MADRID — Barcelona has not given up hope of seeing Lionel Messi returning to the club despite increasing speculation about a pending move to Saudi Arabia, and his father said Monday that his son prefers to go back to the Catalan club. The player’s father sidestepped most questions but acknowledged that Messi “would like to return” to the club where …
Barcelona has not given up hope of seeing Lionel Messi returning to the club despite increasing speculation about a pending move to Saudi Arabia. The Catalan club continued to work on restructuring its finances to make sure it could afford Messi’s return in case the Argentina star decided to come back to the Spanish league after his stint with Paris …
MADRID — The days of a healthy rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid are over. Barcelona has denied it tried to influence referees with its payments, and Laporta said Monday in his first news conference to explain the club’s actions that it was “an unprecedented exercise in cynicism” for Madrid to say it was harmed by referees during Barcelona’s most …
