Emili Rousaud, accompanied by Josep Maria Minguella, has presented his sports proposal if he is elected president of Barça. “It’s an honor to present Minguella,” said the pre-candidate. “We met a few months ago, when he had already left the Barça management.” Minguella also referred to it: “I didn’t know Emili. One day I was told that a manager was leaving Barça, for something called Barçagate that sounded like americanada. And I began to remember how many managers have resigned from Barça. And I didn’t remember any of it, because being a manager is a luxury. You can travel, go to five-star hotels, be greeted by important people … If someone resigns it’s because they’ve seen things they didn’t like and that means they’re someone special. So we met in Peralada. ”
Rousaud added: “Minguella, with his knowledge, opened my eyes. He knew how to make a quick analysis of the team’s sporting crisis. It is an honor for me to have him in the candidacy, he will be our vice president. sports “. And he recalled: “He has brought us Maradona, Stoichkov, Messi … and with his son, Ansu Fati. Minguella has the Barça heart, he has always been present. And now he does not join for any personal interest.” . According to Rousaud, it is first necessary to “rebuild the first team, in order to then raise the economic area.”
Minguella criticized that in recent years Barça have not had a sensible sports policy: “Every time a plane arrived from Brazil, a Brazilian who came to Barça came down and they didn’t even present it. How could money be spent so badly? “Barça need an idea, a proposal … I’ve already made the necessary contacts, which are very few people, to create a winning team. Now, it can’t be done in just 24 hours, eh?” Minguella added that “having nine candidates means that the club is alive, but here no one explains how the team will recover”: “I promise and swear that this candidacy does have a world-class project, which we still cannot explain. A project to fix the situation in a short time “.
One of the names of the press conference, of course, has been Messi, who has said that “he is competitive and wants to win”: “If we can win the election, I have no problem in sports to talk to Leo With what we will offer you will be in stop. Now, something different is the economic area. “
I would not bet per Xavi
The candidacy has not given names of possible sporting directors: “We have three names but with a current contract. And we will not filter them. The leaks can be very good for journalism, but not for the club.” Now, Minguella has said: “This job is very difficult and requires a lot of experience. I have nothing against Xavi or Jordi Cruyff, who I think was in China now. Xavi will surely do well, but “You need someone with experience. You can’t put so many millions in the hands of people who haven’t worked in this job yet.” On the possible signing of Elring Haaland, from Dortmund, he said: “I have spoken to Mino Raiola and I already have all the information on the conditions to negotiate with him, but Raiola will not let any candidacy use his name.”
Another name has been Kylian Mbappé. “Within the previous disasters, one was not signing Mbappé, when I offered him. Then I was playing in Monaco and it would have been easier to sign him. Now it will be complicated. You have to sign these players when they are not yet known, before they are very expensive “said Minguella, while Rousaud added that” we will not stretch our arm more than our sleeve, we know it will be our turn to enter a club with the box empty “. About Neymar, Minguella said that “we need great players. He is very good, but he has only won French leagues and titles at Barça. And it happens to him like me, every year he gets bigger. Now, if he is free, he will I might consider talking to him. “
Recover Rexach and Stoichkov
Minguella by the way, has said that an idea would be to incorporate Charly Rexach and Hristo Stoichkov back into the club. “Now that everyone is talking about cruyffisme, it is necessary to value a person who has always been linked to the club. As a player, as a coach … Rexach was also the man who said he had to stay with Messi, when others had doubts. You need to have a detail with a person like that. The Guardiolas, Xavi … they are all who they are thanks to Rexach. It was he who told Cruyff that Guardiola was going up hard. ”About the Bulgarian, he has said that“ I have already spoken to him, he now has a contract with a television station in Miami, but I have made him an offer to return. He speaks languages, he knows everyone … he would be a person who would make Barça defend against the institutions “.
According to the representative, “Barça must be prevented from being like Milan or United, who are no longer playing in the Champions League. There have been a lot of atrocities against Barça. I don’t want to remember what they did because maybe I would cry. can fix someone with business experience, who knows how to manage numbers Someone who may not be known, may not go by bus, but has set up a company, does not evict people and has not moved its headquarters out of Catalonia. Barça someone with these values like Emili “.
Minguella, a member of Barça’s senate, recalled his years of service to the club, with a membership card below 1,000. At the headquarters of the candidacy, right in front of where the old stadium of Les Corts stood, Minguella recalled: “I lived here as a child and thanks to Àngel Mur I was able to enter the training sessions to see Kubala, who took great care , or in Biosca sunbathing “.
The idea of postponing elections
Minguella, by the way, has launched an idea: “I think we should postpone the elections until the summer, now that people are dying, we need to talk about vaccines. The elections should be a great celebration of Barcelona and now they can not enjoy, it’s hard to collect signatures … I don’t know if my proposal will work, but it would be better to have a provisional directive and make the elections later “.
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