Laporta: 'I want Barca to return to the world standard'

"My dream is that Barca returns is the standard of the football world and we are trying for that. But, everything will be very difficult if the economic situation does not recover," Laporta shared with the former former The striker of the Hristo Stoichkov Club, in the Marca newspaper.

From the place to owe the player's salary in the financial crisis, this summer La Liga runner -up spent $ 58 million to buy Raphinha striker and $ 45 million on the Robert Lewandowski striker. Laporta president also signed a freelance transfer contract with midfielder Andreas Christensen from Chelsea and midfielder Franck Kessie from AC Milan.

Barca has the reason for "going to the market" to decide through the economic levers of the Members' Council. With the first lever, selling 10% of La Liga copyright for 25 years, the team has earned US $ 277 million. They can sell 15% more television rights and 49.9% of the right to trade in goods to supplement the transfer budget.

Reputation, which was created from 10 La Liga championships and four Champions League within 16 years, is another reason to make Barca easier to buy players. Before signing the contract, Lewandowski ignored the proposal of Chelsea, PSG, as well as Bayern's efforts. Raphinha also turned to Chelsea to move to a place where many fellow countrymen, including Romario, Rivaldo, Ronaldo Nazario and Ronaldinho, once shone.

According to Laporta, the trio of strikers Lewandowski, Aubameyang and Ansu Fati are the guarantee for the goals. His next thing is to strengthen the defense. Three of the targets that Laporta is targeting is Sevilla's midfielder Jules Kounte, Folding Folders Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta of Chelsea. "We want to create a competitive team and provide Xavi tools to make a strong team. I think we are on the right track," Laporta said.