Barcelona president confirms holding a meeting with Messi’s father

Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed in a recent media interaction that he met Lionel Messi's father Jorge Messi

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Reports over the past few weeks had been doing the rounds on Messi's potential return to Barcelona

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Laporta has confirmed that a meeting indeed did take place during which the topic of a tribute World Cup winner was discussed

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Yes, we met up with Leo Messi’s father. He knows that we’re very happy to see him win the World Cup

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We talked about a tribute to Leo,” the Barcelona president said

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However, Laporta revealed that he did not talk about his return to Barcelona

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“I refuse to talk about Messi’s return to Barcelona as a player out of respect for PSG and the player himself,” he added.

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