"The president began negotiating the contract with Leo's father, and we had the green light from La Liga, but it was the president who threw it all away. Laporta told me, word for word, that if Leo came back, he would wage war on him and that he couldn't allow that to happen."
"It's not true. La Liga did not authorise anything whatsoever, nor did it have the OK. Tebas' statement completely contradicts what Xavi stated during his interview, which came a week away from the Barcelona presidential elections."
"It was the same with Messi: when we couldn't renew his contract, due to financial reasons, in 2023 he told me that Messi wanted to return. I sent the contract to Jorge Messi, who later came to my house and told me that he would have too much here - 'pressure.'"
Xavi Hernandez claimed in an interview that Lionel Messi's return to Barcelona in 2023 was nearly finalized with LaLiga's approval, but Joan Laporta cancelled the deal. Xavi alleged Laporta threatened to wage war on Messi if he returned. However, LaLiga president Javier Tebas flatly denied these claims, stating LaLiga never authorized or approved the operation. Laporta countered that Messi chose not to return due to pressure concerns, citing a conversation with Jorge Messi. The conflicting accounts emerged amid Barcelona's presidential elections, with Xavi endorsing Laporta's opponent Victor Font.
Read at Barca Universal
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