Former Barca presidential candidate: Messi's departure was one of Barca's biggest mistakes, they can keep him[YANTING]

Victor Fonte, who failed to run for Barca president in 2021, recently accepted an interview with The Athletic and once again criticized the way Barca treated Xavi and Messi.

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"Xavi wanted to coach Barca, he saw his opportunity with Laporta, but what happened was completely irrational. We want the people who run the club to respect our legends and not push them out the back door, and the same goes for Messi, which is one of the biggest mistakes in the modern history of the club."

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"It is possible to keep Messi and look at how much money we have spent on Levan, Phelan, Rafinha and Conte. Laporta later agreed that Barca would join the CVC, but Florentino had said that if you supported the CVC and Tebas, you would quit the Europa League. It was either Florentino or Messi and Laporta chose Florentino."