(Barcelona) Polish striker Robert Lewandowski said at a charity event on Tuesday that he “hopes to play” with Argentine star Paris Saint-Germain and ex-Barca star Lionel Messi next season in Catalonia.
“Messi belongs to Barca, and if he comes back it would be something incredible,” Lewandowski said on Tuesday.
“We know that his place is here, in Barcelona. I don’t know what will happen, but I hope that next season we can play together,” added the Polish goleador.
The 35-year-old striker, fresh from the world champion with Argentina in December in Qatar, left Barça in August 2021 because the club no longer had the financial capacity to extend his contract. His engagement with PSG will end on June 30.
And while Parisian fans have been whistling for Messi for several games, the Blaugrana club reaches out to him: Wednesday, during the clasico lost 4-0 to Real Madrid in the King’s Cup semi-final second leg, and Monday evening, for the 28e day of La Liga against Girona (0-0), Camp Nou has each time chanted “Messi, Messi! in the tenth minute, the player’s former number during his Barcelona years.
“Messi is the best player in history. The respect we have for him in our house is indisputable. We do what we have to do, Messi does what he has to do. What will happen in the future, you never know, “said Mateu Alemany, director of the football department of the Blaugrana club, at the microphone of Spanish television before the kick-off of the clasico, Wednesday evening.
For his first season in Catalonia, Lewandowski is currently the top scorer for FC Barcelona this season, and the top scorer in the Spanish championship.
Lionel Messi, who had played his entire professional career at Barca before leaving in the summer of 2021, is still the top scorer in club history.