Laporta accuses PSG of wanting to “destabilize Barça” with Messi

Joan Laporta put on the president's suit, despite being still only a candidate, to publicly reprimand PSG for their threats to sign Leo Messi. The former Blaugrana leader used the TVE cameras to show his absolute rejection of this type of attitude: “I have read that PSG shows losses and we'll talk about whether they can take charge of these investments. But in any case, I would ask you, just as we are respectful, that they do not unbalance Barcelona. We have done nothing to them so that they go saying that they plan to sign Messi when we are in the middle of the season; I can't find it right. ”

Laporta took the opportunity to remember that nostalgia is sometimes good, remembering that during the years that he presided over Barcelona, ​​”Real Madrid did not win a single Champions League”, adding that “I hope to reverse the situation and that the times when we won the Champions League and they did not return”.

He also insisted that the names of Xavi Hernández and Jordi Cruyff are not the property of any candidate: “Xavi and Jordi have appropriated a candidacy, but they have denied it, at least the attempt to appropriate the name of these people from Barcelona. I don't blame them for anything, I know them and have a good friendship with them, I prefer to think about what they say, that they are predisposed to Barcelona and that they are active in Barça. I do not have them in my application because my project when it arrives is to motivate Koeman to succeed“.

And stressed that the Laporta now is an improved version regarding the one who led the club for seven years: “TI have more experience, if I have, I am more prepared, with more serenity and temperance to analyze things, I am more prepared, but with the same determination as always “.