Joan Laporta

[Messigician]

🚨🎙️| Joan Laporta, on Xavi's dismissal:

“Xavi had announced his departure himself, saying he would leave at the end of the season. Then he asked to meet me at my home to explain that, in reality, he wanted to continue and felt the need to. I asked him only one question: ‘Xavi, do you believe in the team?’ He replied: ‘I believe 100% — I’ll make these players champions.’

A week later, I heard him say in a press conference that he and the team would need two years to be competitive. I thought: ‘What is this?’

He later spoke with Deco about the possibility of changing several first-team players. As you know, I have a lot of respect for Xavi, and his words affected me deeply. We’ve had to make tough decisions before with Messi, Alba, Busquets, Piqué, even with Xavi and Koeman… but at Barça, the institution always comes first. It is above the players, the presidents, and the coaches.” #fcblive

Xavi had to go

 

[FCBarca]

Xavi had to go

There’s no debating the value of that outcome despite how painful

 

[Messigician]

🚨 Florentino Pérez: “It is NOT normal for Barcelona to PAY the Vice-President of the Referees more than €8 MILLION over 17 YEARS, whatever the reason. It coincides, coincidentally, with Barcelona's best sporting era.”

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