THREAD → President Joan Laporta's Q&A session with journalists. ‘How do you justify the €7 million that was paid to an arbitration company?’

🗣️ Joan Laporta: “This amount was not paid at once, but rather over a period of 18 years. They are for reports on people (referees) doing very important work.”

🗣️ Xavi Hernández: “Thank you everyone, I'm about to cry. I want to thank the club and the fans.”

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– Via @forcabarca_ar 🗣️ Xavi Hernández: “I will tell you one thing: we are the best team in the world.”

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FC Barcelona General Assembly.

🔹576 members were present during the meeting.
🗣️ Joan Laporta: “Welcome Socios, we will observe a minute of silence for the deceased members.”

Summary of Joan Laporta's press conference today where he explained the results of the audit and the actual situation of FC Barcelona.

🗣️ Joan Laporta: “Good morning everyone, I want to explain the situation since we arrived at the club in March.”

⬇️ THREAD – ALL Quotes 🗣️ Joan Laporta: “When we arrived at the club, the first thing we did was take a loan from Goldman Sachs Bank in order to pay the salaries.”

🗣️ Gerard Piqué: “I was born here, I grew up here, I've lived almost all my life here in Barcelona.” 🗣️ Gerard Piqué: "kissing the badge? It was what I had to do. I want to point out that all the captains will do the same, I did it faster but they'll do it as well."

Ronald Koeman's first press conference of the season:

LIVE THREAD: ALL QUOTES ⬇️ 🗣️Ronald Koeman: "Excited to start and do it with 20,000 fans in the field. We know the quality of Real, that last year we already played several games against them. We look forward."

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Everything that happened in Joan Laporta's press conference in a chronological order.

RTs and likes appreciated❤️ Awaiting the president's arrival... ⌛

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𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐕𝐂-𝐋𝐚𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭

Buckle up!

[1/21] 🔹La Liga & CVC Capital Partners, a private equity and investment advisory firm, recently agreed (verbally) upon a €2.7 billion deal, selling 10% of La Liga's stake.

🔸La Liga lost a fortune due to the #COVID19 pandemic & this forced them to accept private investments.

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What you didn't know about the CVC–LaLiga deal & the long-term effects it would have had on Barcelona.

🔸From the beginning it looked like a great deal as La Liga would sell 10% of rights for €2.7b with €284m going Barcelona's way.

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➡️ Via: @CulerCorner 🔹This looked like a great deal and would solve all registration problems (including Messi) and even some money for transfers and paying debts.

🔸However, due to this deal, Barcelona would have to pay more than €800m over 50 years while only receiving €284m this summer.

🗣️ Pedri González: “I hope we can win the #Olympics final, it will be a beautiful thing.”

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➡️ Via @FCBW_A7 🗣️ Pedri: “I haven't imagine what the match will be like, I just want to enjoy the moment.”

🗣️ Rafa Yuste: “There's a lot of confidence within the team. We have a brave coach who gives opportunities to young players and this is very good. We saw in the Stuttgart match that players aged 16, 17, 18 are performing well and are highly competitive.”
🗣️ Rafa Yuste: “The president's desire is to trust our young players and this is what everyone should understand. Koeman is doing this successfully.”

The General Assembly has begun.

🔸Several matters, including the financial situation, the budget for the year, and the vote of members to enter the Super League will be discussed.

We'll post the updates in the THREAD below, RTs & Likes Appreciated 🤗⬇️ 🗣️ Joan Laporta: “I want to say that our responsibility as a club is to move forward. The club is about 120 years old, we had a good and bad time, our responsibility today is to move forward.”

'How does it feel to be Frenkie de Jong?'

🗣️ Frenkie De Jong: “It feels good, I live a good life with my girlfriend and my dog ​​in Barcelona, I have nothing to complain about.”

THREAD ⬇️ 'How did you feel when you entered the dressing room in Barcelona for the first time?'

🗣️ Frenkie de Jong: “Wherever you go, you want to leave a good impression. But in Barcelona, ​​this feeling is more exciting.”