Football: Tebas wants Messi to finish career in La Liga

La Liga president Javier Tebas has expressed his relief that Lionel Messi will remain at Barcelona this season after the forward finally returned to training. "We were worried yes, but not seriously worried," said Tebas, speaking at La Liga's promotional launch for the 2020-21 campaign. "Obviously, we want Messi to be with us. Messi told Barcelona that he wanted to leave last month, but has since been reported as saying he will stay because he did not want to face "the club I love" in court over his £624 million ($812 million) buyout clause. The new LaLiga season is launched on Friday with Granada's home game against Athletic Bilbao, but Tebas said he did not expect fans to return to stadiums in Spain until early next year.