Joan Laporta Boasts About Barça’s Success and Criticizes ‘Sociological Madridism’

Joan Laporta has found the phrase he wanted: “Sociological Madridism.” And he will repeat it as many times as necessary. He has done it in Assembly of delegate members of Barcelona. In it he has boasted about the club’s numbers. “We are very satisfied with the titanic effort made on an economic level to present these numbers and this budget. The strength of the shield helps a lot in this, because there is love. Saving Barça on a sporting, economic and institutional level is not improvised, it is a concerted effort. many people who are committed to the club,” he began.

According to him, the entity has been saved “When we arrived, efforts were made to literally save the club from its sinking. We found a debt, mostly short-term, of more than 1.3 billion euross. Any company would have gone into technical bankruptcy. We did not fold, we made brave decisions and saved the club from tragedy. And it was our role to make these brave decisions,” he insisted.

“Sportswise we are returning to the path of sporting excellence. Young people who come mostly from the grassroots have been consolidated in the first team. We have much more value in the market and it is more economically sustainable than when we arrived. This is no miracle or chance, it is the result of the work of many people. And I am very proud.” He has said that the squad has value. “We have an upwardly revalued squad. This season there will be less income due to a lower box office entry when going to Montjuïc. But we have managed to have a budget with benefits thanks to the work of the Board, with a relevant containment of ordinary expenses and with a reduction, which we will achieve, in sports salaries.”

And of course, he talked about the Negreira Case, but from his point of view. “The history of Barça it doesn’t get dirty. We must not allow this unprecedented international smear campaign. No matter how much they slander, they will find nothing. We have not done anything of which we are accused.” And then he used his favorite phrase: “At sociological madridismo He doesn’t like people talking about his power. We will win the judicial process, we will be acquitted, we have not done anything of what we are accused of. “I have bad news for sociological Real Madrid fans because we are going to repeat the best Barça in history.”

One of those who responded most harshly was Paco Gonzalez from the Cope: “He seems like a marketing artist to me, this nonsense has been invented and now everyone is talking about sociological Madridismo. He seems like an artist to me, It seems like a huge shame to me, “still does not admit that it is unacceptable that the second of the Technical Committee of Referees was paid for 17 years, even if it was for cans of preserves,” the journalist said this Saturday.

For Paco Gonzalez There is little to discuss: “He influenced promotions and relegations. I am not saying that he told the referees: “Give a penalty or kill Madrid or Betis”, because that will have to be proven by Justice, if it dares and finds the way. But it is unacceptable to pay for reports that no one believes. It is unacceptable, he has not even asked for an apology. Whoever wants to align themselves on the path of victimhood, well, that’s it. Laporta is not an idiotis setting up very well, from a marketing point of view, the escape from the matter,” he concluded.