The meeting comes a few days after Messi opted for the offer from Al Hilal or Barça
The leader of Saudi Arabia says that with Messi they would complete the leap in quality they took with Cristiano
The president of Barça, Joan Laporta traveled to Saudi Arabia on Monday to fulfill some commitments related to the Barcelona club.
Laporta, who will be back in Barcelona this afternoon and will attend the event organized by the club to honor Sergio Busquets, has held several meetings in ryad.
One of them, as explained by the journalist Achraf Ben Ayad, has been with the President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
The meeting took place at a time when Leo Messi is about to decide if he returns to Barça next season or accepts the multi-million dollar offer he has from al hilal from Saudi Arabia.
Joan Laporta, with the president of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation
Do you want me to go to Saudi Arabia?
Precisely the top leader of soccer in Saudi Arabia has not hidden today in an interview in his country that they would like Messi to bet on them. “I would love to see Messi in our league, he would complete the great leap we took with the arrival of Cristiano“.
All this occurs a few days before Messi decides where he will play next season and while from Barcelona they have chosen to put pressure on the Argentine saying that everything depends on him.