Bartomeu has reviewed his tenure at the head of the Barcelona and he has recognized two great mistakes. The former president has regretted not having made the generational and managerial change after Liverpool, after hearing from the players who said they could continue with the same block. His second mistake, not foreseeing the pandemic. In addition, he has acknowledged that he was very on the edge of fair play
The former president has responded to the interventions on Sunday of the delegates who asked for legal action against the board that he presided and, once again, has pointed to the pandemic by covid as the only culprit of the bad numbers that the club presents today.
“I would ask them to value the global. We have won titles, accumulated profits of 190 million euros, but with the covid, everything has been ruined because the income fell suddenly 40-something percent. So you have no resources to pay. The situation is complex because the covid has made us live this current situation. When it disappears, we will return to the previous financial situation. I understand the anger, but you have to look at the balance of the last 10 years. The Bara is the most valuable club in the world, “he explained in Esport3.
The former president has reiterated that he does not see the drama and that without the pandemic he would have lost only 50 million in 2020-21. “There has been an action before the covid endorsed by LaLiga and UEFA, but afterwards it has been very complicated, “he affirmed.” We went to the limit with the fair play because we did not expect that there would be covid, but the club had resources to pay everything that it owes. “
Laporta is waiting for the result of a Forensic to determine whether to initiate legal action against the mandate of Bartomeu. “Irregularities? They do an audit, due diligence, forensic… no one has reached into the box “, reiterated the former president.
I did not attend the Assembly
“I have always thought that when a president leaves he has to be at home. I have been out in the last few days in different media because of the attacks on me and my board and to clarify things,” said the former president. Thus, Bartomeu I decided not to go to the Assembly nor show his opinion in the appointment last Sunday.
No one has reached into the box
The former president has assured that he was surprised by the postponement, but has considered that it was logical if it could not end. “You have to have the time it takes for the delegates to decide on the Espai Bara. I am a supporter, and I told my board, that a referendum was necessary. “A gesture that minutes before he had announced that Laporta will do if he achieves the s of the Assembly to the financing of the Espai Bara.
The generational change after the Anfield debacle
“Not assessing after Liverpool’s defeat that a change would have to be made was a mistake. He had to have made a generational change. I listened to the players and I was wrong. We were going to the limit financially and the pandemic caught us all by surprise. “
Transfers that did not go as expected
“Some of the ones we have done have not met expectations, Players who have cost a lot of money (Coutinho, Dembel), but these things happen in football. When these two players were signed, they were applauded by everyone. Coutinho came because Iniesta was leaving. He was the best in the Premier League. Dembl came for the departure of Neymar. The parameters, according to the specialists, are 50% correct and incorrect.
As to Griezmann, the technicians asked and insisted for a year. They considered it essential, especially because Luis Surez was injured a lot that season. He was a different forward and a world star, and a team player. “
Mbapp
“His signing was on the table, but the technicians preferred to Dembl because they wanted a player to open the field. “
The coaches preferred Dembel because they wanted a player to open the field
Messi’s departure
“His departure has been a problem. We are a buying club and not a seller. I fought a lot in the summer of 2020 for him to continue, and now that he wanted to stay, he has had to leave. I could not allow him to Messi went to a rival in the Champions League. His case is different from that of Neymar, Figo or Rivaldo. It is clear that he was the highest paid player in the world and by far. ANDn July 2020 I reached an agreement with Messi to renew two years, but then everything broke. We will have to ask Messi why “
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