Laporta strongly responded to the criticism of Nagelsmann, coach of Bayern, for signatures Barça: “What I ask is that you look at your current account, they received a lot of money for the transfer of Lewandowski. I respect everyone and I don’t interfere in other people’s economy,” he said.
Fired, Laporta continued: “I give them the benefit of the doubt that maybe they thought we couldn’t, but they didn’t calibrate the strength of Barça and the drive of the new board. This is ignorance lack of information of our club,” he said. And he explained: “It is true that we are in a terminal situation, but we left the hospital with levers and these gentlemen stayed on a page that we opened.”
He considers it partly a strategy: “in the world of football, who were surprised, in quotes, because they pretend to be surprised to take a competitive advantage, I will tell them that we are awake, that Barça is back”. And it is very clear: “If I don’t join what others do, that they don’t interfere with what we do. Maybe they are doing this because they think that we will continue to move in the market and they see that we have surpassed them. Let them take care of themselves.”
He emphasized that “our competitors see that we are signing well and the players they want to go to Barçabut all the clubs are strengthened, they do what they consider and I don’t get involved”.
He listed that “Kessie and Christiansen came for free. Then Raphinha and Lewandowski on acceptable terms for Barcelona. Raphinha has a better chance than us, but he wants to come”. And, referring to Koundé, he remembered that “his club wants to transfer him to a club that made a better offer, but the player endured to go to Barça. And also the players adjust their salary according to our salary structure. If it creates concern among our competitors, that means we are doing it right”, he reiterated.
The strength of Barça’s values
He again said that “Barca is back competitive and will compete in all competitions. The weight and strength of a club with more than 122 years of history is great, its assets are highly valued. It is true that I do not want to sell the percentage of television rights, but the situation is complicated and it is necessary to be brave and make decisions, because football does not wait and our fans, who are very skilled, deserve a club like Barça to compete. Our demands are bigger than others.” He pointed out that “we will have to compensate the amount in the coming seasons.”
Source: La Verdad
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