Laporta reveals “Qatar, Dubai and Arabia want Women to play there”

Joan Laporta traveled two weeks ago to Doha to meet Qatari businessmen with a proposal, announced by MD, to transfer the club’s name to a franchise of Qatar in exchange for more than 100 million euros, a figure provided by Catalunya Ràdio. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Attiyah, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baladi Holding, He was already in the box at Camp Nou witnessing Barça-Mallorca. The president of Barça appeared this Thursday on the program ‘Onze’ (Esport3) and explained the reasons for his departure a day after a conversation with the economist was broadcast Xavier Sala and Martina friend and former club colleague during his first spell as president of FC Barcelona (2003-10), where he recalled the disappointment he felt when the team wore the Qatar shirt, along with a board change, after having before. wearing UNICEF. The conversation, recorded at the Camp Nou before the start of the works and the trip to Qatar, took place in the program ‘The Clau Factorwhich aired on Wednesday on TV3. report He evoked his old feeling regarding Qatar: “My first thought when Qatar was put in was that it was a big mistake because it didn’t fit the values ​​of the club, the essences had to be respected and it didn’t belong. our essence to wear Qatar. And it didn’t go well because it ended up with the Qataris themselves taking Neymar for 222 million, which caused a bad reaction here when managing money”.

This Thursday evening, report He is open to finding business opportunities Qatar and other Arab countries. “I maintain my principles but I am open if there are places in the world where there are opening movements. He Gulfas a result of world, has revitalized the soccer market by buying players and knowledge. They have always had an interest in football and boat. We are looking for business opportunities for the club to promote our brand and our assets. You have to give them the ability to make a profit,” he said after distancing himself from the offer to own a franchise there and revealing that the club had received “proposals from Qatar, Dubai and Arabian for the women’s team to play there. We are looking for dates because the tour they will do this summer is in Mexico but you have to check because now there is a sign that there is an opening movement. This will be good for gender equality and rights in these countries.”

“Feminine is good”

of directive of Joseph Maria Bartomeu He appreciates that “we also found good things in this second phase. The Women’s game was good and we took advantage of it to win the Champions League. This is a merit of the previous meeting and of us. It’s amazing and I’m proud to be the president of Barça”.