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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Harry Latham-Coyle

Barcelona president doesn’t regret letting Lionel Messi leave for PSG

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Barcelona president Joan Laporta says that he does “not regret” the decision to allow Lionel Messi to leave the Camp Nou for Paris Saint-Germain last summer.

Messi had spent more than 20 years at the Catalan club, but after Barcelona fell into financial difficulties the terms of a new deal could not be realised, and the forward was able to leave as a free agent.

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