BREAKING: Relief for Barca fans as Barcelona finally move to retain Lionel Messi at Camp Nou

Argentina captain Lionel Messi had on his emotional farewell press conference on Sunday confirmed his shock departure from Camp Nou after 21 remarkable years amid tears as he pointed out his desires to have loved to remain with the Catalan giants.

And with the unfortunate turn of events with the Blaugrana, Messi who since the start of July became a free agent was reported to have agreed to take a massive pay-cut to remain at the club, but Barca pulled the plug at the eleventh hour citing La Liga’s strict wage restrictions as the reason

Meanwhile, Ligue 1 giant Paris Saint-Germain had been believed to have swiftly moved into action to secure their dream transfer of the six-time Ballon d’Or Award winner to Le Parc de Princes with the hope to announce his arrival on a two-year deal as soon as possible.

But interestingly for Barca fans, latest report reaching National Daily from Catalan radio show La Porteria claims that Barcelona fans could still retain their pleasure of having their talismanic captain remain at Camp Nou.

According to the report, it is believed Barcelona hierarchy had made an attempt to reach out to Messi’s camp late last night in what seem like a twist in the entire saga.

It was reported that Barcelona’s CEO, Ferran Reverter, spoke with Messi’s father, Jorge, to make ‘one final offer’ – though it seems highly unlikely that they will be able to agree a deal that fits within La Liga wage restrictions.

The situation at Barcelona is such in a pitiable condition because even if Messi agreed to play for free, the club would still exceed the salary cap and therefore need to offload a host of players in order to free up space to keep their talisman at the club.

It has become worst for Barca that despite making it available for the sale of most of their highest earners like Philippe Coutinho, Antoine Griezmann, Samuel Umtiti and Ousmane Dembele, the Catalan giants have received little to no interest for them thus making them unable to shift their enormous salaries.

However, PSG are still believed to be extremely confident of signing the 34-year-old Messi who is still at his home in Catalunya as of Tuesday morning despite his former club’s late intervention.