Barcelona manager Lionel Messi may be trying to satisfy captain Lionel Messi by providing him with the money necessary to bring Neymar back to the squad, according to a French press report.

Griezmann, 28, moved to Barca at the last summer Mercato from Atletico Madrid in a deal that cost the Spanish champions more than $ 130 million.

According to press reports that Messi wanted Neymar to return to Barcelona instead of the Griezmann deal, and supported the "dry" treatment of the Argentine star of the player who won the World Cup France 2018.

The French website Le 10 Sport pointed to Griezmann's disappointing start with the already struggling team, scoring three goals in his first eight games with Barcelona, ​​and the strained relationship with Messi could boost the Catalan club's willingness to sell him to fund the restoration of Neymar, who is close to Messi. - From Paris St Germain, which is expected to hit a record.