Barcelona chief reveals club owe wages to Lionel Messi for another TWO YEARS even though club failed to re-recruit him!

BARCELONA chief Joan Laporta has revealed the club still owe Lionel Messi TWO YEARS worth of payments relating to his final seasons at the club.

The revelation comes amid a developing war of words between Messi and Barcelona, with both sides offering different accounts as to why a reunion never came to fruition.

When Messi left Barcelona in 2021, the club was in a dire financial situation with a number of high-profile players being forced into taking pay cuts.

There was even a suggestion that the likes of Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi would play for free to help ease the club's financial situation.

Messi said that similar issues were still present this summer and were ultimately the reason he did not return to the Nou Camp.