Messi’s brother claims Laporta will be sacked upon Barca return

Jacque Talbot

Updated: 8 Feb 2023 19:31 GMT
3 min read

Lionel Messi's brother has claimed that the Barcelona legend will not be returning to the Nou Camp unless club president Joan Laporta is sacked.

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Messi is a hero at the club, having spent over two decades at the Nou Camp after starting in the academy.

Financial chaos surrounding the Spanish outfit meant that he left as a free agent to Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2021, prompting an emotional farewell via a press conference before the move was made.

Barcelona have only just reelected Laporta for his second term as president but Messi’s brother says that he must leave in order to stand any chance of the superstar coming back.

Messi's brother launches attack

Speaking on his son's Twitch channel, Matias said: ''I have a SPORT [publication] cutting that says ‘Messi should return to Barcelona’ and I've put underneath it ‘Hahaha’.

© ProShots - Laporta must go, says Messi's brother

“We are not going back to Barcelona, and if we do, we are going to have a good clearout, kicking-out, among others, Joan Laporta who is ungrateful after all that Messi did for Barcelona.”

“People [in Barcelona] did not support him. People should have gone out to do a march or something, let Laporta leave and Messi stay. The Catalans are traitors.

“Barcelona started to become globally recognised because of Messi, before that people only knew Madrid,” he said.

Laporta had promised fans that he would be able to persuade Messi to stay but the financial issues at the side meant that he was unable to.

Ever since moving to PSG, Messi has been constantly linked with a Nou Camp return, especially as his contract with the Ligue 1 outfit up in the summer.

Speculation continues around his future but it seems that things are leaning towards Messi continuing his term at the Parc des Princes.