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Lionel Messi ‘wanted to STAY at Barcelona’ but chief blames ex-board and LaLiga for exit after ‘inheriting salary MESS’

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BARCELONA president Joan Laporta says Lionel Messi was allowed to leave to save the club.

And the Spaniard slammed the previous administration at the Nou Camp for leaving a ‘salary mess’ that resulted in their best player exiting.

Messi is now on the lookout for a new club after leaving Barcelona

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Messi is now on the lookout for a new club after leaving BarcelonaCredit: AP

This is despite Messi wanting to STAY with the Spanish giants.

Laporta gave an honest and open interview to reporters this morning just hours after six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi left.

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And he confirmed that the Catalans simply could not afford to keep Messi on the books.

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