Laporta: “We have pending payments to Messi until 2025”

Joan Laporta did not shy away from any topic in the interview with La Vanguardia, and when asked about Leo Messi He pointed out that “what is owed to him is the postponement of the salary mass that was agreed upon by the previous board and releases pending payments that will end in 2025. He is paid by religion.” Asked about the Argentine’s choice to go to Miami, Laporta assessed that “I understand it, but one thing has nothing to do with the other. We had an agreement with LaLiga that for Messi we will allocate a portion of the resources we have. Within the feasibility plan this was considered. We inform this to Jorge Messi. He told me that Leo had a very difficult year in Paris and that he wanted less pressure. With our option, he would have been under pressure and I understood his decision. Have a great time and we will start preparing your super tribute. Within the framework of the 125th anniversary and when we return to the Camp Nou it will be perfect”.

ANSU FATI

Laporta recommended that “he continues. He has to earn Xavi’s trust and when he comes out make a difference because he can do it because of the talent. We are glad he continues. There are offers for Christensen, for Pedri, for Gavi , for Araújo, for Ter Stegen, for Ansu, for Raphinha, for Balde. But we are not a selling club”.

THE ASSIGNED

“I think with Tottenham we will reach an agreement for Lenglet. We also lack Dest. This almost never goes fast. It depends on the other party. For us, they are all cases that would have been solved yesterday”.

THE PIVOT

Laporta said about the coach Xavi Hernández, that “he understands the situation of the club. He wants to strengthen the midfield, but he knows that some options are not feasible and we are wrong. We will reduce the development of the team of youth. We have Marc Casadó, Pau Prim , Gerard Hernández or Marc Bernal. First you have to look at home”. He added about Oriol Romeu that “he had an exceptional year in Girona, he is in our youth academy. The technical secretariat is working on these types of options. We will see”.

XAVI’S RENEWAL AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PEP

report He said about the future of the coach that “he knows that the priority is to improve the team and the feasibility plan. Then, there is time for his extension and contract improvement, he deserves it. He wants to continue and there will be no problem.” Regarding the relationship between the Egarense coach and Guardiola, Laporta assured that “they are not in a bad situation. What is happening is that Xavi appears as a great figure in Barcelona and Guardiola is one of our great references, and the these things happen. It is more a question of the environment and of the journalistic morbidity that it is a reality. At times it has given the feeling that praising Xavi means giving up everything that Pep has given us, and that’s not the case. Praising Xavi doesn’t mean belittling Pep’s legacy”.

DECO AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH AGENTS

of the arrival of decoration on the club’s sports structure, he pointed out that “We will announce in mid-July the entry of decoration. He will play the role of Txiki Begiristain in my first episode”. And asked about his relationship Pini Zahavi either Jog Mendes He pointed out that “there is a relationship that goes back many years and they have helped us. Most representatives want to be good at Barça, with a relationship of respect, I also think of Iván de la Peña. If there is any representative who more combative, as far as football is concerned, it doesn’t happen. Sometimes it does in other sports”. Asked if he was referring to the agent of mirotic and Jasikevicius He said “I don’t want to go in. The negotiation strategy is not what it should be and I said: whoever tries to put us on the wall is wrong.”