The impatience and fear of thousands of Catalans who want to see what happens to Lionel Messi’s future and if the club finally manage to make the big comeback a reality has reached its peak.

Talking to Mundo Deportivo, Xavi, while o said Christophe Gaultier before their match Paris with Clermont as above messi will fight For the last time with the French champions, he stressed that the Argentine would have made up his mind by June 11 (end of next week).

“I’ve said many times that the doors are open, I’m the manager and I know he’ll help us if he decides to come, but I think we need to leave him alone for a little bit.”

The season is over there, he has a lot of respect for Paris Saint-Germain, he wants to finish in the best possible way, his contract is up and then he has every right to say where he is going and where his career will end.

Next week he will make his decision and we should leave him alone. At the end of the day, I don’t think it helps if we talk about Leo all day every day.

In the end he will decide again next week and now there are 200 cases. In the end he will decide his future and here the doors are open, there is nothing more to say.” said Xavi.

on Thursday morning, Karim Benzema He was a foot away from Real but Marca took the situation into their own hands and turned things upside down. In the afternoon he presented him with the Leyenda Prize and in the evening he claimed in an exclusive report that he would stay for another year.

Spanish media report that the 35-year-old centre-forward will sign an option to extend his current contract with the Merengues for a season and leave the Santiago Bernabeu in the summer of 2024.

Marca add that the French footballer feels his circle has not come full circle in the team and that he wants to win more collective and individual trophies.

At the same time, he is not closing the door on Saudi Arabia and Al Ittihad, which he is expected to join when he leaves Spain.

THE Karim Benzema tried to downplay the tone after apparently telling Real that he will join Al Ittihad in the summer.

The French superstar was presented with the ‘Leyenda’ by Marca on Thursday, an award given to top athletes by the Spanish media, and opened up about his future on the sidelines of the event.

“Why do I have to talk about the future? I’m with Real. The reality is different, not what is said on the internet. I’m very proud of my job. I enjoyed every moment at Real. Going to Valdebebas for training is not working. In my mind I enjoyed Real Madrid. Yesterday, today, tomorrow in training.” answered a related question.

Accepting the award, first presented by Michael Jordan in 1997, followed by Pelé, Rafa Nadal, Michael Phelps, Sergey Bubka and others, with Ronaldinho honored last months ago, the 35-year-old Frenchman responded to similar questions: “I have a game on Saturday, I’ll train tomorrow, so at the moment I’m at Real”.

However, Benzema’s cycle at the club appears to have ended after 24 trophies, 456 goals and 212 assists as Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad await him with a nine-figure two-year offer.