Laporta: "With Messi I had to make a decision and I was right"

Joan Laporta spoke about the club's current situation in an interview with El Pais. In it, he said that he was right when he made the decision to dispense with Lionel Messi because of the economic situation the club was going through. The president also said that the relationship with Florentino Perez has deteriorated in recent months.

Messi

"I had to make a decision and I think I was right, the results speak for themselves. We were able to recover the club's economy, we made a competitive team and it was time for the generational change, Leo was at the end of his career and we had to make a new team. Would I have liked to make a new team with Leo helping? Yes. That was tried but it could not be."

Future relationship

"The future relationship will be as Leo wants and as Barca wants. At some point interests will converge again."

Super League

"We decided to abandon the Super League because it was not going anywhere. We had already told them that. In addition, UEFA was taking steps to improve the sustainability of football in Europe"

Arbitrations

"I have always had the feeling that we must be very superior, because the referees do not favor us. Here it seems that they always help Madrid. They have barcelonitis, it is an evidence."

Negreira Case

"Every time the case is about to be closed, they present evidence that is inconclusive. But the judge, to show that he has handled the process well, is forced to prolong the investigation for another six months. They try to build a lie that the referees favour Barca instead of Madrid and with that they seek to discredit the most glorious moment in the history of the club, which began with Rijkaard and continued with Guardiola. With Florentino, since his appearance in the 'Negreira case', the relationship has deteriorated"