The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, went to the facilities of the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona to coincide with the Open Banc Sabadell Conde de Godó Trophy to celebrate the traditional executive lunch with Enrique Cerezo, president of Atlético de Madrid.
The top president avoided talking about Leo Messi, who arrived in Barcelona this Saturday with his family, taking advantage of the fact that his coach, Christophe Galtier, has given his players a party until next Tuesday and that there are also school holidays. "The only thing I'm going to do is meet with Cerezo and the Atlético executives at lunch," Laporta said when asked if he was going to meet with the Argentine after having presented a feasibility plan to LaLiga that includes his return.
Who did agree to speak to the journalists about the possible return of Leo Messi was Enrique Cerezo. "It would seem fantastic to me if Messi returned to the League, the same as Cristiano Ronaldo. Both are still playing and it would be fantastic if they returned," he concluded. The mattress president also spoke of the Negreira Case. "We will have to study the case, see the issue and then the court decides, I am not going to decide."
Asked about Yannick Carrasco, an Atlético de Madrid footballer who could sign for Barcelona in the summer, Cerezo limited himself to saying that "he is a very good player". In La Liga, despite the fact that Barça leads Real Madrid by eight points, waiting for what could happen this afternoon against Atlético, Cerezo no longer gave the Barça team the winner.
"The League can depend on what happens today. I remember that two seasons ago, that on this date, we had 13 points on the second and 14 on the third, and in the end everything was decided in the last game. We arrived well, the team is here to win at the Camp Nou. Hopefully it was a game like the ones I could experience with a game with six or seven goals", Cerezo sentenced.
