The former president of Barcelona and strive again for Barça’s presidency, Joan Laportabelieves there is time to “make a convincing proposal” Leo Messi and prevent a possible departure of the Argentinian star.
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“He said he will wait until the end of the season and that will give us time to make a convincing proposal,” Laporta said in an interview published by the newspaper last Saturday. Brand.
Laporta in this way referred to Messi’s statements in an interview with the star communicator Jordi Évole on the Spanish network The sixth last December 27.
The former Barça president said it was “positive” that Messi, who terminated his contract in June and has been free to negotiate with other clubs since Friday, had not yet taken anything for granted.
“I have nothing clear. Today I am focused on how the season will end, then I will decide. The most important thing is to try to take titles,” the Barça captain said in the interview.
“And I have an advantage, with Leo I have credibility. He always tells me that everything I promised him has been fulfilled. He knows that if I give my word I will comply,” he assured Marca Laporta, who owns the club chaired between 2003 and 2010 and under whose Messi debuted and began to grow at Barça.
– Future plans –
When some of his opponents in the January 24 elections refer to names like Xavi Hernandez O Erling HaalandLaporta is more puzzling.
“I have my own sports project. I am shaking three names for the technical secretariat. I will not fall into the trap of giving names; it is not that I want to run, it is that the price of the player is going up and ours is going up. who plays in that position falls, ”he explains. .
“All the agents call me. I know them all and they want me to be president again, but I tell them I’m not talking about players or coaches now,” added Laporta.
True to his provocative style, the man who hung a huge banner with his image next to the stadium Santiago Bernabeu of the Real Madrid Under the motto “want to see it again”, he believes video referees favor the eternal rival merengue.
“When a Martian comes to Earth and the TRUE“I would quickly say he is from Madrid,” said Laporta, who believes the Barça has lost influence.
“He’s lost a lot of specific weight in the Federation, League, UEFA, FIFA and in all organisms that control football, ”he added.
“Barça must regain credibility. It must be present to intervene in decision-making that affects football in general,” concluded Laporta.