Joan Laporta has reviewed the year he has been at the head of the Barcelona, in an interview granted to the official media of the entity. The president, who won the elections 365 days ago, has praised Xavihas recognized that he should have made the decision beforehand to cease Koeman and he has not hidden that the hardest determination, although he does not regret it, is the exit of Messi. In terms of the market, he hopes that Gavi and Araujo renew and that Alady and alves follow the next season. In addition, he has announced that there will be reinforcements in all lines this summer, although the transfers depend on the operations carried out by the club in the next two months.
One wing
“It has been a year in which many things have been done, one of the most dense in my life. Do not think that it has passed so quickly. We have been living it very intensely. In some things it has been exciting, others stressful, there has been anxiety I want things to go well…”
One moment
“I would stay with what Xavi has done, change the mentality of the team and the players and recover the essence. We have managed to give the culs hope again”.
We have managed to make the culs have hope again
Leo Messi
Laporta: “Messi’s departure is the saddest decision I’ve ever made but I don’t regret it”
“It is the saddest decision of all. I would never have wanted to take it, but I am not sorry either because we had to put the club above everything. We had to put the institution above everything, which is what we did, even ahead of the best player. The situation was what it was. We ran into reality. It seemed that there was nothing afterwards, but Bara’s story continues and with work and well thought-out decisions we can return to the path of success, which is what we are doing. We know that the history of Barcelona continues and with work we can return to the path of success”.
Koeman
“I had doubts after the first season, but out of respect for what we tried. There came a time when I saw that another painful decision had to be made. If I had had to do the relief before? Yes. I had to listen to intuition. I will always remember Koeman for the goal at Wembley, for a coach who had the courage to put in young people. If he is hurt, I hope he will get over it”.
If I had had to take over from Koeman before? yes
Xavi
Laporta: “I will stay with what Xavi has done, change the mentality of the team”
“Xavi responds amply, magnificently well, to the opportunity that Barcelona has given him because he is a coach who knows the club, who loves the club, who respects the club’s decisions and who has personality so as not to be influenced. He is clear about how we have He has to play and he is a worker, he is sick of football and that makes him constantly live what Bara is and what the team is. I am very satisfied to have a coach like Xavi. I am convinced that he is a coach for many years and that will give us great joy.”
Bara actual
“I know I enjoy it. The merit is this change in mentality. It plays with the system that has made us the reference in the world of football and I think that we are not yet at the highest level, that is what we are working for. We can be satisfied because we want to football, the team responds and have a good time”.
I am convinced that Xavi has been a coach for many years and that he will give us great joy
the young
“Bara has opened a stage that I hope will be splendid. And we are doing it with young people, people from home, with a present but with a better future. The ambition is to make a team that plays well, that lasts for many years, that scores many goals and that the people are happy. Seeing Pedri, Ansu, all the players who come with some experience and also young, with a long way to go, gives us hope”.
Bara has opened a stage that I hope will be splendid and we are doing it with young people, people from home, with a present but with a better future
Renewal of Gavi and Araujo
“All these renewals, the player has a lot to say. We have once again put criteria on Bara’s first team. That is why I am very grateful to the players that we have been renewing. If a footballer wants to stay at Bara, he will stay. I hope that It’s the same case with Gavi and Araujo as with Fati, Pedri or Nico. I hope to reach an agreement with them, but first it’s Bara”.
I hope to reach an agreement with Araujo and Gavi, but first it’s Bara
Continuity of Alves and Adama
“There are options for them to stay, in Dani’s case it’s easier, in Adama’s case it’s also feasible. It’s also an economic issue.”
There are options for Alves and Adama to stay
Europa League
“I’m excited because we don’t have it. There are teams that are certainly complicated. At Galatasaray’s ground it won’t be easy. As we’re getting better and better, I think we’ll have options. I’m very excited about LaLiga, I still have hopes of getting good results to win it” .
LaLiga excites me a lot, I still have hopes of getting good results to win it
Summer transfers
Laporta: “The transfers depend on the operations carried out by the club in the next two months”
“Depending on the decisions of these two months. If we can execute some operations that we have worked on throughout the year, we will be able to. I think we will be able to execute them and it is mandatory that we make these decisions.”
Haaland
“I can’t talk about players because if we don’t raise the price. Mateu, with Jordi and Xavi, are working very well, they know what they want. We plan to reinforce all the lines. The advantage we have is that high-quality players want Coming to Bara and that is a very important premise. Speaking of this player, I don’t have to discover anything, let’s stop working and talking about players because we raise the price and do Bara a disservice. The additions that have to be made have to be touching other pieces of this puzzle”.
We plan to reinforce all the lines
busy summer
“All the professionals involved have started working some time ago and the idea would be to execute the operations as soon as possible. Some may be the soap opera of the summer, but the idea would be to have everything arranged before the tour.”
The Classic
“All of us culs are waiting for it and on top of that we’re fine. If we add three by three we’ll have our option”.
All of us culs are waiting for El Clasico
Economics
“We have three levers to be able to activate alternatively or all together and we would turn the situation around. None of these levers are perfect, we would like them to be, but they all have good and less good parts, although there are none bad. We are improving , but not yet cured.We have credibility from the financial institutions, we have obtained credits, but we need more income but we need to work on the debt and we are working to reduce it.We work in CVC, which is more attractive due to the issue of fair play, and other similar ones with which we are working. Sharing business with a partner that contributes capital, although having an outlet to recover rights that we assign or sell. In Bara Studios we have the permission of the social mass to sell 49%. Also within the Bara Corporate est BLM merchandising, about which there are interesting proposals”.
Spotify
“We’re optimistic, but we can’t say it’s done. It would be the first team shirt, training and stadium. But we can’t say it’s closed yet. If it had the green light, it would be taken to the Assembly.”
Haland? I can’t talk about players because if we don’t raise the price
Superliga
“All the legal actions are being carried out to make it clear that the Super League is viable and legal. There is still no resolution of the lawsuit against UEFA. Bara is here to fight against the state clubs. The regulations are strict with us, we cannot compete with the state clubs because they do not follow the norm. Fair play, for example, is not harmonized throughout Europe. Here they are very strict and we cannot compete and that is why we are in the Super League, which presents control standards that all must comply with. the world. First of all, UEFA’s mentality must be changed. It has been very flexible and very lax with these state clubs and it makes us suspicious because they are the state clubs that finance UEFA.”
UEFA has been very flexible and very lax with these state clubs and makes us suspicious because they are the entities of the states that finance UEFA
club model
“The Bara must always be owned by the partners, it is an important tradition. Depending on which sponsor gives it an important value, it must be maintained. Romanticism but for our own interest. There are people who think that it can be a public limited company but I do not share it , believing that you can be stronger economically and fight with these state clubs”.
women’s football
“The triplet was spectacular. You see them and they are just as competitive, authentic, natural… They are managing to stay successful, which is the most difficult thing. Alexia? She is the one who leads the team, but there are great players”.
Espai Bara
“The most viable option for a player during the works is Montjuc, but it will only be for one season.”
