Soccer-Lewandowski hopes to play with Messi next season

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - LaLiga - FC Barcelona v Girona - Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain - April 10, 2023 FC Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski during the match REUTERS/Albert Gea

(Reuters) - Lionel Messi belongs at Barcelona, striker Robert Lewandowski said as he held out hope on Tuesday that Argentina's World Cup winning captain would return to the LaLiga club.

Lewandowski, who attended a presentation of the 18th edition of the Sport Solidarity Stories book, a fundraising event for the Lovaas Foundation, said he wanted to link up in attack with Messi, currently at Paris St Germain, next season.