During an interview for the show The sequencethe president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta returned to the departure of Lionel Messi to PSG in the summer of 2021. The president of FC Barcelona, who had suggested during his electoral campaign to extend the Argentinian’s contract “around a barbecue”described this situation as “deplorable” and expressed his desire to turn the page on this episode after Mundo Deportivo.
Laporta insisted on the strong bond between Messi and the club: “Leo gave so much to Barça, and Barça to Leo. I hope we see each other again”. The Catalan president thus displays his desire to re-establish a peaceful relationship with the emblematic player, while emphasizing the importance of Messi in the recent history of the club. The player always said that the Catalan club was his home and that he would come back to work at the club.
