Soccer-Real president Perez denies he influenced Messi's departure

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MADRID (Reuters) - Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has denied that he had any influence on Barcelona's decision to allow Lionel Messi to leave the club.

Messi had been set to stay at Barca after agreeing a 50% reduction in salary, only for a dramatic U-turn to occur last Thursday, resulting in the Argentine forward joining French side Paris St Germain on a free transfer on Tuesday.

However, Jaume Llopis, a former board member of the Espai Barca project - which is the project for the renovation of the Camp Nou - resigned his position in the wake of Messi's departure before accusing Laporta of bending to Perez's will. "Laporta was convinced by new CEO Ferran Reverter that he cannot sign the CVC deal as well as keep the Super League pact with Perez.

Perez, via a statement issued by Real, insisted that he has only met Reverter twice before - once four months ago and another last Saturday at a dinner where Laporta and Juventus chairman Andrea Agnelli was also present.

 

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