Joan Laporta, president of the BarcelonaNot only does he trust Messi to sign with Barcelona as soon as possible, but he added that all transfers made can already be registered in LaLiga, to which he asked for greater flexibility to specify more incorporations.
The President made these remarks in the course of the presentation of Emerson Royal as a new Blaugrana player at the Camp Nou where he confessed that “Every night I have sweet dreams when I think of Messi. We do our best to ensure that he is there, the negotiation is progressing well and in line with what we think. We are in the process and Messi wants to continue, we must ensure that he continues. I appreciate you wanting to stay. “
Beyond Messi, Laporta reported that “the players that we incorporate under the Fair Play parameter can all be registered according to our criteria, but we ask LaLiga for more flexibility as it happens in other countries to be able to incorporate more signings. As long as we do not have more margin in the Fair Play we cannot incorporate anyone “.
Asked by him Griezmann's case, whose exit would be key to balancing the wage bill, stated that “Griezmann makes us all happy. Fight like the most, he is a great professional. There was interest in the market and we are the same as we were and if the situation does not arise that you want to leave, we will answer your contract. “
And regarding The negotiation with the captains to lower their salary, added that everything is going well: “We are in the negotiation phase with many players to reach agreements and we have seen that they prioritize the entity over their personal interests, I want to thank them. We have recovered the intensity and an attractive game system. The new ones ask for passage “.
President Laporta ended by launching a clear and forceful message to Ilaix Moriba: “His case should not be repeated. You will understand that it is a situation that we cannot accept to send the message of our quarry policy. If you don't want to renew, you already know you have other solutions. We do not want players that we have trained and who in the last year do not want to renew. It's very good and it tastes bad to me. Hopefully he reconsiders and we reach an agreement, but we do not accept pulses in which what we have done for him is not accepted. Whoever wants to go is free to do so. Unfortunately it is like this. “