Laporta is smart, he doesn't want Messi to return but of course he can't say that in front of the huge legions of Messi fans.
The biggest mistake of Laporta was stringing people along that everything was fine and things are on track and he should have been honest in the first place. But he's a politician so it's expected I guess.
Granted the Band-aid was going to have to be ripped off at some point, it just sucked it happened this way.
Besides, if Messi comes, it would have to be on low wages. Last time I checked, he left because of money.
He left because Laporta lied
" I hoped Messi would offer to play for free"
He left because he had insane wages and even if he cut 50% of it, the remaining 50% was still impossible to pay at the time.
It wasn't impossible at all
Tebas said 100 times sign cvc and can sign Messi easily
Instead club opted to activate 40 levers to pay 60m for Ferran Torres