straight to your inboxJoan Laporta has insisted Lionel Messi wants to stay at Barcelona, despite the president of the club's management committee admitting the Argentine should have been sold in the summer.Laporta is running to become Barca president again, having previously held the position between 2003 and 2010, appointing Pep Guardiola as manager and overseeing Messi's rise to become one of the greatest players of all time in one of the most successful periods of the club's history.With Messi's contract expiring at the end of the season, there has been plenty of debate among presidential candidates over how best to resolve the situation - especially after the player handed in a transfer request last summer.President of Barcelona.
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