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Barcelona president Laporta: We had agreed a contract with Messi

Barcelona president Joan Laporta insists a contract with Lionel Messi was agreed.

Messi is joining Inter Miami with his presentation eagerly anticipated.

"We agreed, but everything has its time and sometimes the rhythms are different," Laporta told Catalan media.

"The contract was agreed, but when LaLiga gave us the authorization, Messi's father told me that Leo had had two difficult years in Paris, that he had suffered a lot and now he wanted to play in a league with less pressure.

"I told him it was perfectly understandable."

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