Joan Laporta participated on Friday in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Penya Barcelonista d’Agramunt and Comarcain a very emotional day for the members of this club, which is part of the Federation of Penyes de Lleida Sud i Comarca. The president gave a speech of about twenty-five minutes before an audience of 270 people, a speech that can be an essay facing the next Assembly, as he reviews his management and sends a series of darts to critical groups. He congratulated decoration and Hansi Flickhighlighted the commitment to La Masia, reaffirmed that in the 23-24 closing of the economy that must be approved by the board of directors today there will be ordinary benefits and clarified, without saying it formally, that he decided to run again -election .
He argued, in this regard, that “we are working hard and I can say that we are working well. We are getting better and better.” He mentioned economic recovery and international prestige, the reform of the Spotify Camp Nou “as a collective dream of Barcelona fans” and the strengthening of La Masia as mandates received by members in 2021 and considers that “we are achieving it. You just have to see how we were and how we are.”
He noticed that “we feel stronger every timeconvinced and determined to complete Barça’s recovery. “This is what we have done, what we are doing and what we will continue to do, because we are convinced that this is the best for Barça.”
THE SERPENTS IN THE “APOCALYPTIC VATICINATIONS”
He harshly criticized some attitudes. “We didn’t fall in catastrophic proclamations or apocalyptic predictionswhich was not there or expected.” He repeated that “there are obsessions by saying the opposite of what is happening, or simply explaining what is not good and making catastrophic proclamations and apocalyptic predictions that have nothing to do with reality.
He insisted that”“Economic recovery is a reality” and assured that “the Masia is a nuclear factor in our sporting project. Some say we did it out of necessity; no, we did it out of vocation, because this is what we said in the campaign, just as we said we would return we at Sotify Camp Nou “It was a purpose, a commitment that we expressed.”
Strategic PLAN
Referring to the economic situation, he said that “Distortors have to work hard, hard and thoroughly.those from without and some from within, obsessed with believing in things that are not and ignoring what is being done well, of which there are many. We are in a very critical situation and we are in a better situation. I have said this before the Senate“This year, for the first time since 2017, we will provide positive urine results.”
He expressed the determination he felt face an outrageous management despite the fact that “there are those who recommend gradual and well-written, without having to make an effort to find players…if we don’t win, nothing will happen. And what will happen if we don’t get anything if we won’t win a lot will happen.”
THE SPOTIFY CAMP NOU
Also, he argued why it is important to launch the reform at Spotify Camp Nou: “Our responsibility and our commitment is to face a dream collective of Barcelona fans, because it is a way to avoid missing the elite trainand we tried to restructure the debt, find investors for Spotify Camp Nou, where nothing has been done… They have been there since 2010 and until 2021 nothing has been done. Many advisers, many architects, many histories, but no firm beginning. They said they would do it and it never happened.. “It happened now, when we had the courage to face the most important project, at the institutional and sporting level, in our history.”
He asserted the desire to be able to play at the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2024, “if there are no imponderables. We will announce shortly, depending on the calendar of the League and the Champions League, when will we return to the stadium?
THE LEVERS
He analyzed the motivation for betting on the so-called levers: “We cannot sit idle, with the tools that exist, in the deconstruction. The levers are a step forward to provide traction on the club. They served to sign players, to pay part of the debt, small but it was paid. Furthermore, they served to show that Barça is alive, that in a practical situation of destruction it responded and gave traction.”
And he explained that “it’s true of levers we are still losing at an ordinary levelbut we gave a huge extraordinary income. The Barça brand is very strong and we took advantage of that, with investors for Espai Barça and a track record in sponsorships, which allowed us to launch the lever of 25% of the TV rights on Sixth Street. However, the club is still in a complicated situation that it has not solved the problem, but it is this pillow. “We have to make another lever.”
He explained that it was not enough: “LaLiga said that the 688 million from Sixth Street for 25% of the TV rights was not enough.” Another action was taken, but “with ordinary results, the club continued to lose about 200 million. The wound is still open. With a lot of effort, and I want to thank LaLiga for appreciating our effort, by using us as an example when it comes to reducing costs, we can say that we have healed the wound, because we will give ordinary positive results.”
THE SPORTS PROJECT
Regarding the sports project, He emphasized the commitment to the quarry and praised Deco and Flickwho “has been studying Barça for a long time, he does what he has and doesn’t look for excuses.” He remembered the injured and made a clear reference to Ter Stegen’s injury: “He gave us everything and will continue to give everything when he recovers. Now we are working because if the goal is to lose a goalkeeper like Ter Stegen he will suffer and we are trying to find solutions. “Deco is looking for them, which has done an extraordinary job.”
De Deco appreciates that it “achieved reduce the sports wage bill and it ensured that we had a first team that was more valued than when we arrived. It also reduced the average age of the first team players, making it a guarantee for the present and for the future.”
Source: La Verdad
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