Joan Laporte spoke about everything that concerns Barcelona in this pre-season tour and the expectations for the new season.
He talked for the first game of the season, saying Barca was not ready yet. Laporte said also that Barcelona is improving its game and the players’ skills. He also mentioned the game with Real Madrid and the preparations for this game.
Laporte analyzed the relationship with Real Madrid saying that there are too many games and in each game, they share the same respect for the opponent. The president was asked about the importance of winning La Liga last season and Xavi joining.
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“Of course, it is a special feeling and feeling to have our coach that comes from our youth sector. He arrived through the first squad and he was our champion and the best player in his position and now he is our coach. This is a nice history of Barça. Pep Guardiola, was Leo Messi and we are very proud and our fans basically we are working and working for the fans. We want the happiness of the fans.”
“We are returning the happiness to our fans and since and things like this and since yesterday (Lamine) Yamal that comes from the youth sector, 15 years or 16 now. And you know Gavi, Pedri, Araujo, Ansu Fati, all these players coming from our structure.”
“Our fans are really, really proud. That means that we work in the correct way. We know that is a house of dreams, which is La Masia. A kid dreamed to be a key player of football a professional player in Football Club Barcelona. And when one of these histories happens, means we make the dreams true.”
Messi joining the MLS
“For us is strange to see Messi with another shirt. We redefine Messi with Football Club Barcelona. Normally the supporters didn’t define Messi with Football Club Barcelona because the majority of the time his career has been played with Barça. But we respect the decision and we wish the best for him.
“We want that our player, our kid because he was a kid when he played at Barcelona when he was 14 years old, he left when he was 34. That means that his career has been at Barca. But we wish him the best and I hope that in Miami and we respected this decision, we accept it and we wanted him to be very happy in Miami.”
Laporte commented also the movements in the transfer market saying that Barcelona is an attractive destination for the players. They choose Barcelona over money and this is what defined us, said Laporte for ESPN FC.
