🗣️: "It's a difficult game, because it's away from home and Aguirre gets a lot out of his teams. It won't be easy, because they don't concede goals. Also, historically, it's difficult for us after the international breaks."
🎙| Xavi on the injuries
🗣️: "It frustrates me, but I have to think positively. We are unlucky. We are looking for an answer. We must not blame anyone, but try to make sure that something like won't happen again. It's time to show that we have a great squad."
🎙| Xavi on the right-back
🗣️: "We have many options. I have to see how Sergi is doing and I've brought Marc Casadó from Barça Atlètic. We can play with three central defenders or play a left-back there. We'll decide after training."
🎙| Xavi on Dembele
🗣️: "He is at 100%. He is available."
🎙| Xavi on calling Luis Enrique
🗣️: "I have a very good relationship with Luis. I not only called Tite, but the French coach and all the coaches. We sent a plan and talked to all of them, but we have been unlucky with injuries."
🎙| Xavi on the subsidiary
🗣️: "Those who are prepared will play, no matter how old they are. Balde is 18 and he plays. We are following Barça Atlètic, I am in continuous communication with Rafa Marquez. They are doing a great job."
🎙| Xavi on Araujo's injury
🗣️: "Ronald's injury annoys me the most because it's a long one. He had to undergo surgery and it's the one that makes me the most sorry, for him and for the team, because he was giving us a lot."
🎙| Xavi on Sergio Busquets
🗣️: "He has said it publicly, that he has not decided anything and that he will decide at the end of the season, based on his feeling. For me he's fundamental player and from what I see, for Luis Enrique too."
🎙| Xavi on the left-back
🗣️: "All games are worth three points. We will make a lot of rotations, because the calendar is very demanding. Everyone has to be prepared."
🎙| Xavi on playing a midfielder at right-back
🗣️: "There are several options. I see Sergi Roberto more as a midfielder, but he can play there. Frenkie could also play there when we have the ball, but I think it has to be a more defensive profile than a midfielder."
🎙| Xavi on Marc Casado
🗣️: "Marc Casadó is versatile, he has a fighting spirit. He has character and that's good for the team. He's a player that I like and that's why he's with us."
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🗣️: "I am still learning Spanish and I understand many things now, in the dressing room there are 2 or 3 players who do not understand English, but the staff and coaches speak English for this communication is very good." 🇵🇱
@Sportowy_Kanal 🎙️ Lewandowski on being asked whether he followed what Gerard Romero was doing during the window..
🗣️: "I didn't follow exactly what was happening on the Internet, and I didn't want to follow it because I didn't need it."
@Sportowy_Kanal 🎙️ Lewandowski on being asked which are the goals he remembers the most..
🗣️: "The five goals I scored in 9 minutes, there were more important goals, but the total of goals was something special, as well as the goal against Portugal in the European Championship."
🗣: "Everyone knows what is happening with the sallary cap, it is hard for him but knowing his strength he will pull through and face it well."
🎙| Suarez on the Levers
🗣: "I saw it as a vote of confidence from the partner towards the board to try to turn the situation around, with the risk that this entails, but assuming that good contracts were going to be made and give Barça back the prominence that it had lost."
🎙| Suarez on using the levers to keep Messi
🗣: "Hard decisions have to be made, you never know what is going to happen."
🗣️: "Unfortunately, due to the state of the club we received, we only had two options: either do levers or start asking people for money. In a time of pandemic and economic difficulties, neither my board nor I wanted to ask for money."
🎙️| Joan Laporta continues
🗣️: "Assets have had to be sold to consolidate this recovery. You can be calm because at a time of maximum difficulty we have sold at a very good price and without excessively damaging our income statement for the coming years."
🎙️| Joan Laporta continues
🗣️: "Unfortunately we have had to sell assets, although it will not affect the following years and that has allowed us to make a more competitive team."
🗣️: "As difficult as it is for us with the financial Fair Play, the best players in the world still want to come to Barça."
🎙️| Jordi Cruyff continues
🗣️: "I think that 90% of the foreign football players in the Premier League would prefer to be here, because Spanish football is still attractive."
🎙️| Jordi Cruyff on Messi's departure
🗣️: "When he went to PSG, at first it was difficult for any culé to see him play in a different shirt. He is still highly respected at Barça. After all, he is one of the best players of all time."
🗣:"Affected by criticism?Not at all.Last season i had to get used to them. I understood what this is about and what I have to do: listen to the coach and the people around you."