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/013c333f266cb353199cba8e385c8f94\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/414\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 414w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/2de430ed8d41bcd9923cf9c0d74adde8\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/660\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 660w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/c25e60b821ae8df99395b032c3374d05\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/720\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 720w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/dfbc33109a01810488ed893c3a50b47d\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/750\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 750w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/6290d720a358279bc36d7e1d4db10c44\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/828\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 828w,https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/d380553852312f05d1a24152c091024c\/crop\/0x0\/1999x1330\/resize\/1320\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg 1320w\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption-inner\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\" data-ue-description>Lionel Messi and Deco were teammates for four seasons at Barcelona in the mid-2000s.<\/span><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-source\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-agency\" data-ue-distributor>LAPRESSE<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__bar ue-c-article__bar--horizontal-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__bar-body\">\n<ul class=\"ue-c-article__byline ue-l-article--grow-from-desktop\" aria-label=\"Redaccin:\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__byline-item\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__byline-name\">MATIAS WODNER<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__publishdate\" aria-label=\"Fecha de publicacin\"><time datetime=\"2026-04-11T01:22:00Z\"><br \/>\n10\/04\/2026<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\n20:22<br \/>\n<abbr title=\"Central Daylight Time\">CDT<\/abbr><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__bar-secondary ue-u-hide-until-tablet ue-l-article--leftcol-width-from-tablet ue-l-article--float-left-from-tablet-no-margin ue-l-article--move-to-leftcol-from-tablet ue-u-sticky-top-80\">\n<ul class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools  ue-c-article__share-tools--direction-column js_socialMedia\" aria-label=\"Compartir artculo en Redes Sociales\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools-item ue-c-article__share-tools-item--facebook\"><span class=\"hidden-content\">Compartir en Facebook<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools-item ue-c-article__share-tools-item--twitter\"><span class=\"hidden-content\">Compartir en Twitter<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools-item ue-c-article__share-tools-item--telegram\"><span class=\"hidden-content\">Compartir en Telegram<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools-item ue-c-article__share-tools-item--whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden-content\">Compartir en Whatsapp<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__share-tools-item ue-c-article__share-tools-item--email\"><span class=\"hidden-content\">Enviar por email<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles ue-l-article--width-1of2-from-mobile ue-l-article--width-1of3-from-desktop ue-l-article--float-right-from-mobile  ue-c-article__subtitles--boxed\" aria-label=\"Contenido relacionado\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-item\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-kicker\"><br \/>\nSoccer.<br \/>\n<\/span>Argentina loses powerhouse status as World Cup favorites list has them outside of Top 5<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-item\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__subtitles-kicker\"><br \/>\nSoccer.<br \/>\n<\/span>Why Lamine Yamal is upset with Spain fans and refused to celebrate in farewell friendly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__body\">\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">T<\/span>here wasn&#8217;t a better love story in the world of club soccer than <strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> and <strong>FC Barcelona<\/strong>. The club that took the Argentinian kid in was rewarded tenfold by Messi turning into arguably the best player of all-time, leading to <strong>countless trophies for him and the club<\/strong>. But then it ended in a way no one wanted it to.<\/p>\n<p>With the election of <strong>Joan Laporta<\/strong> to the presidency, his focus was on rebuilding the club. That left Messi with no room, or at least that&#8217;s what Laporta claimed. <strong>Messi left to PSG, then settled at Inter Miami<\/strong>. Meanwhile, <strong>Barcelona began building with an incredibly talented youth movement<\/strong>. Now, both Messi and Barcelona are thriving without each other.<\/p>\n<p>That hasn&#8217;t stopped Barca fans from wanting to see Messi sport Blaugrana colors once again. There have been rumors for a couple of years now that <strong>Messi wants to go back at some point, but no one is quite sure if that means as a player or once his playing career is over<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Deco splashes cold water on Leo Messi&#8217;s return to Barcelona<\/h2>\n<p><strong>If Messi wants to play there before he retires, though, he hasn&#8217;t made that clear to the current Barcelona front office<\/strong>. Sporting director <strong>Deco<\/strong>, who was Messi&#8217;s teammate at the club in the mid-2000s, recently spoke about the possibility of Messi&#8217;s return. He made it clear that <strong>Messi has never contacted the club to discuss a potential return<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote\">\n<p>That scenario of a return &#8211; at least since I&#8217;ve been here &#8211; was never put on the table. <strong>Neither Messi nor anyone in his inner circle called to say: &#8216;I want to come back; I want to play.&#8217;<\/strong> There were a lot of rumors-a lot of things that were untrue. Talking about these things with a player as great as Leo is somewhat absurd if there is nothing concrete. As a player, he is in good form. He went to Inter &#8211; he made that decision &#8211; and things fell into place; he is surely happy there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__blockquote-author\">Deco, Sporting Director for FC Barcelona<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans will have to keep waiting to see Messi back at the renovated <strong>Camp Nou<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"taboola-art-mid-script\" data-ue-is-premium=\"false\" data-ue-is-basic=\"true\" data-ue-is-mobile=\"false\" data-ue-language=\"en\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__tags-container\">\n<ul class=\"ue-c-article__tags\" aria-label=\"Etiquetado como:\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__tags-item\">Soccer<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__tags-item\">Barcelona &#8211; English<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__tags-item\">LaLiga &#8211; English<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__tags-item\">Lionel Messi &#8211; English<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-article__tags-item\">Matias Wodner &#8211; English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__related-news\" aria-label=\"Artculos relacionados\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-item\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-kicker\">Barcelona<\/span>FC Barcelona refuse to accept Atletico Madrid loss: &#8220;Unfathomable refereeing decisions&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-item\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-kicker\">LaLiga<\/span>Lamine Yamal receives call from Vinicius Jr to join forces against racism\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-item\"><span class=\"ue-c-article__related-news-kicker\">Barcelona<\/span>Hansi Flick stands by Lamine Yamal after outburst: &#8220;I&#8217;ll always protect him&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ue-c-popular-links ue-c-popular-links--closed js-featured-links\">\n<ul class=\"list ue-c-popular-links__list hidden-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nSoccer News\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nMan City News\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nLiga MX news\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nLiga MX scores\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nPremier League news\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nPremier League scores\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nChampions League scores\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nPremier League Winners\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nMbappe News\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nReal Madrid News\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ue-c-popular-links__list-item\">\nBarcelona News\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/barcelona\/2026\/04\/11\/69d99a27e2704eec578b4574.html&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/phantom.estaticos-marca.com\/fa1dd4507c0e767ec885316976a14af5\/crop\/0x0\/1999&#215;1330\/resize\/1200\/f\/webp\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/04\/11\/17758685266103.jpg&#8221;] Barcelona Lionel Messi&#8217;s return to FC Barcelona addressed by sporting director Deco: &#8220;Many untrue things&#8221; Messi hasn&#8217;t pleaded to return to Barca, but he has said he would like to come back at some point in is life &#8211; but no one knows when. 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