Joan Laporta will try to be president of the Barça in the elections that will take place next January. The candidate wants to “return excellence to Barça” and for this he considers that he will need Leo messi. In an interview in Catalunya Radio He again made it clear that the Argentine “is a priority” and that since the player “loves the club”, “he will help the club if the project is good.” He did not want to reveal his future plans in sports, neither with regard to Neymar, but he did say that he will give “a margin of confidence” to Ronald Koeman.
“I have not spoken with him (Messi) about the renewal. I need to have the authority to be president to be able to do it. See how the club’s accounts are to know what offer to make Renew him with the current figures? Sure there are imaginative solutions for Messi to stay at the club. We will try to make an attractive proposal for him, that will excite him again to play for Barça ”, he explained.
We will try to make an attractive proposal that will excite him again to play for Barça “
For Laporta “Messi is a priority. All the clubs love him. Make any club a candidate to win it all. Mark the difference. It is also economically important. Messi loves Barcelona and will help the club if the project is good, “he added.
Laporta assured that he wants “Messi to wait. If he has offers, wait to find out who the new president is. I have a very good relationship with Leo, we appreciate each other and I talk to him often. I have access to him and he to me. What I want is for him to stay at Barça. If I win, with the authority to be president of Barça I will make you an offer and I hope you evaluate it. What I want is for the Barça – Leo relationship to be a beautiful Barça story, “he said.
Today Barça is an almost ruined club that is in the worst economic moment in its history “
Also, asked if he had asked Messi to wait until after the elections to make a decision about his future, he revealed that “he already knows that we will make him an offer. Leo has matured a lot, I knew him when I was a child, but he has changed a lot. He knows perfectly where he is and what to do ”, he explained.
Regarding the outgoing Board, the one chaired by Josep María Bartomeu, said that “it leaves a club in a very undesirable, very complicated situation. An almost bankrupt club that is in the worst moment of its history economically. One part for the Covid-19, but another for a management that has not been well. This situation claims to remind him of “the time of 2003. The numbers are very complicated. I want to focus on the fact that this is a very big challenge and we have to go together. We want to make decisions that take Barça to world number one, that reverts the economic situation and with a commitment to society ”, he said.
Koeman has a margin of confidence because in a very difficult situation he is doing well “
In addition, he also revealed that he will give “a margin of confidence to Koeman.” “Koeman has a contract and is a Barça great. He is a reference player that we will not forget. He has a margin of confidence because in a very difficult situation he is doing well. The first thing I will do is give him margin because he has maximum confidence, “he explained.
Laporta wants his management to “send a message to the world that we have returned. We will give credibility. Good players will want to return to Barça. It is the biggest challenge of my life. It was an honor to be president, to be president again is the greatest challenge. If we show up, it’s because we love the club. And I am confident that we will manage the club well to reverse this situation ”. “I am convinced that I can do it because I have already done it,” he said.
We will give credibility. Good players will want to return to Barça “
Finally, he revealed that he has returned to have contact with Sandro Rosell, former president of Barça. “When I saw what had happened I called him to find out how he was and from here on we talked about everything. We did not have the same confidence but the situation has normalized. We talk about Barça and life, he has had difficult moments in his life. We have reversed a situation that should never have occurred. We have to unite Barcelona fans ”, he concluded.
