‘He came at a difficult time‘ — Joan Laporta hopes €8m Barcelona star stays beyond this season

Joan Laporta was efficiently capable of retain the presidency of FC Barcelona within the final elections and is about to return as the highest official of the Blaugrana membership as soon as the entire electoral course of is over.

After getting the report variety of votes in Sunday’s pollingthe president-elect appeared in an interview with RAC1, and as Sports activities World has famous, he talked about a number of first-team gamers on this interview.

The Spaniard praised Lamine Yamal specifically and highlighted a number of the most notable elements of his persona:

“He’s an artist, a determine, a boy with quite a lot of persona. We had the renewal agreed, and he requested us to do it on a day when his grandmother might come.”

Laporta additionally addressed the way forward for Robert Lewandowski, stressing the membership’s need to maintain him whereas noting that the choice finally rests with the €8 million-rated Polish striker.

“We wish him to remain, however it’s going to depend upon what he desires. He got here at a troublesome time and has helped us lots, and we would like him to proceed.”

In the meantime, the president-elect additionally talked about Marcus Rashford’s scenario:

“Marcus is performing very nicely; he has made many assists and targets, and we hope that if he performs, he’ll assist us cross the tie. We’ll attempt to converse with Manchester United and take a look at an operation that isn’t severe for the membership.”

The Spaniard additionally defended the choice to usher in Joao Cancelo within the final winter window:

“Cancelo is doing very nicely, and on high of that, now two of our full-backs are injured.”

Lastly, Laporta mirrored on Dro’s departure to PSG final winter:

“With Dro, we had mentioned it, and it appeared we might belief the agent, which is why Flick gave him area within the first crew. We needed to benefit from a relationship with Al Khelaifi to get them to make us a suggestion.”

Being elected at the moment of the 12 months would enable Joan Laporta to have a greater deal with on the sports activities planning of FC Barcelona within the coming summer season switch window. For now, it stays to be seen what choices he’ll make within the coming months.