Joan Laporta and Leo Messi celebrate a title in the Camp Nou

It SPEAKS THE EX PRESIDENT OF THE BARÇA

BOMBAZO: Laporta Says that Messi was near of the Inter

Published:16/06/2017 - 19:41h

Updated:17/06/2017 - 01:31h

To Joan Laporta likes him speak clear, and in spite of his course of the Barça, the ex president follows connected to the actuality culé. The Catalan takes advantage of his opportunities to wet on the subjects of the club, and this time launched a bomb on Leo Messi

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Although it already does some years that left to be the president of the entity, Joan Laporta follows very connected to the FC Barcelona. The Catalan lawyer did a review of the Barcelona actuality in an interview for 'The Guardian' and, as it is used to to be usual in him, left some títulares.

The most stood out was on Leo Messi, ensuring that the Argentinian was near of the Inter in 2006. "The Inter did an offer by Messi, were prepared to pay the clause of 150 million euros, that's why afterwards we go up it to 250", warned Laporta, that however added that "I always was tranquillo because of my relation with his father, Jorge. I said him, they will have to pay the clause because I will not sell it. He will be happy here, will obtain the glory".

"There, only it will win financially, your son is allocated to be the biggest of the history and here will have the team that help him to achieve it", confirmed the Catalan. Besides, it insisted in his admiration by the Argentinian, of the that said that "it is a mix of Cruyff and Maradona, but is Leo Messi", and to the that considered the best of the history beside the 'Lint' and to the Dutch.

I review political and Guardiola

Neither it had fear Joan Laporta to refer to a recurrent subject, the presence of the politics in the sport. "The people says that you do not mix political and sport, but already are mixed. A club of football needs soul, win generates you a pride and if this pride is by a city or a country, is even more big. You are not playing only to win", manifested.

Besides, the ex president continued with his speech, clearing that "if the team shares the values of the place where is, that is the most romantic ideal. Pep ranged to 11 players of the house a day and six of them won the World-wide in South Africa. They never will recognise it and perhaps that's why they do not want to give us our referendum".

Finally, it showed trusted the success of Guardiola in the Manchester City, saying that "I know well to Pep and to Txiki and know that they are able to build a team that excite to the people", and confessed to miss to Johan Cruyff.

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