Laporta speaks out: Messi, the Super League, Piqué...

The project of creation of a Superliga European saw the light in April of 2021 and lit the controversy in the world of the football, waking up voices in favour and against; at present, only the FC Barcelona, the Real Madrid and the Juventus continue promoting the initiative, that in his moment had the support of a dozen of clubs of the continent. On east and other subjects has pronounced recently the president of the Catalan entity, Joan Laporta.

In words for the newspaper 'Sport', the jerarca Barcelona has explained why is necessary to set up this project in function of the profitability, as well as the steps for this, expecting a better posture by part of the UEFA: "The Superliga is a big opportunity. But only it can win from the dialogue. What pretends the Superliga is to improve the football, struggles by the sustainability of the football, so that the clubs go out of the ruin, so that the clubs every time can be more competitive and can have more resources".

In fact, it has detailed some important advances in the approaches with the body rector of the football in the continent: "The Superliga will finish like a Champions very improved, that will base in the meritocracia, that is to say that it will be opened, without discrimination of clubs, but with some guarantees and some norms that will allow that the clubs have more resources. The CEO of the Superliga, Bernd Reichart, gathered the past Tuesday with the president of the UEFA, Aleksander Ceferin, in a very important step forward".

Likewise, it has indicated how much could win the Barça with this tournament, as well as an approximation to the date in which the tournament would initiate: "Of entrance, for the clubs founders, there is a bonus initial of 1.000 million euros. And by season could achieve in this competition some 300 annual millions. Besides, the key of the Superliga is that the gobernanza will have it the clubs. The UEFA, obviously, will be in the table of gobernanza, but the clubs will have the majority. In March there will be the resolution of the Court of Luxembourg and having initiated this dialogue with the UEFA think that in a pair of seasons could begin the competition".

The feasibility of the turn of Messi

Another of the commonplaces tackled by Laporta has been the one of a possible return home of the Argentinian star, the one who the next course will finish his agreement with Paris Saint-Germain and will not pronounce on his decision until after the Glass of the World. However, it has limited to remember that for the moment it belongs to the French picture: "Leo knows that in the Barça has always his house. But allow me that do not speak of Leo because it is player of another team and would go in again in a series of statements and contradeclaraciones that would not benefit us in at all. Has agreement in force with a European club. Only I can say that Leo has been the best player of the history of the Barça".

The decision of Hammered

Regarding the recent goodbye of Gerard Hammered, the president has indicated that it treated of an election netamente personal: The exit of Hammered has decided it he. Motivated surely by a sportive subject. If Gerard had had the confidence of the trainer and had played like an indisputable headline obviously had not gone . I hammered it has decided what wanted to do and we, from the managerial board, respect it".

Laporta Has stood out the fighting character of the defender in spite of have not gone in in the plans of the trainer: "Xavi has been very honest with him. From the first moment the technician said him that it did not have he and I also commented with him his situation. But Gerard is a competitive man, a winner, and he saw still like headline and wanted to follow. Although at the end it has seen the reality and has taken a decision. It has had a way to sack of the club, given the haste, very beautiful. Always we want that our heroes are eternal but is impossible".