President of FC Barcelona wants to erect a statue in honor of Messi at Camp Nou
Joan Laporta stated that the world champion deserves the monument and that the board of directors is “working on it”
FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta stated this Thursday that the Argentine Leo Messi “should have a statue” at the new Camp Nou and indicated that the board of directors is “working on it,” although I have clarified that, to make this tribute, “the family has to agree.”
“I'm sure Messi will be back at Barca when he finishes his professional career at Inter Miami. I don't know what he'll do, but he knows the doors of Barca are always open for him. Messi deserves the most beautiful tribute in the world. He should have a statue at Camp Nou; it's only right," stated the Barca president. Laporta made these remarks during the presentation of the book 'Jo vaig viure a La Masia' (I Lived at La Masia), written by TV3 journalist We don't have La Masia to make a profit. “We train people and athletes who we want to reach the first team, and if they don't, we want them to be people who can hold their own.” in life and in the world of football,” the president of the Blaugrana club pointed out.
Laporta stated that the club's residence “is not a factory, it is a home where a group of people live who form a family” and opined that this institution has survived over the years “because of the dream of all the residents to play for Barca.”
The president, who highlighted the role of the residence as a “school of values” and commented that “hopefully” an image like that of the 2010 Ballon d'Or gala, when Leo Messi, Andres Iniesta and Love, among other personalities.
According to Torres,The book seeks to “carry out an exercise in historical memory” to recognize the contribution of all those who have lived at the Barca residence and to pay tribute to all the athletes—and their families—who have sacrificed to pursue the dream of playing for Barca.
“Of the ten players with the most appearances in Barca history, nine are from the youth academy. It's something unique,” ????the author emphasized, noting that 18 out of 718 players who have come through La Masia have surpassed 100 appearances with the first team, although Pau Cubarsi and Fermin Lopez will soon join this list.
*With information from EFE.