There was a lot of chaos in Barcelona in the last two years. It started with the departure of Lionel Messi due to the huge debts of the famous Catalan club, then it continued with the corruption case of Negreiro, so even today many people do not understand how Barcelona manages its finances, due to all this problems. Barca’s president is fairly represented in the media, but whenever he gives longer interviews, he is not shy to stir the footballing world with his comments and statements. This time, for TV3, he covered thirty topics, talked about the finances of the entire sports club, but his focus was, as always, on football.🎙 Joan Laporta’s interview with @esport3: “Xavi is the best coach for Barça. We trust him and we will talk about his renewal in due course. The priority is to improve the team. Xavi understands it perfectly.” pic.twitter.com/0oybop4hzj— Barça Notes 🗒 (@BarcaNotes) June 29, 2023 Barca fans are wondering why Xavi hasn’t been given his contract extension yet, considering he won the title in his first full year in charge.“He has a contract. He knows that he is the best coach for Barcelona, a great person, he knows the club, he respects the entity and he helps a lot. At the time, we will talk. There is no rush. First there are some priorities, which is to improve this team. We have a feasibility plan that will allow us to register players. He wants to continue. We have not set a date. Priorities must be addressed first. The market starts on Saturday, Gundogan has arrived. These are priorities and Xavi understands it” said the president.Hollywood stuff! The Saudis travelled to Croatia to talk to Brozovic, but he straight up avoided themThe German international finally arrived to Barcelona, but the Catalans had to wait for his signature, since he was contemplating between City and Barca.“The culés fill us with pride because he preferred to go to a great club ahead of City’s economic potential. Alemany has worked magnificently well, Xavi has given him confidence, I feel that we signed an experienced player that I had always dreamed of play in a big team. For him, it’s a very big challenge. A European champion and a player with experience and contrast are coming” said Laporta.President Laporta: “Last year we had an €100M offer for Frenkie de Jong and we did well in not selling him. There are players that shouldn’t be on the market.” pic.twitter.com/dZWASc4cbL— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) June 30, 2023 There were a lot of talk in the recent weeks about players like Joshua Kimmich or Martin Zubimendi, or Marcelo Brozovic, but whoever knew anything about Barca’s financial plight, knew it was not possible, and Laporta only confirmed that, due to economic issue, the club will not consider those players. Barca still needs to sell players in order to get new ones and register them, but the president claims the situation is not desperate.“Last year we had a proposal of 100 million for De Jong and we did the right thing by not selling him. There are players who represent our style of play and are essential for the team’s progress. We have received offers for Pedri, De Jong, Christensen, Araujo, Ansu… but we think they have to continue in Barcelona’s first team because they have a present and a future” said Laporta.Signed and sealed: Gundogan arrives to announce the rebirth of mighty BarcaThere was a talk about a potential punishment for Barcelona by the UEFA, a punishment which would prevent them from playing the Champions League, but Laporta is certain it won’t happen.“We say that we will play the Champions League. I have had personal meetings, and they understood our explanations. They have wanted to use the ‘Negreira case’ to veto us in the Champions League. But they cannot condemn us before judging us. Our request has entered the procedure usual” said the Catalans president.##NAJAVA_MECA_7347494##Of course, no interview cannot start or end without the Messi question.“I wanted him to go back to Barca. He had a very hard period in Paris. His father told me he didn’t want to have this pressure. We culés respect him. May he do well in Miami. Barca will always be his home” said Laporta.
