If Xavi Hernández stated yesterday in ‘La Vanguardia’ that Joan Laporta had blocked Lionel Messi’s return to Barcelona in 2023 despite having financial authorization from LALIGA, today Javier Tebas wanted to clarify that account.
The president of the League denies that there was such approval in an interview for Estudio Estadio (TVE) broadcast in the first edition of Telediario
“That is not true. LaLiga did not authorize anything at all or give approval to the operation,” says Tebas.Advertisement
Xavi maintains that the Argentine’s return was imminent and that it began to take shape during the 2022 World Cup, with several conversations until March 2023.
Now Tebas denies that there was ever a “green light from LaLiga” as Xavi claims.
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