Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said on Monday that he has spoken to his former teammate, Lionel Messi, about a return to the Blaugrana and has told club president Joan Laporta that he wants the superstar back.
"With the relationship I have with him, I think I have been very clear. The door is open for him here," Xavi told Diario Sport (h/t ESPN's Sam Marsden and Moises Llorens). "It depends on his personal decision."
"In terms of what I am in charge of, the football side of things, there are no doubts that if Messi comes back he is going to help us," he added.