In his exclusive interview with World of sports, decoration responds about the possibility of including some other players in addition to the purpose of registration Vitor Roque but he is skeptical about the financial difficulties of FC Barcelona. In the same way, the Barça sports director insists on evaluating the quality of the players already in the squad.
Is the squad good enough to face the whole season or in January, apart from including Vitor Roque, are there options to include other people or draw directly from the quarry?
It is a public matter, people dream of ‘fair play’ (laughs) because it is talked about every day. We know that our commitments are one after the other, things that LaLiga enforces on us, not only on us, but also on other clubs, so let’s not complain, we have to work hard to improve and come back. being as good as possible. We have to deal with it and eventually, I think it will be difficult to make new additions. We’ll always be helpful if the opportunity arises, but I don’t think it’s possible.
The economic vice president commented to MD that if Xavi requests it, they will try to bring Vitor Roque in January. Will it give you positive news when you see it?
The truth is that I have not seen it, but he is the same and I know that it does not depend only on the effort of the club. There is one part that is, and another that is not. From the first minute it was clear to Athletico Paranaense that Vitor can only come from January, which is one of the conditions of the agreement, but we will try. Let’s see what we can do. He is a player that we have signed for the present and the future, we have a lot of faith in him, but we have to wait a little bit and see how we can fix it. If not now, maybe in July.
If Vitor Roque arrives in January, the only position that will remain pending is the pivot. Would you consider including a player for that position if fair play allowed it?
We talk to Xavi a lot, and every day, but we don’t talk about any position or any player. I would only move if the coach asked us to, but for now we only talked about Vitor.
Are you satisfied with the template that closed on September 1?
The truth is we could have kept more players, but things turned out that way. Most players who leave are because they want to take another step and get more minutes. We’re happy with what’s possible, but we can’t do much more. We are happy with the squad we have.
In the current ‘fair play’, is the recipe nothing more than using the youth system, looking for out-of-contract players and signing youngsters with a future?
No, It has nothing to do with it. Historically, Barça has always had good youth players. Second, good work is being done, you don’t get good players by chance. If you work well, things will go well. We will not look for young people because we don’t have any, that is not true. On the subject of ‘fair play’, the club knows everything it needs to do financially, a lot of work has been done to get into a better situation, but there is still a long way to go. And this is not just an issue with Barça, there are many clubs that are in this situation. We don’t think so, ‘fair play’ is something that exists and we don’t need to complain too much, but rather work. The club was strengthened a lot last year (Lewandowski, Raphinha, Koundé) and with the youth and players who came this year, I think we have an important team. Barça don’t need to sign and spend millions every year. It’s no longer ‘fair play’, it’s strategy.
In his presentation he also commented that the club did not make the generational change it needed at the time. Is this something that’s on your mind this summer?
I understand that you talk a lot about the signing, it doesn’t bother me, it’s Barça, but we know what we’re going for. If we pay too much attention to what people think we will be very worried. Every day is different, we have to be calm and work, which is what we do. The squad is this, we are happy, we have young players and others with experience. For me this is a strong team that can fight for titles. We suffered a lot of damage and it shows. Other players have to play more minutes and it’s not easy in so many games, but we’re happy. Managing it with four or five injured players is quite difficult. We will not talk about future players, we have to take care of ours, give love to our players so that they are calm and happy.
Source: La Verdad
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