Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski said he would love to see Lionel Messi return to the Catalan club from Paris Saint‑Germain this summer, speaking at a charity event on Tuesday. The 35‑year‑old Argentine World Cup winner left Barça in 2021 when the club could not afford to renew his contract, and his deal with the Catalonia side expired in June. Messi’s contract with Paris Saint‑Germain will also expire this summer, and amid criticism from PSG supporters—who view him as a symbol of the club’s costly sign‑on mistakes—Barcelona are openly courting the forward.
“Messi belongs to Barça, and if he returns it would be something incredible,” Lewandowski said. “We know his place is here, in Barcelona. I don’t know what will happen, but I hope that next season we can play together.” Messi is the club’s all‑time top scorer and is widely regarded as the greatest player in football history. Barcelona fans have been chanting his name in the 10th minute—the number of his former Barça shirt—in their last two matches, including a 0‑0 draw against Girona on Monday in La Liga.
Lewandowski, the current La Liga top scorer, could not find the net for the league leaders and explained that he has been carrying an injury. “I took a blow from Real Madrid defender Éder Militao in the game against Madrid and I could not walk,” he said, referring to Barcelona’s 4‑0 thrashing by Los Blancos in the Copa del Rey last week. “On the pitch I have to play better, but that knock from Militao left my body in a bad way.”
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