The current president of the Barcelona football club Joan Laporta insisted that the exit of the Argentine Lionel Messi was the best for Barca, as the club was on the verge of financial ruin.
What did Laporta say about Lionel Messi?
League heavyweights were desperate to keep the Argentine player on their books as Lionel’s previous contract expired, but financial difficulties at the Camp Nou made a renewal impossible. Lionel Messi announced an emotional farewell to his boyhood club ahead of his departure to join PSG in France. Joan insists that he acted in the best interests of the club at the time, otherwise Barca would have been in financial ruin.
The Barça president told reporters that he had to put Barcelona ahead of the best player in football history. According to Joan Laporta, in those moments of financial ruin, he could not keep him. Joan thinks it was the best thing for the club. Right now Lionel Messi player Paris Saint Germain and Laporta prefers not to talk about him.
They are focused on Barça. According to him, Messi will always be part of their shield and he would like him to have a different ending than him. The Spaniard says that there are several options, but it would be wrong if he said them. They have a relationship.
What will happen after this?
Joan has previously expressed a desire to bring the Argentine back to the Camp Nou – although he admitted that this is unlikely as financial constraints continue to hit the club. Barcelona have already activated several financial levers to make several additions to the squad last summer, including star strikers Raphinha and Lewandowski. Indeed, at this stage, it seems extremely unlikely that a move for Lionel will happen anytime soon.
The Catalan club will act on Sunday in the playoff against Atlético Madrid, while the Argentine is expected to face Angers on January 12 after Galtier revealed he would miss the Coupe de France clash against Chateauroux.
The Argentina captain thanked PSG players and supporters for the warm welcome Lionel Messi received on the back of his World Cup triumph.
How was everything?
Lionel Messi ditched French dreams at Qatar 2022 when he helped bring down France in an epic final meeting that ended 3-3 after 120 entralling minutes and required a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. The Argentine forward have returned to France after a long break amid their heroic efforts in the Middle East and have received a guard of honor on their return to training with the Ligue 1 title holders.
Lionel Messi thanks everyone
Lionel’s IG post says that he thanks his colleagues and all the people of the club for the welcome they gave him. According to Lionel Messi, they are back and look forward to continuing to achieve this season’s goals, now with Paris Saint-Germain.
A little about the topic
Without an absent Lionel or a suspended Neymar to call on, Paris Saint-Germain suffered their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season last going down 3-1 away to Lens and will be back in action on Friday – without Hakimi or Mbappe. how they take in well-earned breaks – when facing Chateauroux in the last 64 Coupes de France.