{"id":4021,"date":"2026-10-30T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/no-talks-on-messis-return-to-argentinas-boyhood-club-report\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T08:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:45:45","slug":"no-talks-on-messis-return-to-argentinas-boyhood-club-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/no-talks-on-messis-return-to-argentinas-boyhood-club-report\/","title":{"rendered":"No talks on Messi\u2019s return to Argentina&#8217;s boyhood club &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"66.698473282443\">\n<p>There are currently no negotiations for Lionel Messi to return to his boyhood club, Newell\u2019s Old Boys, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to transfer journalist, Fabrizio Romano, on X on Friday, Messi is very happy at Inter Miami, and so is his family.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine star intends to fulfill his current contract, which runs until at least the end of 2028.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no negotiations taking place for Lionel Messi\u2019s return to Newell\u2019s Old Boys despite reports. Messi is very happy at Inter Miami, same for his family. Leo wants to fulfill his current deal until 2028, at least, could be even longer, to be evaluated later on,\u201d Romano posted<\/p>\n<p>A longer stay remains possible and will be evaluated later. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speculation in Argentine media has grown over the past day, with some reports claiming Messi has never been closer to a move back to Rosario, potentially as early as January 2027.\n<\/p>\n<p>Newell\u2019s have long expressed interest in bringing the club\u2019s most famous youth product home for a spell toward the end of his career.<\/p>\n<p>However, those reports appear to have overstated the situation. Messi remains fully focused on Inter Miami, where he has settled successfully since joining in 2023 and recently extended his stay through 2028.\n<\/p>\n<p>While a future return to Newell\u2019s cannot be completely ruled out later in his career, there are no active talks at present.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b7c3dfd2d2d3dec3d8c5f7c7c2d9d4dfd9d099d4d8da\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"9beff3fefefff2eff4e9dbebeef5f8f3f5fcb5f8f4f6\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently no negotiations for Lionel Messi to return to his boyhood club, Newell\u2019s Old Boys, despite recent reports suggesting otherwise. According to transfer journalist, Fabrizio Romano, on X&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}