Laporta saidMessi was everything.
He has been the most efficient player in the history of Barcelona. To me, he's just as similar to the man as he is to the one before him. It had to happen today. The decision was made because of what we had. The institution is in charge of a group of people.
I would like to see the Messi chapter continue. It's our responsibility to fix that chapter, which is still open and hasn't closed, so that it has a better ending.
Laporta wants to bring Messi back to Barcelona, where he won the Ballon d'Or six times and held the club's records for goals and appearances.
The Argentina forward has a year left on his contract with Paris Saint-Germain.
I did what I had to do. I think I owe him both as president of Barcelona and as a person.
According to sources, the deal for 15% of Barcelona's domestic television rights is worth around 320 million.
This summer a number of expensive transfer moves will be funded by the move.
We have a positive net worth right now. Laporta said that they had earned close to 650m.
We had to move quickly. 25% of the TV rights were sold. The club is on a path to being sound because of the money that's come in and the fact that we've been able to pay back the credit we had through Goldman.
The club is back to being sound economically, but we have to work harder to increase our earnings, not from selling shares but not through them.
Raphinha, a new signing for Barcelona, helped the club to a victory over Real Madrid in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The failed European Super League was spearheaded by all three clubs.
The European Union's Court of Justice is expected to rule next year on whether the governing bodies have the right to prevent clubs from joining a league that is not theirs.
Laporta said that they have a calm approach about it, not wanting to upset anyone, encouraging dialogue with institutions in Europe, and making it the most attractive competition in the world. We at Barcelona have said that it needs to be open. We will respect the state bodies in Europe.
The clubs will have the ability to make their own decisions in the competition. We support the weight of what is European football. If we do it right, that can be the most attractive competition in the world.
The clubs have reached a point where we have to come up with rules that allow us to compete with state-owned clubs whose resources don't come from football but through other industries, so they distort European football. The threat from these clubs that throw money at the problem and distort the market is a threat to clubs with the history and reputation of Barcelona.
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