Barcelona closed big deals this summer. The Catalonians bought players worth more than 150 million euros, brought in several famous names without compensation for serious salaries; it was expected that Juan Laporta would continue in the same rhythm in the winter, but nothing will come of it. And that’s exactly what the first man of the club was talking about.Barcelona will not be able to sign players in January due to La Liga’s financial fair play rules, according to president Joan Laporta pic.twitter.com/nUCx8oZ0Wd— B/R Football (@brfootball) November 15, 2022 Barcelona president said that the Catalans have a ban on transfers. It’s a ramp that was hindered by La Liga, not UEFA, as many thought at first.“We had to make some levers, which were economic operations that saved the club from ruin, and now the club is in economic recovery, it is now healthy with expected income of 1,225 million euros, a profit also budgeted for 274 million, but despite that, according to the rules of the financial ‘fair play’ of the Spanish league, we cannot sign. We and some LaLiga clubs are also trying to convince LaLiga to be more flexible and allow us other types of interpretations that can make Barcelona strengthen itself even more. It is more flexible in the Premier than in Spain and this does not make much sense to me” said Laporta in an interview for EFE. Henry: ‘Volcano would erupt at Barca if they had another coach’Apart from being unable to sign more players, Barcelona has another problem, which has nothing to do with La Liga, but rather the team itself. An early elimination from the Champions League also caused a minus in the club’s books but also saddened fans and executives, who thought that the team was strong enough to reach later stages.”The elimination of the Champions League for us has been a hard blow, but it is true that this year our priority objective was La Liga. Obviously we would have wanted to continue in the Champions League. Xavi is doing phenomenal, he’s doing very well, he’s a coach who perfectly understands the club and knows exactly what Barca plays and how Barca has to play. Besides, he’s an extraordinary person, we’re very happy to have him as coach and I’m sure that the team will improve as the championship progresses” said Laporta, giving his full support to the coach he handpicked after being elected as the president of the club. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6816027##
