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Barcelona’s main goal is to finish in the top four in the league, in order to play in the Champions League next year. In case there was any doubt, Mateu Alemany has made it clear. The Catalan club’s director of football has reviewed the current situation and situation of Barça together with university students from the LSE Sports Business. «Xavi is doing very well in its first few months. We are very happy with his work. Every time we sign players, it depends on the coach. Xavi was crucial in the decisions to incorporate the winter signings. With this squad I’m not considering not qualifying for the Champions League next season. It would be a disaster”, warned the executive, who expects the team to beat Espanyol this Sunday to consolidate its european square.
Alemany also referred to Erling Haaland, a player who is on Laporta’s agenda and who excites the Barça fans a lot. “I can’t talk about names. The only thing I can say is that Barcelona is still one of the best clubs in the world and our goal is always to have the most competitive squad. We are working on that ·, he limited himself to saying, throwing balls out, although he acknowledged the work they are doing to reduce the wage bill: «We are working hard. You have to analyze each situation. Hiring a footballer is different from hiring any other type of employee. You have to take a lot into account, the financial fair play, for example. It is very complex”. Messi’s name also came up in the conversation and Alemany did not reject the question. «Messi’s march unfortunately it was not a surprise. It was the reality of the moment. The only way for him to stay was for Barça to join something that we didn’t want to join. We decided that the club was above anyone else. We have lost a lot commercially», he assured.
He was proud of the quarry, which is not on the market. “If we had to sell a player due to economic problems, the players of La Masia They would be the last options we would consider. They are the future of our club and it is not in our plans », he assured before assessing the state of Ansu Fati:« I am sure that Ansu Fati It will be very important for Barcelona. Like any other who is going through a difficult moment, the club is for him. His environment and his family are very kind and I’m sure they are supporting him as well.” And he referred to financial fair play: “It is extremely important to implement financial fair play in the clubs of Europe. In Spain it is very hard and strict. But in Europe there are clubs that clearly don’t have the same criteria that we should follow. I ask for a standardized rule that everyone can follow.
Alemany added that “soccer is going the American way.” “FIFA and UEFA have to find the right balance between the best clubs and the fans in the formats. People don’t understand the Superliga as a project, but it is the best clubs that tell UEFA to count on them,” he warned. He also claimed that “the Women’s Football it is a growing market and we are working hard to promote it.” And he concluded with a personal sentiment: “Football is a 24-hour job. I suffer a lot on Sundays. You have to be focused and working.”
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