The situation
Joan Laporta reviewed the Blaugrana news this Monday, taking advantage of his presence at a charity golf tournament organized by Enric Masic in Sant Cugat. The Blaugrana leader insisted on his absolute disagreement over Robert Lewandowski’s three-match ban, he was very clear about Ronald Araújo and again lamented the problems of ‘fair play’ when it came to reinforcing the team.
The details
Lewandowski : “It doesn’t make any sense that they put three games on him. At best he had to have been one. By applying the rules and forcing them they have achieved three games. We are very upset and it doesn’t seem right at all”
Transfers : “We will strengthen ourselves in the summer. In principle we don’t have to do anything in winter, although it is true that now we are at 1/1 of ‘fair play’ and in summer we will be at 1/4 again, so if we had to sign, it would be convenient to do it now, although I insist that right now we have a very competitive team, as it shows that we are the team that contributes the most players to the World Cup. This already says a lot about the good work that has been done. It reinforces the great work that Xavi is doing. But it is clear that LaLiga does not make it good for us and increasingly restricts us more. If they had had that obsession long ago, we wouldn’t be like this now.”
Araújo : “We know the enthusiasm of the players to go to their teams. We know how to live in Uruguay. He wanted to go and Xavi made the right decision, but with some conditions. We have two members of our medical team there. We don’t want the player to be forced and Uruguay has accepted it, but there are symptoms that indicate that he is training. I hope that they are prudent and that the health of the player prevails and if there is a minimum risk that he does not play. Araújo is aware of this situation and I am sure that he will respond to us as a professional should behave and will not risk a relapse. I know that he is not going to play against Ghana and that he is hardly going to play this World Cup ”.
Spain : “It’s looking fantastic to me. It is a source of pride for Barcelona to see how the team is playing and how our players are doing. Luis Enrique has known how to take on all the pressure, which is a way of taking all the pressure off the players. Luis Enrique has been very brave, betting on very young players who are making the world fall in love and it just so happens that most of them are from Barça. The good role of Luis Enrique’s team is also thanks to the good work that Xavi is doing at Barcelona, where there are most of the players. For me, Spain, along with Brazil and France, are the great favorites of the tournament”.
Messi : “Your figure will always be linked to FC Barcelona, but allow me not to talk about players who have contracts with other clubs.”