The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, gave a press conference in Spain to discuss Messi’s departure from the Catalan club. A day before it was known that the player will not renew the contract and after 21 years he will leave the institution.
“Unfortunately, we have received a disastrous inheritance,” Laporta said in reference to the club’s financial situation. “We had no salary margin. The numbers are very bad, worse than what they had told us. The losses and debts are very high. The previous management exceeded the salary limit. We have not been able to register the first contract that we had agreed with Leo Messi ”, detailed.