Saquon Barkley doesn’t have to turn to social media, like Micah Parsons, or to a radio show, like Jerry Jones, to woo Odell Beckham Jr. to rejoin the Giants instead of going to the rival Cowboys.

He could’ve whispered it in his close friend’s ear when he attended Beckham’s 30th birthday party in Los Angeles during the Giants’ bye week. Or Barkley could slip it into one of their many weekly private conversations now that the NFL sweepstakes for signing the free-agent receiver are heating up and a reunion with the surprising Giants looks much more appealing than it did before their surprise 6-2 start.

“There’s not really a sales pitch: It’s New York. It’s the Giants,” Barkley said. “He has familiar faces within this facility and in this locker room. Personally, I think it would be a great story to come back to a place where you were at before and continue to help build success, and come here with the right mindset and be a leader and be the type of player he can be for this team.”

Von Miller — who won a Super Bowl ring with Beckham last season as the two finishing pieces added to the Rams — has publicly courted Beckham to join him on the Bills. But the chatter over the last week has centered around the Cowboys: Jones said Beckham “could look pretty good” with the star logo on his helmet; Parsons, the stud linebacker, wrote at Beckham on Twitter “man obj talk to me!! @obj let’s do this sh–!!!”; longtime running back Ezekiel Elliott left no doubt when he told local reporters, “We want him. We want OBJ.”

Beckham is still rehabbing from a torn ACL he suffered during the Super Bowl. He has suffered at least one significant injury in four of his last five seasons, altering the Hall of Fame track he once was on with the Giants from 2014-18.

“When he’s healthy, one of the best players in this league,” Barkley said, reacting to seeing Parsons’ tweet, “so why wouldn’t anybody want him on their team?”

How can Barkley make sure the Giants are heard?

“I don’t have to tweet at him,” he said with a telling smirk.

Of course, any big-play receiver would make Barkley’s life easier. Barkley has accounted for about 35 percent of the Giants’ yards from scrimmage this season and has faced eight or more defenders in the box on 22 percent of his rushes. The Giants likely will get back Kenny Golladay this week, but the big-money disappointment has only two catches for 22 yards in four games this season.

“I take the mindset that I have to be the best player I can be for this team, and it might sound arrogant or overconfident, but I want that,” Barkley said. “I want to be the guy that teams want to stop. You have to take pride in that, especially as a running back — or the type of running back I think I am.”

Beckham created a stir by visiting Barkley and fellow buddy Sterling Shepard at the Giants’ facility last month. That he was welcomed and willing to enter signaled a thawing of the bad blood from the messy divorce in 2019, when then-general manager Dave Gettleman said he didn’t plan to trade Beckham after he signed him to a five-year, $90 million contract extension — only to turn around and deal him to the Browns.

“He knows how I feel, he knows how we feel in this locker room,” Barkley said. “He’s a heck of a player. I’m more just focused on him continuing to attack his rehab … and the man himself getting ready. He’s a special player and still has a lot left in the tank.”

The biggest obstacle to signing Beckham could be the same one that got in the way during offseason free agency and at the trade deadline: a lack of salary-cap space.

The Giants are $3.1 million under the cap, according to NFL Players Association records, but likely will have to restructure a contract to create more space just to operate the rest of the season, even without a major addition. If Beckham is willing to accept a minimum salary for the rest of this season in exchange for more guaranteed money on a multi-year deal that gives his family stability, negotiations could get interesting.

“Whatever decision he makes, it’s deeper than football,” Barkley said. “I just want the best for him. I could see him in any jersey. Obviously I would love to see him back in the New York Giants’, but that’s up to him. I just hope for a healthy rehab, and when he comes back, show the world that he’s still Odell.”