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Joan Laporta and Lionel Messi

LAPORTA DETAILED WHAT HAPPENED IN JUNE

Barça defines the date of the tribute to Leo Messi and the options for his return

Published:11/07/2023 - 23:10h

Updated:11/07/2023 - 23:10h

Joan Laporta revealed details of the failed operation for the return of Leo Messi. According to the president, the negotiation had the 'ok' of LaLiga, but it was not possible to define deadlines that convinced the Rosario

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The fallido return of Leo Messi has marked the summer for the FC Barcelona. Although the club has attained to add several reinforcements that ilusionan to the fans, the form in which it banished the possibility to see to 'The Flea' again in the Barça left a lot of doubts on what so feasible was the operation for the club. In this regard, Joan Laporta detailed as it handled the negotiation with Jorge Messi and the reasons of the '10' to choose to the Inter Miami like his new team.

"Had the permission of LaLiga so that it fit the agreement of Leo. It was something that was spoken with Jorge and was all clear-cut. The player wanted to, the father also, but the rhythms are distinct. We did not want that it happened us the of the again and said them that when had Fair Play warned them. Then it happened a time, was all the agreed agreement, but Jorge wanted to come to speak with me and said us that it had decided by the Inter Miami because it had happened some very hard seasons in Paris", explained Laporta in a talk with 'Sportive World'.

The reasons of Messi to leave to the Inter Miami

In this sense, the Barcelona president ensured that, for Leo, the priority was to leave to a club where had tranquility. "In spite of having wanted to come to the Barça, happen another year like this did not want to it. It is comprehensible and us emplazamos to work a super homage to Messi that the Barça has to do. The relations are correct. We have not gone on speaking", it cleared.

However, the mandator resolved the controversy manifesting his good wishes to 'The Flea'. "We wish him that it go him well in Miami and the Barça is his house. It is a relation that finish when it was to Paris, restarted without attaining what wanted both parts and now is correct". Leo will begin to train with the Inter the next week, just when the Barça land in American floor for his turns of pre-season.

The homage to Leo and the options to see him again in the Barça

On the expected homage to Leo Messi, Laporta cleared that the idea of the club is to make it when the Barça return to the Spotify Camp Nou in 2024. "Somebody said me to do his homage the day of the 125 anniversary and would be very well a reunion with all those that have done big the Barça in these 125 years", commented the mandator. Besides, it referred to the options to see again to the '10' with the Barcelona T-shirt.

"I see it more complicated and it would be necessary to ask it to him. This time had the idea to come, we wanted that it came, going on down Xavi, the directive and by me. It has not given . Leo takes care a lot, has an exceptional talent and could surrender always because it always is determinant as it saw in the World-wide, but do not go to wet me", puntualizó Laporta.