When you are a successful president of a big club, you try to make that club even better, like Florentino Perez did. Real Madrid’s president created Galácticos, the famous team loaded with world-class stars, and he did it twice, in 2000 (until 2006) and in 2009 (until 2018). And he is not stopping, as Galacticos 3.0 is currently being built. And the key ingredient is Kylian Mbappe. One of the world’s best players has all but signed for Real, and the rest of La Liga is already trembling. But for one man – Mbappe’s arrival is in fact a problem…for Real.When your soon-to-be-ex boss says you’re the best in the world – then you probably are!Barcelona president Joan Laporta gave a big interview to Mundo Deportivo, speaking about the potential Xavi stay at Nou Camp and the Champions League. But he couldn’t resist when the journalist asked him if he envied Real getting Mbappe.“Not at all, not at all. Also, I don’t know if they will or won’t. We’ll see. There they have a problem. They have to sell a player, right? Because they are not both going to play in the same place. If we take the numbers into account, it will create disorder in the locker room. It’s not a gift” he said.Tebas: Real Madrid among the most responsible clubs financially, they prepared signing Mbappe for a long timeIt has to be said that Laporta does have a point, but it’s hardly gonna be such a bad move for Real. As for his own club, Barcelona, the president sees Xavi’s potential change for heart as the biggest task. So far, the soon-to-be-gone coach has not given any indication that he will change his mind, but Laporta is not quitting that easily.“I have said it to Xavi: ‘We respect the fact that you are here until the end of the season. It has been your decision. We’re doing well, we’re getting better and better. Look, since you said it, that’s it, you’ve won again and we wink at each other as if to say something could happen here. I would like him to continue, but I already told him at the time, when he said about the pressure, that here we are always under pressure with the experience you have. I asked him if there was any way he could change his mind but I saw him with an insurmountable pressure that was visible on his face, so I told him to relax if he saw it that way. He keeps saying that at the end of the season he would leave as we have agreed, but we’ll see. Let’s not put that pressure on ourselves because at the moment being with this formula works” said Laporta.Barca joins race for Onana as Man Utd also target prolific midfielderBut if he fails, the Barcelona president clearly has an idea about the new boss.“Here we have it very clear. The coach who comes will have to adapt to our structure. This is how Barça has to work. It cannot be that every time a coach comes, the structure changes and that will already be a fundamental premise. Barça is above coaches, players, presidents, directors. Beyond the fact that he will have his football ideas, which must fit closely with the football idea that we have, this genuine way of playing that Barça has, which we think is the best to compete and win” said Laporta, who also declined to talk about specific names, like Hansi Flick and Luis Enrique.Xavi reminds Barca press to the ‘jester’ claims, vows to leave in June despite successThe Catalans have finally made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after four years of absence, and are paired with PSG again. Laporta refused to throw in the towel at both the La Liga and European competitions.“We are in the Champions League quarterfinals with a very tough tie against PSG. Being back home is good for us. We have the team now super motivated. Let us work. We are going to fight to win. In the end we can win or we can lose but at least we will have experienced very beautiful moments in the history of Barça, a Champions League quarter-final, and we hope to advance to the semi-finals. Then we’ll continue talking. The league? Is there. We are eight points away. Madrid hasn’t finished flattering, but we haven’t thrown in the towel and that’s why we’re already in second place. We are in a position that allows us to go after the leader” he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_7975205##
