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Barcelona president Joan Laporta talks Messi, Xavi, Gavi and Araujo

Joan Laporta has been talking all things Barcelona in an interview with the club’s TV channel to mark one year since he returned to the Camp Nou as president.

The 59-year-old spoke about Lionel Messi’s exit, Ronald Koeman’s tenure, new coach Xavi and a host of players including Gavi, Ronald Araujo and Adama Traore.

Here are the best bits:

Laporta on Messi’s exit

It was the saddest and most painful decision, and I would never have wanted to make it at all, but I’m not sorry. We had to put the institution above everyone else, even ahead of coaches and the best player in the world.