Barcelona president Joan Laporta has reaffirmed hopes of bringing back Lionel Messi.

Laporta has accepted he is partly responsible for Messi leaving for PSG last summer.

Speaking in New York, Laporta stated: “It is clear that Leo's stage at Barça did not end as we all would have liked. I feel co-responsible for this ending.

"I believe that it is a provisional end and that we will make this aspiration a reality.

"We have a clear moral debt with him and I would like the end of his career to be with the Barça shirt and being applauded on all fields."