How does it look like that Man City is so much interesting in getting the same player Barcelona is rejecting?

One of our best player last season but Ferran Tores is still in Barcelona

We need to investigate Laporta very well

Rafael Leao is very much liked by the Barça coaches and Joan Laporta. His price is expensive, around €90m, but the club has the money destined for Nico Williams....

#princeinnocent

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Oscar Hernández, Xavi's brother🗣:"Xavi’s Relentless Journey: The Unseen Challenges Behind His Barcelona Tenure"

Oscar Hernández, Xavi's brother, shared the following:

"When Laporta called Xavi to coach Barcelona, we were in Qatar where Xavi was coaching Al-Sadd. Xavi was living a happy life with his family in Qatar. When Xavi learned that Barcelona was going through a difficult time and received the call from Laporta to return to Barcelona, he didn’t hesitate for a moment. He gave up everything for Barcelona, not even discussing salary. He simply said to me, ‘Let's go to Barcelona.’ I told him the challenge there would be tough, but he replied, ‘I won't abandon Barcelona; I will return.’

We went to Barcelona where Laporta was waiting. When we met with the management and technical staff, we were shocked by the dire situation Barcelona was in. The chances of success with Barcelona were only 5%. This was the reality, but Xavi insisted on the challenge. Barcelona was unable to make even a free signing or a loan deal, so we turned to La Masia and some modest names. With some basic loans, we won the Supercopa and La Liga.

Laporta would tell us who to sign, and we were surprised when he signed a young player from Brazil named Roque. Xavi was upset and said we needed a defensive midfielder, and signing a young player from Brazil was a risky move. Xavi requested the signing of more than one player at reasonable prices, but he was turned down.

The arrival of Cancelo and Felix was not Xavi’s decision because those positions were not his priority. Those players didn’t fit into Xavi’s game plan. Even with Cancelo in that position, Barcelona struggled, and Joao Felix was a moody player. But Xavi had no alternative but Felix in that position.

We knew that competing in Europe would be tough, and domestically it was almost impossible with these names, especially since Real Madrid was loaded with strong players and Atlético also had a competitive team. But we accepted the challenge and won a domestic league title with names that would make it difficult for anyone to compete. We also won the Supercopa.

However, we knew that the fans' ambition was always for more titles. The situation didn’t improve; Aubameyang, who was a key player for Xavi, left, and we couldn’t find a suitable replacement because Felix wasn’t at the required quality level. Xavi had names of players at reasonable prices, but we were surprised by other names instead.

Barcelona has become toothless in the transfer market because Laporta is selling illusions to the club and the fans. Xavi left Barcelona because Laporta wants to compete for the domestic league and the Champions League with these names and a bench devoid of alternatives. We went through difficult days with harsh criticism. Everyone laughed at us when we celebrated victories over teams like Cadiz, Levante, or any mid-table team because we knew that winning against such teams with the current squad was a great achievement. We were always afraid of any player getting injured because there was no replacement.

In the end, the club’s management told us that we were not fit to coach the club. When Xavi made a statement telling the truth, that the team couldn’t compete with Real Madrid and other clubs, and that the team wasn’t fit to play in the Champions League with these players, and that the situation was difficult, he was sacked. But the most important thing is that he didn’t hesitate to tell the truth. When he left, he said, ‘If Barcelona needs me again, I won’t hesitate to come back.’"

Hugo Scotia (SPORT):

If Joan Laporta wasn't Joan Laporta, he would have been watching matches for a long time from his sofa at home and not from the podium.

One gets the impression that there is no planning within the club and that we have had a childish "modus operandi" for years. This immature way of behaving is based on selling illusions to entertain people for a while, and at the moment of truth when there is no room for manoeuvre the real cards are on the table.

In his second term, Laporta seems to be going miles without really knowing which direction to take and hoping that luck will put him on the right path.

With 15 days left until the market closes and a few hours before the start of the season we could not move forward in a different way than in recent years in the market, and we still have to register many players.

The fans must also have a "confession of guilt" like I do because year after year we continue to fall into the same trap. From within the club they say one thing and the reality is completely different. And to be honest this reality is very unpleasant.

Just because the management is chaotic doesn't mean that everything is bad when it comes to football, on the contrary, I still believe that the team has the ability and talent to compete in everything, and if the technical staff, as they say, does successful tactical and physical work, I have no doubt that the results will appear sooner rather than later.

In fact, a Barcelona that has been affected but not sunk has only two ways to heal a wound of this magnitude: win titles, and be more demanding with those who run the club.

David Bernabeu: "Laporta has been saying for months that Barcelona will return to the 1:1 rule this summer. Now there are 4 days left until La Liga starts and you haven't registered Dani Olmo nor returned to the 1:1 rule. This is the reality today."

Barca Must Succeed this season;
Sell Lewandoski ASAP and get us a good Striker like Gyokeres.
Balde is a sprinter and not a good full back Alex Val and fort should be our full back and Kounde should return to Centre back.
Sign a proven left winger and forget about Williams he will not accept Barca this summer. Never use Raphinha on the LW, he should fight for the RW with Yamal.
Sign a proven backup goalkeeper to compete with Ter Stegen or promote Astralaga to be back up because Iniaki Pena is no way near a good GK
Flick and Laporta must do this ASAP
#ForcaBarca

Gerard Romero:

Barcelona are still waiting for Nico's response, Laporta has entered the game strongly this week. He has done some of the things he should have done as president. Now the player must respond definitively, and depending on the response the file will be opened or closed completely

EXCLUSIVE: Nico Williams

Deco has been in charge of the negotiations to sign Nico Williams. Joan Laporta has now prioritised the signing as he sees massive sporting and marketing potential in the player and will personally lead the negotiations with the player.

President Laporta will be very clear with Nico Williams and will inform him that if he does not sign for Barcelona now, he will never join the club.

Understand Barcelona have offered Nico Williams a much higher salary than he earns at Athletic. They are convinced that the player will end up accepting their offer.

BREAKING NEWS: "As I get older I reflect on my past and one of my worst mistakes was leaving FC Barcelona. I really want to go back to Camp Nou," said famed Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano. Per a rumor in Spain, Neymar wants to make a spectacular comeback to Barcelona. Superstar from Brazil and former Barcelona player has declared his intention to rejoin Barcelona. Fabrizio says that Neymar and Barca president Joan Laporta have regular talks, and Laporta has stated that Neymar wants to return to Camp Nou in the summer. After conversations with Laporta, Neymar wants to move to Barcelona. Right now, this is among the most startling. The crucial query is, though, will Barcelona and its supporters accept him back

President of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta:

"The first time FC Barcelona made American territory was in 1937 in New York, it was crucial for the club to remain in the midst of the Spanish civil war.

Our team played here at the Hamilton-Metzfield Stadium in the heart of Brooklyn, which was a baseball stadium that was then known as the commercial field.

In New York, Barcelona was received as a true ambassador for democracy and as a symbol of Catalan identity and freedom in the fight against fascism.

Had it not been for that tour, which is one of the most important moments in the history of FC Barcelona, maybe they would not have been there now.

On behalf of FC Barcelona, thank you very much for your historic hospitality."