Barcelona are getting closer to reaching a deal with Lionel Messi over a return from PSG.

That's according Okdiario's football chief Eduardo Inda, when speaking on El Chiringuito.

He declared: "They tell me, a person close to Leo Messi, who has spoken with (Barca president) Laporta. The first thing Laporta has done is apologise. They are talking, let's see if it is financially possible."

Inda is referring to the way Messi left Barca two years ago and the way he was treated by Laporta.

He continued, "I think Messi has accepted the apology, he is a good guy. Laporta would have raised the possibility of signing 3 years for Barça, two permanent and one optional and they tell me about 10 million (euros) net per season.

"The arrival of Messi, I already said, would mean the departure of (Robert) Lewandowski because he wants to play 9. In addition, he has requested the arrival of a world champion with Argentina, a teammate, and I mean Rodrigo de Paul (of Atletico Madrid)."