Overview
- In a 3Cat Bestial interview, Joan Laporta said Barcelona hopes to give Lionel Messi the great tribute he deserves after their relationship cooled during the 2021 contract breakdown.
- Laporta has floated inaugurating the renovated Spotify Camp Nou with the tribute, a plan he has framed as aspirational rather than confirmed.
- Stadium technicians are reportedly targeting the weekend of November 23 for the reopening, a tentative date that could host the event if the venue is ready.
- Any homage would require coordination with Messi and his family, as the Argentina captain is currently playing for Inter Miami.
- Separately, investigative reports have questioned Barcelona’s selection of contractor Limak for the Espai Barça works, citing irregularities and delays that are intensifying scrutiny of the project timeline.