Barcelona will reportedly have to give up two first-team players in order to bring back former captain Lionel Messi during the summer transfer window.
El Nacional claims that Jordi Alba and Raphinha will need to be sold this summer in order to make room for Messi to rejoin the Barcelona team and pay his salary.
Barcelona is moving closer to bringing the World Cup champion from Argentina back to the Catalan club.
The Blaugrana are still a few million short of the La Liga cap, so they are not quite there yet.
The report added that Alba and Raphinha would have to be sold in the summer to get within the limits.
Barcelona manager Xavi has frequently used Alba and Raphinha this season, but they are not among the players the La Liga champions deem untouchable.
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