“I couldn’t retain Lionel Messi, we were broke”, the revelation of Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona

Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, ​​justified the fact of not having been able to retain the Argentine star Lionel Messi, currently a PSG player from France.

The owner of the Catalan team slipped into the program Qué T’hi Jugues from SER Catalunya that Messi’s environment ensured that there was no contact with the player.

To which he replied: “Yes, Messi and I have a relationship.” In addition, he revealed that the Argentine is no longer owed anything: “Everything is liquidated.” Then he qualified: “All agreed.” Thus, he left the door open for the amounts to still be paid.

Later, the leader did not want to go any further: “Because then missiles come to me from everywhere…”. And he tried to explain the goodbye again, justifying it in the bankruptcy of Barça: “I had to put the institution ahead of the best player in the history of football.”

“In those moments of economic ruin in which we were…, it makes me sad not to be able to maintain it. But we were in financial ruin, ”he added.

Laporta insisted that he does not have a bad relationship with the now world champion with Argentina.

“I prefer not to talk about Messi, as he is a PSG player, and you have to respect me because otherwise there are missiles coming from all sides. What is certain is that Messi will form part of the club and what I would like is for him to have a different ending from the one he is going to have. There are several options, but if I talk about them… But yes, we are related. No money is owed, it’s all settled. Agreed, ”he concluded. (D)