Joan Laporta: “The resurgence of Barça is a reality, we have returned”

Mateu Alemany, on Dembélé: “We have had a lot of patience, he has a renewal offer and this cannot be delayed much longer”

BARCELONA, 3 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, affirmed positively and ambitiously that Barça has “returned” and that the “resurgence” of the team is already a reality, and as proof of this he put Ferran Torres’ desire to leave Manchester City to being a new ‘culer’ player under the command of Xavi Hernández.

“Barça is a reference in the market for the players and we will soon see the sporting resurgence of this Barça. The resurgence is a reality and the market has realized it. Everyone can prepare because we have returned and wanting to do so very good, “Laporta said at a press conference.

In it, he assured that they are pending the market to give continuity to the arrivals. “We are a reference in the market and we are recovering the weight in world football and all the great players contemplate the possibility of coming to Barça. We have to work very well, in sporting and economic parameters and we are progressing well, it is working and everything is possible “, he pointed out about those big signings that may come.

“These incompatibilities of whether one comes, the other cannot come, there are emergencies this season and we want to win titles, because we have become hooked on LaLiga, we have the Cup, and then the Super Cup in Saudi Arabia and we are also in the Europa League. We want to respond to these needs, “he said.

However, he did not want to speak of Erling Haaland or other proper names. “You will allow me not to talk about players, we would be doing something that does not benefit us at all because talking about someone increases their value. We are working to reinforce the positions that the coach wants to reinforce, and we incorporate Ferran Torres. I am not going to talk about others. players specifically, “he said.

Yes, he assured that they work so that Barça has the weight it should have in the football market. “That a player like Ferran Torres wanted to come is an example of this. I am convinced that we are going to improve the team to achieve the successes we want,” he reiterated.

On the other hand, he denied that going to the winter market depends on closing the negotiation with CVC. “Except for situations like Ferran’s, the others are different. We do not have CVC’s operation contemplated in the conditions set out. We don’t need more debt, but income, to be able to invest, we already have a lot of debt. And we told him, yes we did. they make another approach, we remain open. But the winter market does not depend on CVC, “he said.

The football director of the Blaugrana club, Mateu Alemany, celebrated the arrival of Ferran Torres and reviewed the club’s situation in the face of the winter market. “The reality is that when we signed Ferran Torres we knew that we had no salary limit, we assumed it. We have been doing work in various ways, and we are convinced that we will be able to register him before Sunday, the date we have in mind,” he commented on the registration. of the Spanish international.

“We have enough margin to register Dani Alves, it will be done between today and tomorrow. And other signings will depend on the exits. With Ferran we have made an exception because it was worth signing him before even having ‘fair play’. And if we do those exits and when we have that ‘fair play’ we will see if any more operations are made. These steps will be followed until the market ends, “he said.

And, about the renewal of Ousmane Dembélé, it was clear. “No meeting is scheduled for today, but we don’t like to explain our timing either. We have been in contact with their agents for five months, the situation is that they know the club’s situation very well, we have had a lot of patience and they know that we want them to It remains, it has a renewal offer. This cannot be delayed much longer, they know this scenario. We are waiting for a definitive response on their part to take the measures that are convenient for the club, “he valued.