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Joan Laporta: “Our goal is to turn Barça back into being the biggest club”. Full interview w/ SPORT below: 🧵⤵️

Laporta: “I don't have that much time to relax. I expected a very intense work, as it is being. On a day-to-day basis we are working very intensely because we have encountered a complicated situation and we want to do it well” #FCB 💪

Laporta: “The most painful thing so far has been the departure of Messi. The best thing is the achievement of the credit of €595M from Goldman Sachs. This allows us to pay short-term commitments and gives us some air to move forward” #FCB ❓

Laporta, on whether he has succeeded in making the fans start dreaming again: “I will. We are convinced that we will fix this situation. We are on the right track for Barça to be back to where it belongs in the world of football, as a place of reference..” #FCB 🔵🔴

“but this is not achieved instantly from today or tomorrow. With everything we do, joy will eventually return to Barça” #FCB 🔵🔴

Laporta, on whether he is managing the club as he would like or is he conditioned based on the situation: “We already knew from the start how difficult it will be. The enthusiasm, the desire and the conviction in our viability plan drawn up will make Barça admired..” #FCB 🗄

“..and loved again around the world and that we return to compete at a high level. This gives us the necessary strength that allows us to work on the day-to-day of a complicated economic situation. We are overcoming obstacles and adversities..” #FCB 🔵🔴

“In the situation in which we are, that credit of €595M has been achieved at a 1.98% interest - good news. Now it is valued at an economic level and we work so that these are transferred in the areas of the club that give us joys: Sports, social and institutional” #FCB 💰

Laporta, on whether their goal is to turn Barça into the best team in the world again: “Yes. This is our goal” #FCB 🔵🔴💪

Laporta: “Sunday’s Assembly is the most important in the club's recent history. I don't want to go back to the origins of the club, where there were situations of maximum difficulty. I want to imagine what Gamper suffered when there were only 32 associates left..” #FCB 🔜

“..and went door to door to try to recover them. We will announce the results, which is a disaster as a result of the mismanagement of the previous board. But we will also proclaim the resurrection of Barça. May Barça be resurrected & once again be a world reference” #FCB 🔵🔴

Laporta, on how many hours he sleeps: “4 and a half to 5 hours. I sleep well, with a clear mind. I’m well accompanied too. Yesterday we finished working at 10 and the day before yesterday at 8 - then I had dinner with potential investors. Well, I like it this way” #FCB 😴

Laporta: “I have very little time for my private life. My dedication to the club is almost full, as it should be. We are in a delicate moment” #FCB 🔵🔴

Laporta: “I'm just looking to turn the club's situation around. I did say in 2003 that we would dedicate the best years of our lives to Barça. Now we also dedicate a serene maturity of experience to Barça. I feel very strong & capable enough to do it..” #FCB 🔵🔴

“It helps me a lot to be well accompanied. These are efficient hours. We do a lot of things during the day. The activity is frenetic. I hope that this will have a reward. Soon, we will stabilize all this. We have vice-presidents who dedicate a lot of time and work well..” #FCB 💻

“And they help each other, suggesting this is going well and that we're going to fix the situation. Our interest is to fix it as soon as possible, but everything has a rhythm. There are situations that require a certain period of maturity to be complete & effective” #FCB 📋

Joan Laporta: “We are working to improve the squad at all times. I don't know if it will be in January or at the end of the season. We are attentive to the movements in the market…” #Transfers 🔍🔄

“For this, we need instruments and permission from the assembly to authorize us to compete at a high level, to invest in the team & improve it” #Transfers 🔜

Joan Laporta: “If there are new arrivals in the team, there will certainly be exists too. We have to have a balanced team in terms of the number of players” #Transfers 👥🔄