The current season is entering its final third, but Joan Laporta is already making big plans for the upcoming season. The key issue that needs to be resolved concerns the coach, since Xavi announced back in January that he would leave the bench. However, when it comes to the transfer window, the president of the Catalan club, speaking to Mundo Deportivo, announces a quiet transfer window.In the second part of the big interview for the aforementioned newspaper, Laporta spoke mainly about reinforcements, which he says will not be many. And what could especially disappoint Barça fans, there will be no ‘big’ names moving to Camp Nou.In the previous weeks, the European media speculated that Barça could hire Erling Haaland in response to the arrival of Kylian Mbappe in Real Madrid, however, Laporta emphasizes that bringing in a big star is not a guarantee of better results.”You mix ‘media’ players with those who fit into the team and put the team first. There will be signings, one or two, but I don’t expect big ones, we are looking for team players. We trust the team we have at the moment, we don’t want to sign players who could to disrupt our harmony. We don’t need big reinforcements, we don’t see the need to make investments that could disrupt what we are building, which is a balanced team,” Laporta told Mundo.Bayern thinking of swap in order to get KimmichWhen it comes to departures, the first man of Barça hopes that there will be no significant headlines in that sector either.”We don’t want to sell any big names. If everything goes according to plan, we won’t be forced to sell any players. Of course, if someone wants to go, we won’t stop them. But I’m not worried about that, we want to keep this team together.”And it’s not that there weren’t any offers. In recent days, Catalan Sport wrote that Paris Saint-Germain offered 200,000,000 euros for Lamine Yamal, which Laporta confirmed in an interview with the aforementioned newspaper.”We refused 200,000,000 euros for Lamine Yamal, because we believe in the boy. We are not under pressure to sell, on the contrary. We are in the process of economic recovery and I can really see the light at the end of the tunnel.”Laporta adds that Yamal is not the only interesting name for the biggest European clubs.”We also received offers for Balde, Fermin, Gavi, Pedri, De Jong, Araujo, but we don’t want to sell them. From the mentioned names alone, we would have an income of one billion euros!”Laporta: “The teams that have won have had a period of consolidation and maturation. This team is having it with very young players and it will happen to us like it did with the previous stage. We have players that will last many years, all of these that we are talking about.” pic.twitter.com/lIRMN1iRc7— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) March 23, 2024 As far as De Jong is concerned, his contract expires in the summer of 2026, but there is no progress in negotiations on an extension for now.”Frankie de Jong is very happy here. The last thing he wants is to leave Barcelona. He’s always told me he loves Barça and we’re very happy with Frankie too. I’m not worried about his future.”The intention to keep the team together implies the stay of two Portuguese, Joao Cancelo and his namesake Felix, who arrived this summer from Manchester City and Atletico Madrid on loan, and whose performances at Camp Nou they are obviously satisfied with.”I think both Cancelo and Felix will stay at Barca next season as well. I hope Atletico won’t cause a problem, City too. It will be loan extensions with a fixed purchase price.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7980677##Laporta also referred to the termination of the sponsorship contract with Nike.”We informed Nike that based on violations that were clear to us, we terminated the contract with them. They had 45 days to compensate us, but they didn’t do that, and we informed them about the termination of cooperation. They took the matter to court. We are looking for a solution. Nike has improved the offer, but it is still below what the market can pay. Barca is the club that sells the most jerseys in the world, so we should have the best contract on the market. My responsibility as a board member is to ensure that.”
