Joan Laporta

[JamDav1982]

Na. Club should milk it for all its worth to get sponsors and attract more attention to the club itself. Don't they know how social media works?. Messi shows up at Camp Nou. 20 million likes alone in a few hours. Then he drops a hint. Fans and media go crazy. Club should use that to its advantage, even if for marketing and possible revenue purposes.

Absolute nonsense.

Lying even more about Messi brings nothing positive.

It takes 5 minutes for Messi to dismiss it and show club to be liars again which there is already enough evidence of and how treat current/former players.

 

[jairzinho]

Absolute nonsense.

Lying even more about Messi brings nothing positive.

It takes 5 minutes for Messi to dismiss it and show club to be liars again which there is already enough evidence of and how treat current/former players.

Club doesn't need to lie. Messi said he hoped to return one day. It creates a huge buzz around fans, media, sponsors. We should be using that speculation to our advantage. Its good for the brand and generates more attention for the club. Laporta himself doesn't need to come out and dismiss it even if it were to never happen.

 

[JamDav1982]

If the club came out and alluded to Messi coming back as a player and lied about him again it would be nothing but negative.

No sponsors etc are bothered about Messi rumours to put money into club anyway.

 

[TheStig]

The statement that Messi won't come back was Laporta's first smart statement about Leo in years.