A man with some kind of plan.
Barcelona presidential candidate Marc Ciria has revealed his plan to bring Lionel Messi back to the club and has spoken about what kind of role the GOAT might take up.
Ciria has joined the race to be the club’s next president alongside Joan Laporta, Victor Font and Xavi Vilajoana and is happy to use Messi’s name to further his cause.
He’s previously said he’ll do whatever it takes to bring Messi back and has now been quizzed further on those claims.
“This is about proposing a real project in which Leo Messi is a strategic partner for the club… for Messi to be a strategic partner in all areas in which we urgently need to increase revenue,” he told Sport.
“Just one fact: we are generating 994 million in revenue. In the 17-18 year, with for me the worst board of directors in the history of the club, we generated 990. If I apply only inflation, the cost of living, Barça today should be at 1,200 million in income. Either we realise that Leo Messi is strategic, not for today, but for the future of the club and to protect and preserve the ownership model or we are not understanding the world of sport.”
Ciria was quizzed further on if Messi would return to play for Barca and said only: “That will be decided by the technical direction together with him, not Marc Ciria.
“I would love for Leo Messi to say goodbye as a Barça player, but if it can’t be, let it be as an institutional and commercial figure who is going to give us those resources we need.”
Messi has always said he wants to return to Barcelona some day but has just signed a contract with Inter Miami that runs through to the end of the 2028 MLS season.
Category: General Sports
