The president of FC Barcelona, John Laporta, accompanied by almost the entire board of directors, chaired the ordinary meeting with the club’s Senat, made up of the 1,000 oldest members of the entity. The Barcelona president thanked the members for their loyalty, stated that “we are at the end of the journey through the desert” and announced that “this exercise will close with positive operational results”, that is, with an ordinary closing with profits “for the first time since 2017,” he said The door. He stated that “the club should have been saved three years ago, in 2021, not now”, in reference to groups that are running for the presidency and assured that, in the Negreira Case, “they have tried to condemn us before judging us.”
The president stated that “economically we are recovering the clubin the shortest possible time, without putting the future of the club at risk and without putting the ownership model at risk. While I have the honor of presiding he Barça, It will be his and her partners. “We have saved Barça from ruin and we are at the end of a journey through the desert, already at the end, which will lead us to recovery,” he proclaimed.
The Barcelona president highlighted the loyalty of partners and stated that this recovery that he takes for granted is thanks to them: “Sometimes there is a debate about whether the club supports the team or if it is the team that supports the club. For us who have endured You are the club, who throughout history know when to give institutional support. And when they are needed most is in difficult moments.”
He recalled that “they chose us in a situation high risk, with lack of economic, sporting and institutional control, practically judicialized.” He stated that “we have resisted a lot, baseless attacks, such as the ‘Negreira Case’, an orchestrated campaign to discredit Barça, which the latest sentences are discrediting. There was nothing and there has never been any action intended to alter a competition or a result. And they knew it. “They have tried to condemn us before judging us.” AND concluded that “we have resisted because we have been united. “You have been able to discern the criticism of the campaigns orchestrated to weaken Barça.”
He reiterated that “There is a mantra that keeps repeating itself “That says that Barça will be an SA, but that will not happen.” And he defended his board’s management: “There has been no improvisation, but a lot of resistance. When the club had to be saved it was in 2021. If they come to save it now, the work has already been done,” he said. “Three years later, we will have balanced the club’s finances, and in a year in which we have been away from home.”
He also highlighted the value of the Barça brand and in the sporting aspect he wanted to highlight the positive despite the disappointment: “There has been an emergence and consolidation of players who come from La Masia, which is the Philosopher’s Stone of our sporting philosophy. I am convinced that with these players and the veteran players, led by Hasi Flick and Deco, and with Alexanko doing a great job in grassroots football, sporting successes will return. We are convinced”.
He thanked Xavi: “He picked up the equipment in a moment very difficult, he won a historic League and a Super Cup and has left a series of young players who will win many trophies in the future.” Still, he explained that “we made a decision because it was necessary a new impulse and we are betting on a valuable, responsible coach.”
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