[b][/b]In a wide-ranging interview with Mundo
Deportivo, Messi also confirmed Sky Sports
News’ exclusive that he has no intention of
leaving this summer
Lionel Messi admits he would love to see Neymar
return to Barcelona and says the Brazilian is willing
to apologise for his move to PSG in 2017 Lionel Messi is still longing for Neymar to return to
Barcelona and appears keen for the club to sign
him and Lautaro Martinez this summer. The Catalans attempted to re-sign Neymar last year
but could not agree a deal with Paris Saint-Germain,
and Messi believes Neymar is still thinking about a return.
Martinez, meanwhile, has made a huge impact with
Inter Milan in Serie A this season and Messi believes
he could compliment Luis Suarez well at the Nou
Camp, where the club have been short of strikers. In a wide-ranging interview with Mundo Deportivo, Messi also confirmed Sky Sports News' exclusive
that he has no intention of leaving the club this summer, and discussed his row with technical director Eric Abidal as well as Manchester City's
Champions League ban. Lionel Messi says he wants to stay at Barcelona after
his future was in doubt following a public row with
club director Eric Abidal earlier this month Messi said: "Neymar is one of the best in the world
and I'd love him to come back. He is a very happy
person who is always smiling and enjoys himself
on and off the pitch. He gave all the players a lift. "It's normal for the fans to feel [resentment about
his possible return] because of the way he left, and
that also bothered me at the time because we tried
to do everything possible to try to convince him not
to do it. "At the end of the day, we all want to win. We all
want to have the best and that goes for the fans,
who want to see good football and success. "I think Neymar really wants to come back. He's
sorry about what he did and last year he tried hard
to come back. I think that [apologising] would be
the first step he would take to try to make it
happen." Messi believes some Manchester City players could
leave the club if their two-year European ban by
UEFA is upheld After a tumultuous row with technical director Eric
Abidal caused widespread speculation that Messi
could leave this summer, Sky Sports News revealed
that he intends to stay at least until the end of his
current contract in 2021. And the Argentina star confirmed to the Spanish
newspaper on Thursday: "I've already said many
times my plan is to stay and there will never be a
problem for me in that regard for as long as the
club and the fans want me. "I've also often said I'd like to be happy and for all
of us to be happy, from the club as a whole to the
fans being pleased with the team and there being a
winning project in place, with the team in
contention to win every trophy as we've always
done here. Messi was involved in a dispute with Eric Abidal after recent performances were questioned by Barcelona's technical secretary "My aim is to stay at this club. I want to win the Champions League again and I want to keep winning the league. That's what I always aspire to
achieve."
Messi admitted he "did not know what was going
through Abidal's head" when he accused unnamed
players of not working hard enough for former
manager Ernesto Valverde, and also insisted
neither he nor the dressing room call the shots at
Barcelona. "I don't know [why I'm accused of that]," he said.
"The same thing happened with the Argentina
national team. Perhaps [it is] the fact that I've been
in the same place for such a long time and because
I'm very much part of the furniture, both here and
with the national team, explains it."