Lionel Messi “Won’t Stay” At Barcelona If I Don’t Become President: Joan Laporta

As FC Barcelona’s presidential election inches nearer, Joan Laporta has stated that if anybody apart from him is elected because the membership’s new president, star participant Lionel Messi “will not keep” on the membership. The elections are set to happen on March 7, with Victor Font and Toni Freixa being the opposite candidates.

Final 12 months, Messi and Barcelona had a fallout after the striker had expressed his want to depart the membership. Nonetheless, in the long run, the Argentine stayed with the membership as he didn’t need to settle issues in courtroom.

“I’m positive that if another person wins the election [other than me], Messi will not keep on the membership,” Aim.com quoted Laporta as saying in a debate between the three candidates.

“I’ve a very good relationship with him, there’s a number of respect. We’ll make him a proposal based mostly on the membership’s state of affairs. Perhaps we will not compete financially, however Messi just isn’t dominated by cash. He desires to finish his profession on the highest stage doable,” he added.

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Barcelona on Tuesday stated {that a} whole of 87,479 members have been known as to vote within the elections for the presidency and Board of Administrators of FC Barcelona.

“Barca’s electoral roll for these elections is made up of 110,290 members with the fitting to vote, of which 22,811 requested to vote by submit and because of this they’ll now not vote in individual subsequent Sunday,” the membership stated in a press release.