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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>LaLiga president, Javier Tebas, has said Lionel Messi could have stayed at Barcelona this season if the club did not sign Memphis Depay and Sergio Aguero.<\/p>\n

Messi now plays for Paris Saint-Germain in France, after joining the club on a free transfer in the summer.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old left Nou Camp because Barca, whose gross debt is close to \u20ac1.4 billion, could not afford to renew his contract.<\/p>\n

Barca president Joan Laporta revealed that the club could have kept Messi, if they agreed to LaLiga\u2019s offer to sell 10% of its business to CVC Capital Partners.<\/p>\n

That deal would have been worth around \u20ac270 million to Barca, but they refused to sign off the sale.<\/p>\n

Tebas has now explained how the deal would have allowed Barca to renew Messi\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had dinner at Laporta\u2019s house and he agreed to sign the CVC agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know if Messi could renew because of that, but later I got a call [from Laporta]. \u2018Can we accelerate the CVC deal? The kid [Messi] is getting nervous,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him: \u2018The day it comes out, Florentino is going to try and burst it.\u2019 And Laporta told me: \u2018No, no, I have character.\u2019 Florentino\u2019s behind it all, I have no doubt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an agreement that if [Barca] signed the CVC deal, they could have put 15% of the money towards signing players. In my opinion, they could have signed Messi.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaporta signed players like Memphis, Aguero\u2026 if he didn\u2019t sign those players, Messi could continue,\u201d Tebas told COPE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. LaLiga president, Javier Tebas, has said Lionel Messi could have stayed at Barcelona this season if the club did not sign Memphis Depay and Sergio Aguero. Messi now plays for Paris Saint-Germain in France, after joining the club on a free transfer in the summer. 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