Joan Laporta has never ruled out the return of the Argentine star, but episodes like yesterday’s make it almost impossible
The words of Matías Messi fell very badly in the club: it seems that the wound may take time to heal
The president of Barça, Joan Laporta, has had several dreams in recent months. One, as he himself has publicly explained, is to win this League. Another, as he has confessed to his closest friends, is the return of Leo Messi to FC Barcelona. The first is on the way to being fulfilled, as the team led by Xavi Hernández is the solid leader in the League with eight points ahead of Real Madrid. The second seems difficult to fulfill. It already was before yesterday because PSG, Messi’s current team, is advancing in an agreement to renew the Argentine. After the words of Matías Messi, the player’s brother, yesterday, it seems that Laporta’s dream will remain just that, a dream.
Matthias’s words
The words that Matías Messi said yesterday on his son’s Twitch ‘Labajada10’ fell like a bomb on Barça. Leo’s brother was forceful with the possibility of Messi returning to Barcelona. “I have a SPORT clipping on the wall that says ‘Messi should go back to Barcelona’. I subtitled: Ha ha ha ha. We are not going back to Barcelona and if we do return we are going to do a cleaning. Among others, throwing out Joan Laporta, ungrateful, with everything Messi gave Barcelona & rdquor ;, said Matías, who followed his intervention by talking about the greatness of Barça: “For me Barcelona began to be known because of Messi, before Madrid was better known. Anyone who has the opportunity to travel to Barcelona and enters the Barcelona Museum sees that the Barcelona Museum is Messi”.
The brother of the Argentine attacker considered that “The Spanish are traitors & rdquor; because he believes that they did not support Messi when he could not renew his contract with Barça. “People should have gone out to march for Laporta to leave and Messi to stay. My mother told Lionel once: ‘They’re going to pay you like Ronaldinho& rdquor;, continued Matías, who also had some inconsiderate words for Pedri and Gavi when they asked him about them: “Pedri or Gavi? I don’t like either of them and if I have to choose one I’ll go with Gavi. He is somewhat rebellious, he fights with everyone, although at any moment he leaves you with one less & rdquor ;.
Matías Messi’s words felt very bad at the club, although the player’s entourage wanted to make it clear that it is a personal opinion and that the rest of the family, including Lionel, need not feel the same way.
At Barça they were surprised and angry and more than one would have liked the player to speak on the matter. There was no reaction, although there will be one today, since the president, Joan Laporta, will offer a press conference starting at noon in which he will discuss all current issues, also the dream return of Messi to Barça that now seems almost impossible.
The president’s motives
There are several reasons that have led Laporta to dream of Messi’s return next summer. The first, to be able to close the wound that opened in August 2021, when the Argentine had to leave the club of his life in tears after having agreed to continue with it. The financial Fair Play of LaLiga and Barça’s resignation from the contract with CVC were to blame. The relationship between Laporta and Messi was touched at that time and it is an issue that still does a lot of damage to the Blaugrana president. His intention has always been to fix it and He has always believed that the best thing would be the return of the Argentine so that he could put on the shirt with the ’10’ again and retire from the blaugrana, as had always been his wish. For this, there have been contacts between both parties through third parties, but from what happened yesterday it seems that the wound may take time to heal.
Laporta also believes that Messi is still the best footballer in the world after the great performance he offered at the World Cup in Qatar. The president of Barça believes that the Argentine, after winning the only title he was missing, can still offer a few more years of good football and what better than he could do it as a blaugrana. Laporta also thinks that the return of the Argentine could be a good claim for a season that is going to be difficult for the club with the transfer to Montjuïc. There are studies that indicate that many subscribers want to request a leave of absence. The bleeding could stop with Messi dressing again as a blaugrana.
And they know at Barça that Messi is an inexhaustible source of income. There are studies in the club on the benefits of returning it. They are very positive because many more sponsors always arrive with the Argentine and the club is in a moment of financial need. That has been Laporta’s dream for months, but If it was already difficult for it to be fulfilled due to PSG’s offer and LaLiga’s financial Fair Play, it seems more complicated since yesterday.