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Soler: "Had priority on Pogba the past year"

Published:1/09/2016 - 13:00h

Updated:1/09/2016 - 13:00h

In the press conference given by the director of Professional Sports of the FC Barcelona and the technical secretary has given light on the case Pogba-Barça. Albert Soler has admitted that the past campaign the culés had priority in the signing of the Frenchman

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The bomb that has soltado the director of Professional Sports of the FC Barcelona, Albert Soler, in the press conference given of conjoint form to the Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernández is worthy to analyse it to part. Asked after the signing of the Manchester United that by 120 "kilos" has carried to Paul Pogba, Soler has affirmed that the Barcelona had priority in the signing of the midfield player. However, it defended that by the same money by which the English have fichado to a player the culés have brought to six.

"We arrive to an agreement with the Juventus that if they wanted to sell to Pogba would have a priority. And like this it produced then. In that moment the situation of the club was of an electoral process and what believed was that if it had to do a signing like this had to it decide an elect managerial board. On the one hand we armour the possibility that if Pogba went out of the Juventus have a priority and on the other hand that the salient Board had time to decide. Happened this situation find us in a new season and, with the incorporation of Robert, decide the players that more suited to sportive level", stood out Albert Soler.

The priority by Pogba, thanks to Ariedo Braida

"The priority by Pogba was in return of at all. With the Juventus have had very good relations and the figure of Ariedo Braida helped us a lot. It was an action more than an operation, and allowed us have options. The work of the executives was to try avoid that anybody could us advance in the market", explained the director.

Be used to also defended the done by the Barça since, at present, can not compete with the teams Premier: "Since the Premier has gone in strong in the market like consequence of the rights of TV there are teams like the United that with 120 millions have bought a player while we with an alike figure have fichado six. This entrance of millions has desvirtuado a bit the market. We have bet by young players".

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