Not Barça, the European club that wants Lionel Messi if he doesn't renew at PSG.

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Letting Lionel Messi go after a glittering 14-year career is being seen as a historical mistake in football circles and while his next destination is yet to be determined, several suitors have been coming out of the woodwork. Among them is his old employer FC Barcelona who fell out of the Champions League just this week but Pep Guardiola's already overpowered Manchester City is also said to also be in the race.

Despite moving on from the player, Barca would be shocked to see Messi still making waves in European football. On Wednesday against Maccabi Haifa, he registered two goals and two assists to lead his team to victory. The performance was worthy of a 9.9 rating just .1 behind Kylian Mbappe on stats aggregator Sofascore. For Guardiola who gave La Pulga his senior team debut, this isn't anything new and he may be keen on rekindling the partnership

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Pep and Messi are the perfect pair

When he graduated from Barca B coach to the senior team, Guardiola effectively changed the guard and made Messi the focal point of his attack, and with the new talisman won he treble of the Champions League, La Liga, and Copa Del Rey. In that first season alone he scored 38 of the record 100 goals scored by the attacking trio which included Thierry Henry and Samuel Etoo.