Adri Contreras, president of El Barrio, revealed that there are several LaLiga footballers who are out of contract and want to play in the Kings League
Adri Contreras spoke to SPORT to review all the news about El Barrio and his victory at the Camp Nou
Adri Contreras visited SPORT together with his coaching staff and several of his players to review the current situation of El Barrio, the competition and the market. The Kings League, after confirming at the Camp Nou weeks ago that it is here to stay, is already preparing the second ‘split’ with a ‘crazy’ transfer market. That will be a very important part for the teams, but… What will happen in June when some first division players are left without a contract?
Well, when asked if top-level footballers had contacted him to play, the president of the Kings League champion team confirmed that: “Yes, yes, yes, first class, second class, especially now that the contract is ending in June… it can be interesting from June”.
El Barrio player 13
Adri confirmed to us that, once the team is rebuilt, he will begin to think about the incorporation of player number 13: “We want to leave money for it. Starting in June, player 13 from El Barrio can… I don’t have anything signed, but There are several top players who have told me to make a place for them in the team“.
In turn, he also explained that, just as they have spoken with him, they have also with the other presidents by the time their contracts expire.
Neither Florentino Pérez, nor Ibai nor PSG
Delighted with his life as ‘president’, he wants to put quotes on it since “I am not Florentino Pérez. For player number 13, for example, at an economic level there are clubs that can pay higher level players. It is the handicap that the neighborhood has, which cannot pay large amounts to any player. But we will see if Porcinos is not the new PSG and ‘pechofría’…”
Let the level of competition and money rise
The competition has already featured world-class players. The most notorious case was that of Ronaldinho, but in El Barrio has played for several days a three-time Europa League champion, Nico Pareja. With the idea of the president of the league to internationalize the project and always try to go a step further, now it’s time to also look at the ‘portfolio’ of the players.
“The only thing I can tell you that I hope is that the level goes up and above everything that the players can collect so that they can live on it. Piqué I know that he is trying, we presidents put a lot of emphasis on it and obviously if he is going to raise the level in the next draft he will have to raise the economy”.
The Kings League has only just started, as Piqué said at the Camp Nou, and In this second ‘split’ you will be able to see a ‘circus’ that few expect.