Lionel Messi's exclusive interview with SPORT and Mundo Deportivo.
? Messi to MD/SPORT: “I’m not going back to Barça, I'm going to Inter Miami” #Transfers ???
? Messi: “I wanted to return to Barça but didn’t want to leave my future hanging in the hands of other people” #Transfers ??
? Messi: “I really wanted to return, I was very excited, but, on the other hand, after having experienced what I did when I left, I didn't want to be in the same situation again. I didn't want to leave my future in someone else's hands” #Transfers ??
? Messi: “I wanted to make my own decision, thinking about myself, about my family. Although I heard that it was said that LaLiga had accepted everything and that everything was fine for me to return, there were still many other things that had to be done. I heard that they had to sell players or lower the salary of players and the truth is that I didn't want to go through that” #FCB ?
? Messi: “I had other offers from Europe, but I didn’t evaluate them because of Barcelona” #Transfers ??
? Messi: “Hopefully, I don't know when or what or when but hopefully one day I can still contribute something at Barcelona and help because it's a club that I love as I always said. I appreciate the affection I had from people during my career and I would like to be here again, yes” #FCB ????
? Messi: “Actually, I spoke very little with Laporta, once or twice at most. I do have a lot of communication with Xavi, since he arrived at the club much more, and very often. We talked about the possibility of me returning. We were very excited, because when something came out we talked if he really wanted me to come back, if it was good for the team and for him, and we kept in communication” #FCB ?
? Messi: “So many things have been said, so many lies were told but I can't go out to deny everything that is said but I see that there are many journalists who tell many lies. Many things that bothered me, for example, when they talk a lot about my family, who said that my son had a hard time [in Paris] when it is the opposite. My children don't want to leave because of how well they are” #FCB ???
? Messi: “Yes, obviously yes. I followed Xavi all year and I wanted Barça to win trophies, like all Barcelona fans. And even the first year too, I talked a lot with Xavi after a few games. I followed him closely” #FCB ??
? Messi: “I would like to one day have a farewell like Jordi, Busi, Iniesta or Xavi” #FCB ?????
? Messi: Uncomfortable in Paris? A little, yes, because as I said, the truth is that in these 2 years I was not happy. I did not enjoy and that affected my family life” #FCB ???
? Messi: “Barcelona had sent an offer, but it wasn’t a formal/written one” #Transfers ?
? Messi: “Hearing the Camp Nou chant my name at the 10th minute was very beautiful and I really enjoyed it” #FCB ??
? Messi: “Although I was excited, enthusiastic and eager after hearing the leaks [on a return] - I was not too excited either because I didn't really know what was going to happen. I always kept on remembering and repeating what happened to me before. Telling my family, to my children, that we were going to go back to Barcelona [in 2021] and then telling them that it couldn't be done. I was just waiting this time” #FCB ?
? Messi: “The club, today, was not in a position to tell me 100% whether I could come back or not and this is totally understandable with the situation they’re going through” #FCB ???
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