President Joan Laporta opens her heart to the many rows surrounding FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta spoke about several files during an interview with Barcelona TV.
Laporta has dealt with many practices of interest to Catalan fans around the world, especially after the frustration of Inter and days before the expected El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid.
on the classic
Laporta said about the next match between Real Madrid and Barcelona: “The Clasico is always important because no matter how strong or weak you were before, this gives no indication. We are monitoring the match and awaiting our team’s reaction to it. what happened recently.
He added: “It’s always good to play at the Bernabeu, I’m lucky because I’ve had a great time with Barcelona there before, and this is an opportunity for the team to express themselves.”
Foil of Inter
Of course, he had to face the disappointment suffered by the team against Inter in the Champions League, so he started to express confidence in Xavi and in the team’s primaries, saying: “I trust our project and Xavi, I know very well that he and his players know that Wednesday’s game was very frustrating. “
And he added: “My relationship with the managers is very nice, we talk together and I appreciate what they have provided to the club over the years.”
He stressed that failure to qualify for the next round of the Champions League will undoubtedly have an economic impact, adding: “But it won’t reach € 30-35 million. We need to look to other sponsorships to continue competing in Europe to generate income. We want to , the fans”. It has always been fantastic and has given us the European nights we dreamed of, and I tell the fans not to stop believing in this team. “
And he addressed what happened during the Italy match when he said: “The referee of the first leg against Inter did not award a penalty in our favor, strangely (UEFA) addressed us, but unfortunately we will not be able to return. on the pitch. time, next time we will have to score more goals to avoid all this “.
New sponsorship .. Lewandowski and Messi!
He also spoke of his Polish top scorer Robert Lewandowski, stressing that “he is a very important player, in addition to his talent he gives us character and spirit. Good for the team as a whole”.
As for the new “Drake” symbol that the Barcelona shirts will bring to the Clasico, he said: “(Spotify) has the freedom to change the sponsor of the shirt 3 times a season, we respect our contracts. .
He also spoke about the most important player in the history of the club, Lionel Messi, and said: “We will certainly do something to preserve Messi’s history in Barcelona. We Barcelona fans cannot take him out of our memory. Next Sunday it will be 18 years since that time. his debut with the first team of Barcelona We plan to do a detail Related to the anniversary, I will see him at the Ballon d’Or gala in Paris, there are still many Catalans wearing Messi shirts even though he is now a player of the PSG. “
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