The Barcelona president reveals the truth about “Messi for free” .. and shocks the fans with his opinion on Dembele
Barcelona president Joan Laporta responded to what was reported that he asked the former star of the team, Lionel Messi, to play for free with the team before moving to Paris Saint-Germain, stressing that this never happened.
And the Spanish newspaper “Sport” quoted Laporta as saying, “I don’t know if this is possible because of the salary problem, but I never said that he was asked to play for free, in any case the proposal should have come from him and not from me, I never wrote it down."
The Catalan club president confirmed his happiness for his former player's winning of the Ballon d'Or for the seventh time in his history, and added: I felt proud and joyful when he saw him receiving the Golden Ball, because he deserved it and won it after half a season with Barcelona.
Regarding the possibility of the Argentine star returning to his former club, he said: “There must be a good relationship with the best player in the club’s history, and certainly in the history of football. He wants to return as a coach, he said, and it is always good to see those who made a great team for Barcelona, as happened with Xavi."
Laporta shocked the fans as Frenchman Ousmane Dembele is better than his compatriot, Paris Saint-Germain player Kylian Mbappe, and said: "He wants to stay and I know that, because we have a very good relationship with him, and I am very excited about Dembele, for me he is better than Mbappe and I would very much like to stay." .
Dembele is considered one of the players that Barcelona fans have expressed the most discontent with in the recent period, especially that he did not provide the required level of him and was often absent from the team due to repeated injuries and his unprofessional behavior at other times, as Spanish newspapers had previously revealed Dembele's claim of injury for full-time To play electronic games.
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