Barcelona President Joan Laporta is at the moment in Dubai, attending the distinguished Globe Soccer Awards.
Amidst the glitz and glamour of the occasion, the place the , the membership chief took time to handle the media (h/t ) concerning probably the most urgent matters surrounding the Catalan giants.
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The La Masia philosophy and future signings
One of the frequent questions requested by Barcelona followers revolves across the membership’s switch technique.
When requested if the membership will proceed to rely solely on the academy or search for heavy-calibre names sooner or later, Laporta was agency in his defence of the membership’s id however left the door open for transfers.
“We’re engaged on producing gamers from La Masia, and now we have many skills able to reaching the primary staff, and we’re happy with the philosophy we work in line with,” Laporta started.
“The truth is, there are gamers from La Masia who attain the primary staff, and on the identical time, we additionally need to signal different gamers and combine them collectively, and we’re happy with this work.”
The president was eager to focus on that this philosophy extends past simply the lads’s first staff, pointing to the immense success of the ladies’s part as proof of the mannequin’s viability.
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“We additionally produce other groups, not simply the lads’s soccer staff; we even have the ladies’s soccer staff. And I’m very pleased about that, as there’s a participant right here representing ladies’s soccer, and he or she can also be a graduate of La Masia,” he defined.
Laporta stays assured in La Masia. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Pictures)
“All of the soccer sections we work on are witnessing noticeable improvement, and they’re being labored on nicely and in line with a transparent philosophy.”
Laporta emphasised that the particular DNA of a La Masia graduate is a aggressive benefit that can not be purchased, although he reiterated that exterior signings stay a part of the plan.
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“Every staff has its personal work, and now we have many gamers, and in La Masia, there may be nice competitors. And each participant who graduates from La Masia is aware of the enjoying type of the primary staff, and this is essential to us,” he mentioned.
“Sure, we need to add different gamers; there are gamers we need to signal to be within the first staff, alongside gamers who come from La Masia.“
On La Liga and The Membership World Cup
When bluntly requested if Barcelona can be the league champion this yr, Laporta saved his reply transient however hopeful, stating, “Insha’Allah.”
He additionally talked in regards to the FIFA Membership World Cup, which Barcelona missed out on as a consequence of their UEFA coefficient standing from earlier seasons.
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When requested if he was unhappy about lacking the event financially, Laporta laughed off the suggestion that finance was the first damage.
“No, no, it’s not a matter of cash, however a matter of status and dignity,” Laporta clarified.
He acknowledged the sporting dip in recent times that led to this exclusion however vowed that the membership would return to the place it belongs.
Laporta confirms Barcelona weren’t involved in FIFA Membership World Membership for the cash. (Photograph by Angel Martinez/Getty Pictures)
“Sadly, we didn’t take part as a result of within the earlier years we weren’t in good standing, however we need to take part subsequent time and all the time, that’s our purpose.”
Ambitions and The Globe Soccer Awards
Wanting forward, Laporta outlined the staff’s mindset for the rest of the season. The target stays not simply to win, however to take action with the type that defines FC Barcelona.
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“We’re in each competitors we play.. Our purpose is to play nicely and attempt to win. We’ll see what occurs, and we’re additionally all the time assured within the gamers to offer their finest, particularly those that carried out nicely final yr,” he said.
“We proceed step-by-step, respecting the opponent and enjoying lovely soccer. That is the first purpose, then we concentrate on successful,” he added.
Lastly, bearing on the occasion itself, Laporta expressed his delight at being in Dubai and seeing Barcelona gamers recognised on the worldwide stage.
“A unbelievable celebration,” he mentioned of the occasion. “Proud to have 3 Barcelona gamers among the many nominees for the Globe Soccer Awards.”