🚨 JUST IN: Barcelona have set a price limit for a new 9 — €100m (total package, including bonuses), they won’t pay more than that for a ST. The club is also satisfied with Alvarez’s words yesterday, but they have to reach 1/1 + player has to push. @ffpolo#Transfers 💰🔵🔴📞
🚨💣 BREAKING: Xavi reveals big details, saying Laporta backed out of a Messi return in the end in 2023.
“Laporta doesn't tell the truth there either. Leo was signed. In January 2023, after becoming world champion, we contacted and he tells me that he is excited to return and I see him.”
“Laporta begun negotiating the contract with Leo's father and we had the green light from La Liga, but it is the president who backed out on everything”
“Laporta told me that if Leo came back, there would be a wage war and he couldn't afford that.
“And then suddenly Leo stopped picking up the phone because on the other hand they had told him that it could not be done” @LaVanguardia#FCB 🇦🇷
❗️Laporta: “The decision on a new 9 is up to the sporting management led by Deco” 9️⃣
“Of course, they can bring in a striker and he could coexist perfectly with Ferran, who can play in several positions, and with Lewandowski” @rac1#Transfers 💰🔵🔴