At an event in the Sala Roma at the Camp Nou, Barça’s pre-candidate and former manager Toni Freixa began to announce some of his team’s strong names in the election race to preside over Barça. One is that of former player and coach Lluís Carreras, who would hold the position of football director, a role in which he would be in charge of appointing the sports director (technical secretary) and the coach of the first team.
“After the 2015 elections, I introduced myself to Toni and told him that I liked his knowledge of the club, its history and what he passed on to the members. We were left to see each other again,” explained Lluís Carreras. , who was then a commentator on RAC1. “After being a coach in Japan, Toni called me and said: I want you to be the person in charge of signing the sporting director, first, and the coach, then, of Barça,” he explained. “And I went to him. say, Toni, you are asking me to choose someone who holds two positions that I would like to occupy. Count on me to do so, I will help you from this position that you propose to me. ”
Carreras, a former Barça player in the 1990s, has insisted on “Barça’s methodology, the only method”, which he summed up as: “Understanding the game, to train players who can one day be in the first team”. This is how Carreras defined his idea for managing La Masia: “The structure would be made up of a methodology director, a recruitment director, a sports director and the coaches to train the players on the squad. The result will be the consequence of whether the method has been achieved, not the results. The important thing is how “.
However, Carreras insisted that everything must “revolve around the ball” and stated that those who ruled so far in Bartomeu’s board “did not believe in the model”. He also cited former Barça and youth coaches as references, including Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola, Tito Vilanova, Joan Vilá, Paco Seirul·lo, Quique Costas and Oriol Tort. Carreras, however, stated that the model needs to be recovered and updated, mentioning what Seirul·lo, Guardiola and Vila designed in 2010. “The middle of the team field is what gives you the base.”
The former footballer also wanted to make it clear that not all good players are good for Barça. Regarding Neymar, he said that “he meets all the methodological parameters to play for Barça”, but that other factors such as his departure from Barça and the financial difficulty of taking him must also be looked at. Freixa wanted to intervene saying that, in any case, the president is the one who must have the last word and that he would not take Neymar. To convince Messi to stay, Carreras has said that “you have to listen to him, let him talk and then, as a club, decide.” Freixa has said he will always defend “the best for the club”.
“Evaluating Koeman”
Regarding Ronald Koeman, Carreras stated that he is “being evaluated”: “His behavior, his management of parties and changes, as well as how he acts in press conferences. In general, he is being evaluated as he is. his season and if he deserves to continue. He is aware of that. ” As for which candidates can be there to be the sporting director, Carreras did not want to reveal any names, but he will have to meet the parameters for Barça to “recover the model that made him unique”. Similarly, he did not want to refer to possible signings, although he stated that “work is being done”.
Freixa: “It will not be easy to pass the signature cut”
Freixa, for his part, said he was optimistic about collecting signatures, but that “it will not be easy for anyone”, and did not dare to make predictions of which candidates will pass the cut. Freixa, who was manager when the referendum for the Espai Barça was called, explained that they had already ruled out the possibility of moving Barça to play at the Montjuïc stadium, as other candidates have proposed in in the event that works are carried out at the Camp Nou.
The pre-candidate has started his staging by stating that they are “the only candidacy he can say, seamlessly, that brings together knowledge, experience and common sense.” The pre-candidate explained that his board project will consist of 25 men and women and wanted to highlight three identifying features of his club idea: “Respect the ownership model, base the sports model respecting our unique model combining players of the house and signings that are acceptable for the club and defend that we are a multi-sport club, promoting the sections, both male and female “.
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