“He told me that he wanted to leave at the end of the season and I accept this formula because he is Xavi and he is a legend of the club.” That’s him message that Joan Laporta has launched, the president of Barça, in an institutional message released through the edl club channels. The leader did it in the sports city of Sant Joan Despí where he has been chatting with the coach, who has communicated his decision to the players, who already knew it, obviously, since Saturday night when he made it public. .
“I accept it because he proposes it to me and he is a person who loves Barça. I accept it because I know that his commitment is maximum,” said the president of Barcelona, making it clear that if this option of continuing had been proposed to him by another coach, he would not I would have accepted it. “He proposed it to me, he is an honest person. He acts with a lot of dignity,” the leader reiterated.
“The League is difficult, but it is not lost yet. And we must fight to be as good as possible without ruling out winning it,” said Laporta, urging not to fail, at least, in the positions that give access to participate in the next League. Champions.
Maximum demands on players
Barça needs, due to sporting prestige and economic need, to be among the top four in the League. “We must put everything we have into trying to win the Champions League. We will go step by step and with commitment and with more character and without losing concentration and with the coach giving everything, which I know he will, and with the players committed, we will be able to achieve at the end of the season some of the objectives we have set for ourselves”.
“The club is under control in the institutional matter. And in the sporting matter it is true that things are not going as planned”
President of Barça
Laporta has asked to “turn around this situation that is not pleasant”, which is why he has demanded “unity” from all levels of the club. “They, as a team, have to push forward. The club is under control on the institutional issue. And on the sporting issue it is true that things are not going as planned,” Laporta argued, remembering that he is coming from a course “where the League and the Super Cup were won.”
“With an improved squad we had better expectations that, for now, have not been met”
President of Barça
A capital that the team has squandered in this disastrous start to the season. “With an improved squad we had better expectations that, for the moment, have not been met,” said the president in an evening criticizing the coach’s management for not getting the best out of each of his players.
“I ask the culés for their help”
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“We have to turn this situation around. And I want to give a message to the culés,” Laporta said, looking directly at the camera to address the Barça fans. “We knew it would be a complicated season because we had to go to Montjuïc. At the end of this year, if no one is incapacitated, we will return to the Camp Nou. Everything is going according to plan. I want to thank the fans for their commitment to the team and against the club,” the leader recalled.
“We had the second best entry of the season against Villarreal and with the fans cheering the team on at all times. I ask them to continue like this,” Laporta claimed, thanking them for the “effort” to climb the Olympic mountain. “I ask you to continue encouraging the team and with your help they will be able to reverse it.”