Laporta: “We are working so that the goal does not suffer”

Much applauded by those present, Joan Laporta This Friday he attended the 50th anniversary of the Penya Barcelonista d’Agramunt i comarca, accompanied by the director Josep Ignasi Maciàand confirmed in his speech that the club is moving in the face of Marc’s serious injury Ter Stegen. Without confirming whether the Pole will sign soon Wojciech Szczesnyhe did hint that a goal will arrive. “We are working so that the goal does not suffer. And who is looking for it? decorationwho has gone through his difficulties,” he assured, sending another message of maximum support to the sports director as he already did on September 3 at a press conference.

Hours before visiting Osasuna this Saturday (9 p.m./LaLiga TV on Movistar +) and be able to match the best league start in the club’s history, which dates back to 2013-14 with eight wins in a row, Laporta praised the team already Hansi Flick: “He is doing an extraordinary job. “I was studying Barça for a long time.” Happy for the start of the course, he vindicated the quality of the quarry: “We are committed to Masia not out of necessity but out of conviction. The squad now has more market value than when we arrived. And that is also important for economic recovery.”

Direct message to “the catastrophists and distorters”

The Barcelona president congratulated himself on the good sporting progress: “This is very important, because when we came in there were those who said that we should be cautious and that nothing would happen if we didn’t win. Of course what happens if we don’t win.”

Before the club announces the accounts for the last financial year and the budget for this one on Monday after an Extraordinary Meeting, it reiterated that “the ordinary results (2023-24) are positive and that is why I can say that the wound is closed. “We are increasingly convinced of completing the club’s recovery.” And he added: “There are those who insist on catastrophic proclamations that are neither there nor expected. The distorters will have to work hard to ignore what is being done.”

The president also insisted that the works on the Barcelona temple are progressing well: “And we are working to return to the Spotify Camp Nou at the end of the year or the beginning of the other. Depending on the League and Champions League calendar, we will announce the return date shortly.”

Finally, Laporta wanted to remember the confidence of many investors in the Barça: “With the levers we give strength to the club. The strength of the club is very great and that allowed us to find sponsors and investors. We made the ‘lever’ of TV (sale in 2022 of 25% of the television rights LaLiga to Sixth Street for 25 years) but the situation was so bad that it was necessary to do more things.” Before and after his speech at the end of the dinner, the Barça president was constantly asked to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans of the club. all ages.