Barca president Laporta revealed everything about the future of Spanish midfield talent and he also talks about De Jong.
President Laporta: “Meeting with Valencia? It was an institutional meal, to talk about issues that may be of interest to both clubs. But I will not give details, confidentiality must be maintained.”
“Losing always has consequences. There have been some this season, we changed coaches. Since then, we have won a lot and finished second. Obviously, we always want more.”
“Pedri dependency? There were also other injured players like Piqué and Ansu.”
“Lewandowski? The club is working so that the team is the best it can be next year. It’s not easy, we come from a very difficult economic situation.”
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“If we manage to clean up the club’s finances, which I think we will, we will be able to face the market operations we are working on.”
“Next season we have to have a team to aspire to all the titles. That includes the Champions League.”
“De Jong? There are Barça players that are always being talked about in the market. We will do what is best for the club. If the levers we want to activate come to fruition, there would be no sales for economic reasons.”
“Dembélé? He would like to stay but he’s very tempted by other options that he may think are superior. He already has our offer and he’ll answer us next week. We would like to have the issue resolved.”
“Gavi? I hope he responds favorably to the offer that we have transferred to his agent.”
“Alves? On behalf of the club, Dani has fulfilled the objectives set. Now there is a sporting aspect that the coaches will assess and then they will tell us.”
