Spanish second-division broadside Eldense accidental Argentina large Lionel Messi has reached a "preliminary agreement" to go the club's bulk shareholder.
Eldense volition go the 2nd Spanish nine Messi has invested in, having bought Catalan broadside Cornella successful April.
The 39-year-old erstwhile Barcelona guardant presently plays for Inter Miami and precocious retired from planetary shot aft Argentina were beaten 1-0 by Spain successful the 2026 World Cup final.
Eldense said: "A preliminary statement has been reached with Lionel Messi for the acquisition of the shares presently owned by Grupo TH Soluciones, which would marque him the club's bulk shareholder.
"The transaction is presently taxable to the completion of the remaining ineligible and contractual procedures, including the owed diligence process, arsenic good arsenic the required authorisation from the Spanish National Sports Council (CSD)."
The club, based successful Alicante, person 2 points from 4 games this play and, sitting 20th successful La Liga 2, parted ways with caput manager Claudio Barragan earlier this week.
Cornella are successful the 5th tier of Spanish shot and successful April said Messi's ownership "reinforces his adjacent ties to Barcelona and his committedness to the improvement of athletics and section endowment successful Catalonia".
BBC Sport has approached Messi for comment.
He near Argentina for Spain erstwhile helium was 13 and made his first-team debut for Barcelona aged 17 successful October 2004.
He went connected to people a nine grounds 672 goals successful 778 games earlier helium near for French nine Paris St-Germain successful 2021 anterior to joining Major League Soccer broadside Inter Miami successful the United States successful 2023.
Messi's erstwhile Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Saudi Pro League broadside Al-Nassr, bought a 25% involvement successful Spanish broadside Almeria successful February.
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