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Barcelona president Joan Laporta says the door is always open for Lionel Messi amid a potential summer return for their former talisman.
It comes after Sergio Aguero said he believes there's a '50 per cent' chance his former Argentina teammate will re-sign for his former club.
And Laporta then admitted there is interest in bringing Messi back to the Nou Camp, if a deal can be reached.
'I have to find a way to improve Messi's current relationship with Barca', he told Marca. 'We'll see, but he knows Barca's door is always open to him.
'Messi is the best player in the history of football. He has been the most important player in the history of Barca.
Lionel Messi scored 672 goals in 778 games in a 21-year association with Barcelona
'But, I have to be very careful with what I say, because he is a PSG player, and I have to have respect that.'
Messi ended his 21-year association with Barcelona in 2021, moving to Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal amid Barca's financial difficulties.
That deal comes to end this summer, and there is growing belief that Messi won't extend his stay in Paris, meaning the World Cup winner will a free agent at the end of the season.
The 35-year-old has been heavily linked with moves to the MLS and David Beckham's Inter Miami, as well as
