Josep Maria Bartomeu reviewed the sporting and institutional news in an interview with Sport. The president of FC Barcelona spoke about the existing team, the young players of Barca, the economics of the club and Arthur.
“They’re theArray. They play very well, exercise well, make wonderful efforts and have ambition. It’s mixing joy and youth. They keep ambition intact and the preference to win alive.”
“The nicest thing about football is to mix the experienced players who have been winning for many years with those young people who come with a preference to win.”
“There comes another batch of young players: 3 players, adding Matheus, and 3 who have left Team B. The arrival of seven players in a year, adding Pjanic, is bad”
Araujo, Riqui Puig and Ansu Fati will be the first team players. So far, we’ve discussed it, but there’s still a long way to go. There’s the preseason left, for example, and there’ll be a lot of B players on the team to see “
“We’ve been following Pjanic for a long time. I was very happy with the opportunity to come to Barca and it was not a strange signing. He will seamlessly integrate as a vital player.”
“Barca spoke to Inter de Lautaro, but the talks stopped. The scenario invites giant investments”
“Neymar? In this situation, it is unattainable. PSG doesn’t need to sell it either.
“The club lost two hundred million euros between March and June. For the 2020/21 season, we expected to publish 1.1 billion euros, but we’ll have 30% less.”
“If the pandemic scenario does not improve, there will be no spectators, there will be no museum, no outlets open and cash will continue to be lost. This requires us to be very rigorous in management: we want to review what investments they are and what they can expect.”
“All the big European clubs are concerned. Everyone is running to adapt. And it’s not going to last a year, it’s going to take three or four”
“The resolve to leave Barca was taken through Arthur. We’ve renewed your contract now, but the economic scenario made it very difficult to point out the renovations”
“We have come to an agreement that until the end of the Champions League will continue to play in Barca. Maybe it’s just for us. But he didn’t come back from his mini-rest, so we broke a record for him.”
“We players can play in both Second Division B and Second A”
“Economically it’s different: in Second A, the groups are more professional and the profit is greater. In Second B, Barca invests more than it receives. But what you’re afraid of is the sporty aspect”