Although he is not officially president yet (the inauguration will not take place until he presents the guarantee of almost 125 million euros in LaLiga and this is approved), Joan Laporta wanted to be with his players from the first trip. Invited by the president of the Management Board, Carles Tusquets, Laporta and his sports vice president, Rafa Yuste, they passed the corresponding PCR this Monday and traveled yesterday Tuesday.
Laporta waited for his players in the boarding area and greeted them one by one. He was friendly with Dest and very complicit with Messi and Alba, with whom you can see that he has a special relationship. Laporta does not pretend to be invasive either, but it is clear that in the first days he must fill the power vacuum that has existed in the club for months. Not only since the resignation of Bartomeu, but since the former president stopped having contact with his players. “Although I have not spoken with him, I will do so in the future, it is important that we have a president,” Frenkie said yesterday in the press room. by Jong.
But Laporta wanted to be in Paris for more things. The new president of Barça did not like the behavior of PSG in the Messi affair. In fact, during the electoral campaign it was very hard and in that line it has continued these days. “PSG disrespected Barça by speaking publicly about Messi. A player can publicly wish the arrival of the best player in history. A club, no. Leonardo was wrong and I think he knows it. I'm sure that PSG got the message right. The Paris party will be my first as president. I love our new rivalry, although we have two different models: one is from his hobby, the other from an emir who puts money at the end of the season “, Laporta said in Le Parisien, insisting on the line of his statements against those he calls” club-states ”.
Laporta will look Nasser Al-Khelaifi in the eye in the box. It is possible that Carles Tusquets will inform you of the events of the first leg. Then, it transpired behind the scenes that the Parisian leader skipped protocol and celebrated the goals of his team with the greats. Perhaps, with Barça finally with the president, everything will be different