The Blaugrana president spoke about the departure of the captain of the Argentine team from the Culé club and was blunt. In addition, he spoke about Xavi Hernández.
The abrupt departure of Lionel Messi of Barcelona It shook world football to such an extent that the splinters of that bomb that was detonated some time ago in the city of Barcelona continue to spread through the air throughout the football world. John Laporta He was asked again about the chance to reincorporate the star of the Argentine National Team and He released a shocking personal revelation about the departure of the Rosario from the club of his loves.
Laporta’s shocking statement on Messi’s departure from Barcelona
The president of the Barcelona He is in Colombia, where he gave a press conference and there, when asked about a possible return of Messi to the Catalan entity, Laporta was cautious: “Leo is playing in a team and out of respect for him and the team where he plays I shouldn’t comment on these issues”, used in the first instance the Blaugrana boss to later blame him for Leo’s departure and admit that “We did not solve it well. I feel responsible for this. Institutionally I did not solve it well, but institutionally it was not easy either”, stated to later conclude that he knows Messi and that “He (Messi) knows that Barcelona is his home and we love him very much.”
On the other hand, Laporta referred to the work that Xavi Hernández is doing as head coach of the Culé first team: “We continue to trust Xavi, we are proud of our coach and we are very satisfied with the job he is doing”, and highlighted: “He is also a man who perfectly understands the moment our institution is going through and endured and fought with us in difficult times.”
Messi’s surprising phrase: “Guardiola did football a lot of harm”
“Guardiola did a lot of harm to football too, because it seemed so easy, so simple that everyone wanted to copy it afterwards”La Pulga explained in an interview with former striker Jorge Valdano for the program Valdano Universe (which is broadcast on Movistar).
“Later I found myself around a lot Guardiola… You realize what we did, what that was”, added the star from Rosario, making clear the mark that Pep’s team left on sports worldwide.
On the other hand, the captain of the Argentine National Team assured that he was the best technical director he had in his career. “Without a doubt”he expressed. And sentenced: “Pep has something special when it comes to watching the matches, preparing them and communicating it.”
Lionel Messi’s revelation about his relationship with Luis Enrique in Barcelona
Lionel Messi said that he did not have a good relationship with Luis Enrique at first, although everything changed later. “I was coming back from Argentina after the holidays and we played on January 2 or 3, I don’t remember well, and I ended up going to the bank. We had an argument that lasted a little while”counted.
“But then we maintained a spectacular relationship until the last day, when he decided to leave and we told him to stay, not to go, that we were fine”affirmed the captain of the Argentine National Team.
In turn, Messi believes that Luis Enrique, the current coach of the Spanish team and ex-Barça coach, “He is very similar to Guardiola”. “Guardiola has something special, but Luis Enrique is similar in the way he prepares the game and reads it. He looks for the gaps to hurt the rival. He had the same philosophy. His team is widely recognized now in the national team. I know what it is work with him. This team is what he wants.”
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