“Xavi has a ballot that I know is not easy, but he will impose his stamp”
BARCELONA, 8 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, welcomed Xavi Hernández as a new coach and acknowledged that he would have liked “to offer him a team in which things were easier”, and warned that they hope not to have problems with his signing and the salary margin imposed by LaLiga, which looks at them “with a magnifying glass at everything” and “every day something new is invented.”
“LaLiga looks at us with a magnifying glass at everything, every day something new is invented. They audit us, make us sign operations that we do not see clearly … Open books, as on other occasions. We do not have much salary margin, but we do, and I hope that LaLiga see him as we do, “said Laporta during the presentation this Monday of the new Barça coach.
On the other hand, the manager celebrated the arrival of Terrassa, with whom he has “a very good personal harmony”, and defended the stay of Ronald Koeman, “a coach who represents a lot in the history of Barça.” “He deserved respect and had a contract in force. We have given him a margin of confidence until the situation was untenable. This he had commented to Xavi, who has always been very respectful of Ronald. It was a situation with some complexity,” he remarked.
Now, on the other hand, Xavi arrives at the moment when Barça “favors Xavi more”. “I would have liked to offer him a team with which things were easier, but he will be able to work a lot with the squad and he will have our full support and confidence,” said the Blaugrana president.
“Xavi is a man at home and at the club, he has made an effort to be a reference in the institution. This is evident today in an obvious way, it is a day of joy for Barcelona fans, that we need them, it is a historic day for him club, “he added.
The former midfielder convinced him to sign him because he told him that “he knew the team and knew how he had to play.” “Xavi has had knowledge of great coaches and will put everything into practice with the ‘Xavi seal’. He has a ballot that I know is not easy, but with his knowledge and his desire, everything will go well,” said the lawyer.
Anyway, Laporta is clear that “things will go well, sure”, but that “when they go wrong”, the former player will have the “support” of the club until “they go well” and the things they have experienced are repeated “in last”. “But looking at the present and the future,” he warned.
“I understand that we have full confidence in Xavi and that, due to his way of being, and knowledge, he has to command and direct this team the best he knows how. I think it is difficult for him and that it is a complicated situation because it is a team that is about to do “, Laporta stressed before the expectations placed on the coach.
EXPECTED IN LEAGUE AND CHAMPIONS
Regarding the payment of the exit clause to Al-Sadd, the president limited himself to saying that “the two parties” did their “part” to achieve the termination of the contract. “With the figures we have as a rule to act with confidentiality. The important thing is that it has been a termination of a contract and that both Xavi and the club have done everything possible to convince Al-Sadd,” he stressed.
Finally, he referred to the qualification for the eighth of the Champions League, making it clear that it is “important” to achieve it due to the “prestige” of the club and the desire to “try to win all the competitions.”
“I say that Xavi has it complicated but he is clear about what has to be done. In the ‘Champions’ there is some difficulty, but we are alive, and in LaLiga we are at a distance from the first, but if we catch the tone we can go back. that we will compete to win, “he said.