Barcelona (Spain La Liga) president Juan Laporta, who promised to recruit Lionel Messi (36, Argentina), revealed that he had a meaningful conversation with Messi.
According to Spanish media Marca on the 15th (local time), Chairman Laporta recently said in an interview with TV3, a public broadcaster in Catalonia, Spain, “I sent a message to Messi a while ago.”
“I had a very friendly and pleasant conversation with Messi. I also congratulated him on winning the World Cup,” he said. “We have a long-standing friendship.”
Laporta then predicted that Al-Ahli Saudi FC of the Saudi Arabian Professional League is interested in Messi, but Barcelona will eventually win the scout.
“Messi is the best player in the world. Any manager of any club wants to embrace him,” he said. “I fully respect the Saudi Arabian club. But Barcelona is Barcelona. Also, Barcelona is Messi’s hometown,” he said, confident in Messi’s recruitment.
At the same time, President Laporta said, “We have a deep history,” and “we have a strong sense of solidarity with the 400 million fans around the world (following Messi’s Instagram account).”
Earlier, on the 14th, President Laporta promised, “I will do everything to bring Messi back to Barcelona” right after Barcelona confirmed the La Liga 2022-23 season championship.
“We have already started preparing for the next season. We will make Barcelona stronger,” he said. “We are doing our best to comply with the financial fair play regulations. Our team will be even stronger next season.”
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