Just 10 days before the election, the presidential candidate of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, Presented this Thursday his sports project in case of taking back the reins of the team.
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The 58-year-old leader shelled out the key points of his project in the band of Rafa Yuste, The person in charge of the sports plot of his candidacy; Xavier Budó, Expert in sports talent development and Jordi Mompart, Professor of Physics at the UAB and expert in quantum technologies, although he did not reveal the positions that could be held by former players who also accompanied him as Víctor Valdés, José Ramón Alexanko, Sergi Barjuan, Pichi Alonso and Víctor Múñoz.
The door gave clues that of returning to the Barça presidency, idols like Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez i Andrés Iniesta they could return to hold some office in the institution. He also asks Messi help him to create a winning team.
His campaign
” I will maintain the consistency of the campaign. Out of respect, I will first talk to the professionals who are there and then contribute to people who contribute to us. We have Benaiges, Alexanko, Víctor … we want people with experience and new wisdom. We will not shake our pulse to anticipate what is to come. We need to be a benchmark in the application of artificial intelligence, Big Data and technologies ”.
sports organization chart
” I will be consistent with what I have done so far. Out of respect for the professionals who are now working at the club, I want to talk to them when I arrive. That, the first one. Today there are people with whom, apart from having a good relationship, we have had good experiences together and we believe that they can help us. All the new stages involve changes, obviously. Football has changed and that’s something we talked about with Mateu Alemany. We have to get ahead of things, we have to be a reference in all areas ”.
Koeman
” What Koeman tried was to challenge his players to tell them that against Elche you couldn’t fail and you didn’t fail. There is League. Koeman is trying everything. We need to get Leo to smile again, if he smiles, we can aspire to everything again ”.
Laporta confirms how much Messi generates in Barcelona
Messi
” For Messi to smile again, he needs a winning project. When things are not going well, it’s time to be closer to the players and the team. He’s already starting to smile a little, but he needs to do more with a team that aspires to the Champions League again and feels loved. He has to help us create the team for the next few years ”.
Iniesta and Xavi would return if he wins the election
“Everyone is active in Barça and we don’t want them to feel used, we have a good relationship with all of them and when we win, we will value everything.”
Puyol would also return
” It’s not that I’d like it, I’d like it. We have a very good relationship. If we win, I would like him to be with us ”.
Griezmann
“What I will do for Griezmann is encourage him, who believes in himself to score goals again, as he did in the Cup qualifier, and if necessary, I will tell him in French.”
The controversial expulsion in the Atalanta-Real Madrid
” They told me, but I didn’t look at it. I saw the Barça match and then I had to work on the candidacy ”.