Joan Laporta's message about the continuity of Lionel Messi at Barcelona

03/08/2021 8:22 AM

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Updated 03/08/2021 8:22 AM

The new president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, assured this Monday that Leo Messi, who ends his contract with the Barça club at the end of the season, congratulated him on his electoral success and commented that with his victory "Messi has also won" so that "soon" they will have "

a quiet conversation

."

This is how Laporta commented in two radio interviews on 'Catalunya Ràdio' and 'RAC1'.

For the new president of Barcelona, ​​who returns to direct the club eleven years later, one of the great moments of the electoral day occurred when Leo Messi went to vote at the Camp Nou together with his son Thiago.

"

The photo of Messi was the best image of the day

. It is one more proof that he loves Barça and may have the meaning that he wants to continue and that he is looking forward to a proposal," ventured the president-elect.

The new Barça leader assured that "it is normal for friends to congratulate each other", but clarified that they have not yet spoken personally.

"

With him I do not need messengers

. We will make an economic and sports proposal, calmly and when the time is right," he argued.

Laporta explained that he also received messages of congratulations from other heavyweights of the squad, such as

Gerard Piqué and Jordi Alba

, and commented that he hopes to meet with the team and with the coach, Ronald Koeman, before Wednesday's Champions match with Paris Saint Germain.

Messi with his son Thiago at the Camp Nou voting in the Barcelona elections

That is one of the priorities in his busy schedule, but first of all he wants to congratulate the club employees for the work done in recent months in which there has been "some mismanagement in the club", not in vain since the end of October , Barcelona is governed by a management board after the departure of Josep Maria Bartomeu.

The inauguration is also pending, which will take place at the end of this week or at the beginning of the next, and does not rule out, depending on what the audit that will commission dictates, asking Bartomeu for explanations.

Laporta announced the arrival of Ferran Reverter (CEO of MediaMarktSaturn) to replace Óscar Grau, as well as Mateu Alemany, former general manager of Valencia and Mallorca, who will represent Barça's interests in the institutions and will support the technical secretariat.

In that position, Laporta maintains all the reserves.

He assures that he has "

all the assets of Barcelona

", but did not want to confirm the arrival of Jordi Cruyff or Xavi Hernández.

"When the time comes, we will talk. I have no commitment to anyone. With Xavi? We have spoken a lot with him in recent months," he said.

Laporta denied that Víctor Font, the second in the elections this Sunday, is going to join his management team, because he does not believe that "the unit passes as a team" and that he is clear "what must be done for the good of Barça ".

He did appreciate the image offered between the three electoral contenders, who melted into an embrace when Laporta's victory was known.

"You can always tell me what you think, because we are united by the feeling of belonging to Barça," said Laporta, who will travel to Paris on Tuesday to witness the Champions League match in which will be his first commitment as president-elect.

"The moment is very difficult, but we have to go to Paris to compete; and in the League, Barcelona does not have transitional seasons, we are second and there is a League," he insisted.

With information from EFE.

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