06/20/2021 4:18 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 06/20/2021 4:21 PM
The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, reviews his first one hundred days in office in an extensive interview with 'La Vanguardia'.
These are his most outstanding phrases, among which the complicated situation of the Catalan club stands out after the management of Josep María Bartomeu and the negotiations to achieve the continuity of Lionel Messi, whose contract expires on June 30.
"I have found the club worse than I expected, and that I already expected it in a very complicated situation."
"Everything will be explained, because otherwise we would become accomplices. They always appear in the contracts. There are things that have to be explained and I am going to ask the previous board to do so. I do not rule out any action."
"Now I and my board are in charge. We come from a time when no one was in command here."
"We have found a staff with outdated salaries; we will have to juggle. The only thing that will allow the market will be exchanges and barters. As for sales, unfortunately there will be few."
"There will be three or four more signings. We are creating a very competitive team. We are going to compete to win the Champions League."
"(Wijnaldum) last week escaped us. There are state clubs that can have any player, they just want to. The player, especially according to their age, values the salary before being in a club with projection."
"I saw LaLiga won and we lost it, and I told Koeman. This process has gone well for our relationship. The conversation is much more fluid, we have said things to each other."
"Jordi comes to help. He has knowledge, he is smart, fast ... but he becomes Jordi Cruyff and not Johan's son. He is a friend of Ronald and speaks the same language."
"We want Messi to sign for two years. Aguero is helping: he is repeating every day that he stay and sign now."
"In the Spanish League there is a much more rigorous financial 'fair play' than in other leagues. I hope that we all use common sense and can allow us, in the event that we reach a definitive agreement, to sign Leo".
"Riqui Puig is loved by other teams, but we think that he is a strategic asset of the club. That he starts in the group and wins the position, and that the coach is willing to win it."
"From the conversations with Piqué we are very happy and grateful because he is the first to help, for sure. He has shown his Barcelona skills in difficult moments."
"My sister (Maite Laporta) is more than qualified to work at Barça. The situation is very serious and requires trustworthy people. She had a decisive impact on my electoral campaign and is also a tireless worker. She will be responsible for diversity and inclusion".
Source: EFE
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