In a news conference on Friday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta reiterated what the club had announced on their website Thursday: after 21 years, Lionel Messi would not be returning to the club.
You can read about the background here, but Laporta doubled down on blaming LaLiga's financial restrictions and the disastrous finances he inherited from predecessor Josep Maria Bartomeu for Messi's exit, saying there was no going back.
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With three-and-a-half weeks left in the transfer window, many see Paris Saint-Germain as the likeliest destination for the 34-year-old Argentine star, but.