Joan Laporta appeared again in public to present the new Barcelona shirt for this season and, incidentally, publicly bet on Riqui Puig, a player that Koeman has not taken into account, but who seems very much to the taste of the president.
The new Blaugrana kit offers a groundbreaking design, which includes the Sant Jordi cross on the upper right side, the four red bars of the senyera on the upper left side, while in the lower area there are four red bars and four blue ones. Another novelty of the kit, with a risky and innovative design, is that the pants are two-color and have a blue and a red leg as well as the sleeves.
But beyond the design, always controversial of the new kit, the message was in the message that the club president launched, that aIt took advantage that the models who presented it were Ansu Fati, Caroline Graham, Hansen, Marta Torrejón and Riqui Puig to claim the role of the latter in the future of the club.
Laporta explained that “I like the shirt a lot, but it doesn't change anything in our philosophy: we like to win attacking, we have a style, automated combinations, that style that we want to improve in a nonconformist way that Cruyff showed us. And that's why we have Riqui and Ansu here today and we want you to be in this style because you are references “.
Laporta added that “This shirt reflects the pride of being from Barça and Barcelona, from being from Catalonia, this welcoming country that believes in diversity and equality that always leaves all decisions in the hands of the members”.