Lionel Messi has refused to return to Barcelona due to the ‘difficulty’ of his time at Paris Saint-Germain, according to president Joan Laporta.
FC Barcelona tried to bring Messi back to the club after he announced his intention to leave PSG. However, Laporta says his disappointing spell in France – where he was whistled by fans after a suspension for traveling to Saudi Arabia – deterred him from returning to Camp Nou.
The FC Barcelona president said in an interview with Mundo Deportivo: The player wanted it, the father wanted it, but the rhythms are different. We didn’t want what happened last time.
Too much pressure in Paris
“He told us that he decided to join Inter Miami because he had spent very difficult seasons in Paris, where he was under a lot of pressure, whereas in Miami he would be calmer and could think to the national team and that, although he wanted to come to Barça, he didn’t want to spend another year like this”.
“It’s understandable and we’re working on a big tribute to Messi that Barca should do,” thus revealed the strongman of the Blaugrana.
