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I’m not sorry for letting Messi leave Barcelona – Laporta
<h4><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Barcelona president Joan Laporta has stated that he is not regretful for allowing Lionel Messi to depart Camp Nou last summer because he wanted to put the club first.</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Messi had to say an emotional farewell to his childhood club Barcelona after the Catalan giants were unable to renew his contract due to LaLiga restrictions.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The seven-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner moved from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">&#8220;It was painful,&#8221; Laporta said of his choice to let Messi leave Barcelona, according to Barca TV.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“If I take stock, it’s the saddest decision of all and I would never have wanted to make it, but I’m not sorry either because I wanted to put the club ahead of everything, even ahead of coaches and the best player in history.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“And we had to do it. Because the situation we inherited is what it was. And due to a lot of will and intentionality we had, we came across a reality.”</span></p>