Bartomeu: "This is not a full stop but a continuity"

The president of the FC Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu and his Managerial Board feel strong to face the challenges and projects that initiated in the summer of 2010 of the hand of Sandro Rosell. "We feel us with strengths and able to do it", aimed. Bartomeu has asked to the partners that "have us confidence so much in me and as to the directive. We are the same that have carried the Club during these four years with Sandro Rosell". "This is not a full stop but a continuity. We continue the same and with a very big illusion", aimed the new president.

Questioned by the journalists, Bartomeu has descartado summon elections anticipated: "Have a project that think that are doing it with a note of remarkable-high and there is not reason to go to the elections because our work is very well to economic level, social and sportive". And between these projects is the resorting of Them Corts and the remodeling of the Camp Nou "that encourages us to be followed forward until the 2016". Bartomeu has remembered that "the Statutes allow us be still in the Managerial Board and also say that if the president resigns the first vice-president happen to be it. I formed part of a candidature, the most voted of the history of the Club. I think that the project has not finished, there are challenges very important and want to throw them forward". And it has warned that the Managerial Board will try distanciarse of the fact that the referendum on the new Camp Nou turn into a reválida to his presidency.

Also it has informed that "although it expand the querella to my person and to the president Javier Faus (both also have signed some agreements in accordance with Neymar), will not resign. We feel us strong". Also it has wanted to clear that the president Rosell has not resigned only by the case Neymar: "Also it had personal reasons". And it confirmed that his mates of Board "did all the possible efforts so that it did not resign, but was impossible since had the very clear ideas". Bartomeu has wanted to appreciate the work of Rosell during this time in the FC Barcelona . "Like president and also before like sportive vice-president, his contribution has been very high".

"This is only and irrepetible". Bartomeu has explained that no thought it to him twice when they offered him relieve to Rosell at the head of the FC Barcelona. "I will print another type of character that is not neither worse neither better, but different. We will work for the Barça, encouraging us so that it improve like Club and to lead the world-wide history inside the sport".

Regarding the elections of the 2016, Bartomeu has explained that "our idea is to present us to the reelection because we feel us with this responsibility". In this sense the president, that showed very distended, has commented that when they presented in 2010 and won the elections "begin a project for two mandates and will fulfil it". "I expect that in the year 2016 my mates of the Managerial Board go on doing me confidence". Finally, it recognised that, after the explanation of all the details of the contracting of Neymar, "feel us freed and even more honest with the partners".

Bartomeu has announced that próximamente will put in contact with the representative of Leo Messi, his father Jorge Messi, to improve the agreement of the crack Argentinian. "Messi is the best player of the world and want to that it was the best paid".

The president of the FC Barcelona also has spoken during his appearance of the future of the technician Tata Martino: "it would like Us can announce in brief that Tata Martino will be here a lot of years, like minimum until final of our mandate". And it has added that "it is a professional and is doing a very good work".