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  1. Aug 6, 2021 · Barcelona trying to keep Lionel Messi could have put the club at risk for 50 years, says president Joan Laporta. Messi, 34, is leaving because they could not afford to give him a new contract ...

  2. Mar 7, 2021 · Joan Laporta won easily in a vote of Barcelona’s membership and made clear that keeping Lionel Messi at the club was a priority. But serious financial issues could complicate his plans.

  3. May 15, 2023 · FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed that he has been in direct contact with Lionel Messi regarding a possible second stint at the club. Messi famously left Barca in tears in 2021 when ...

  4. Aug 6, 2021 · Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said negotiations to keep Lionel Messi at the club are over and that he does not want to generate "false hope" that the situation could be fixed.. Barca ...

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  5. May 15, 2023 · After spending 21 years with the club after moving from the Newell's Old Boys academy to Barcelona's academy in 2000, Laporta played into the sentimental value that a Messi return could offer.

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  7. Aug 6, 2021 · Its motto is “More than a club,” a theme that bullish Barcelona President Joan Laporta riffed on at a media conference on Friday as he insisted that the La Liga team “is above” even Lionel ...

  8. Dec 17, 2020 · Joan Laporta, pictured at his electoral headquarters, says: ‘The challenge is similar to what we faced in 2003.’ ... and maybe no Lionel Messi, either. In short, is he mad? Why go back ...