Letting Messi go was a bad decision – Bartomeu to Laporta
Following Lionel Messi’s exit from Barcelona over the summer, the club’s former president Bartomeu has been left unimpressed with current president Laporta’s work at the job.
Bartomeu’s time as the club’s president ended in disgrace, but that hasn’t stopped him from stepping forward to criticise Joan Laporta’s time at the club so far.
“They let Messi leave and that seems like a bad decision to me,” Bartomeu said speaking to Sport and Mundo Deportivo.
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“Playing without Messi shows that a lot of things have to change.
“As president, I didn’t want Messi to leave and I did everything I could to prevent it from happening.”
Lionel Messi left as a free agent to Paris Saint Germain as Barcelona couldn’t meet the rules set out by LaLiga to register the club’s greatest player.
