Barca president Joan Laporta spoke about Lionel Messi once again during his latest interview with La Vanguardia.
This time though, Laporta confirmed that Barca are still owing Messi a chunk of his wages during his time at the club and will keep paying him for the next two years.
“[Messi’s] deferral salary was agreed with the previous board and that produces pending payments that will end in 2025,” Laporta said.
“He [Messi] is being paid religiously and that adds to our wage bill, but it is interpretable because, with the improvement of relations with La Liga, the payments being made [to Messi] will not impact our financial fair play,” Laporta added.
It’s quite surprising that Barcelona still have Leo Messi on their wage bill two years after he left the club in tears following the expiration of his contract.
However, Laporta makes it clear that the money being owed to the Argentine is his deferred salary as agreed with former Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Ex-players like Gerard Pique are also owed millions in deferred salary but in the case of Pique, he decided to forgive Barca the huge debt to help the club.
This summer, the Blaugrana tried to bring Messi back to the club for one last dance but he opted to join Inter Miami as the financial package wasn’t convincing enough.
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