Joan Laporta gave an interview to the show. ‘Onze’ From the Esport 3 channel, the famous media in Catalunya. By talking about a variety of issues that happened to the team during the past summer. Which shows the direction of Barcelona at this time clearly.
Q: Overall situation?
Laporta: I’ve never regretted running for the election, I want to save Barca, we’re still in a coma at the moment. But we will definitely get better. Reducing wages is tricky. We should congratulate Mateu Alemani on his efforts. As well as having to pay tribute to some of Barca’s heroes, for example Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. Reduce the wages according to mm
What they do is very commendable and a role model for Barcelona everyone, in addition, many players such as Umtiti will also be willing to lower their wages.
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Q: Messi?
Laporta: What happened has already been explained. We are pressured to sign a CVC loan or we will have to violate ‘fair play’ rules. Here’s a summary of what happened. We had an agreement with Leo, the first contract lasted for two seasons. But after that we saw that it was impossible, La Liga did not accept it.
With the numbers coming up, we realized that it was impossible. And there’s no point in wasting time waiting. Under ‘fair play’ rules, Messi cannot stay at the club even if Griezmann leaves or the core team agree to devalue. Tired still can’t happen.
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Q: Relationship with Messi?
Laporta: We both felt pain the day he had to go. I watched his debut against PSG and I didn’t like it. It was a very strange situation. They are the team we have to face.
I haven’t talked to him since he moved. History must go on Because he was and will always be Barcelona. What I have to say is that there was no conflict at all during the negotiations. neither with his father not with him
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Q: Ronald Koeman?
Laporta: We are at the beginning of the season. ,No game is easy We have a lot of injured players. We played well against La Real (Sociedad), at San Mames it was a very difficult game, against Getafe we were very tired. What we should focus on is that we can win.
I talk to Koeman, I always talk to my trainer. He has my full backing and respect. He understood that Johan Cruyff’s model was irrefutable at Barca.
There is no fixed timeline for Koeman’s contract renewal. The message has been clear, he (Koeman) made the right decision about Memphis and he is on the verge of being right in the Luke D deal. Ah Young
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Q: Riki Push?
Laporta: I never said he had to play. I can only say that I want to see because i like him Like I like Goyado, but I never thought of putting pressure on my trainer. At most I just ask how he is. How about the others? I just don’t want the talent of our young players to be wasted.
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Q: Signing players for the team?
Laporta: Luc de Jong is a Dutch player, in the Johan Cruyff era we had Julio Salinas (a big striker), Johan found a solution. Sometimes with this model, and so does Pep. He used to use players like this.
We must be open-minded. I think everything can turn out well. I saw him play i feel like He’s good at battling and putting pressure on defenders, Koeman made the right decision about Memphis, and he’s about to be right in the Luc de Jong deal.
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Q: Griezmann?
Laporta: He’s a great player. never had a negative attitude But he doesn’t fit our system. He’s not the kind of player we want. I wish him only the best in his personal and professional life, and the buy option means he has to play 50 per cent of his total appearances this season with Atletico.
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Q: Gerard Pique?
Laporta: He went to Cantabria. But he knows that he’s fine. We need him in the best possible condition. Do not rush to comeback As for playing on the server we will not punish him He has shown many times his Barcelonism. he is professional This is beyond doubt. I have always said that one day he will step up to be the chairman of a great Barca club.
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Q: Super Liga?
Laporta: The project is still ongoing, and the three clubs founding have beaten UEFA in every court. UEFA cannot ban us. What happens is that we are prepared to present it to the best of our ability.
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Q: Florentino Perez?
Laporta: Me and him get along well. Even though we are competitors In the Superliga we came together and we had Agnelli as a centre-back, he (Perez) stood on the opposite side of Javier Tebas doing what he thought was best for the team. various and most people But he should also consider Barca and Real Madrid. I think Tebas should go to the war with PSG because that side skips all existing rules.
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Q: Neymar?
Laporta: We tried to sign him. There were many discussions. as far as we know He wanted to come back with us so badly.
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Q: Ansu Fati?
Laporta: We never thought of selling him. Rumors have emerged from the British media that a team from England are preparing to make an offer to buy him. But the offer never came true. Ansu is a very brave player because he accepted to wear the number 10 shirt, but the main reason he accepted it was because of the approval of Barça’s captains.
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Q: Alex Goyado?
Laporta: The deal for his move to Club Brugge is complete. But at the last minute, Bruce wanted to add a forced buy option, which Alex himself refused as well. Now we are trying to manage him to have the number of shirts in the first team or the B set, so he can go up to play with the first team.
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Q: Xavi Hernandez?
Laporta: I admire him a lot. He was at a crucial moment and a very important career path. He was always welcomed by me but Koeman was our trainer. And I have a lot of respect for him. Talking about Xabi about that future. It looked disrespectful to him.