BARCELONA - The new presidential candidate for Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has a big mission to be able to make the superstar Lionel Messi stay at the club while ending his football career at the Camp Nou Stadium.

"For Messi to stay, he has to believe that in Barcelona he will continue to win. I think one of the keys to (Messi) staying is for him to feel loved again. We want him to smile again. If that happens, we can make things happen again," Laporta told reporters. Marca was reported by Sportskeeda , Friday (26/2).

Prior to the announcement of Josep Maria Bartomeu's resignation from Barcelona, Los Azulgrana's true glory lies in the 58-year-old former president, Joan Laporta. How could he not, when he was in office from 2003 to 2010, he was the beginning of the emergence of the most proud treble winners.

However, instead of satisfying results in the absence of Laporta, the achievements of the Blaugrana actually dropped gradually when they did not have a competent president. Finally led by Bartomeu, the veil of corruption was revealed after the debt reached 1.2 billion euros.