Emili Rousaud: "We will surround Leo Messi with young talent"

Emili Rousaud, ex director of the FC Barcelona in the board of Josep Maria Bartomeu and precandidato to the elections of the next 24 January, has conceded a new interview for the newspaper 'Sport' in which it speaks of his sportive project, in which Leo Messi would keep on being the angular stone and in which the Argentinian star would be surrounded of young players of high provision.

Emili Rousaud Explained which plans has with Leo Messi. "Have a clear advantage: have Josep Maria Minguella, that is the person that brought it to Barcelona being a boy", said, ensuring that "to Leo will look it to the eyes and will say him: 'Your wage now is unsustainable, the club no can it to you pay. Now, leave me that explain you the sportive project that go to set up because we go you to surround of young talent'" and that "did not want to go by an economic question, went by the fault of a sportive project".

"With Messi, have the advantage to have Josep Maria Minguella, that is the one who brought it to Barcelona being a boy"

The sportive director of Emili Rousaud would be Josep Maria Minguella, ex agent with big contacts. The precandidato affirmed that it opened "him the eyes on which had been the problem that had affected to the previous board". It considers that the problem was "the lack of a sportive director and a technical secretary with capacity and experience to take decisions on the signings".

Emili Rousaud Considers that would have to the "best sportive director of the world", with an able "profile to find the young talent that adapt to the team and before it have been located by other clubs and have a price prohibitivo".

The precandidato also considers that the economic situation of the Barça is consequence of the bad management in signings: "The money that left Neymar invested in two players, Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembélé, that have not given the sportive result expected. And as they did not work, fichamos to others. And as we no longer have box, begin to endeudarnos". "Have a competitive team is the base to trace back the economic situation. A team that win titles. It is that but there is not product", added.

Signings: Haaland, Neymar, Mbappé...

Besides, Emili Rousaud also answered on possible signings like the ones of Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappé. "The prices of market in which they move now the players are not the ones of two years ago. Besides, the Barça has something very important: a T-shirt that has a lot of weight in the world. This go it to put in value. This yes, will not pull more the arm that the sleeve", explained.

Emili Rousaud Also spoke on the option of 'repatriate' to Neymar​, something that a lot of barcelonistas disapprove. "They say that it humiliated us. I respect this opinion, but left us 222 million euros. If with this money had fichado to Mbappé, probably no longer would speak more than Neymar", said, adding that to return "the condition would be to the ending of his agreement and as long as it withdraw the demands interposed to the Club".

"Minguella Has spoken with Mino Raiola to know the conditions in which it would come Haaland"

Also it spoke on the option of fichar to Erling Haaland, ensuring that Josep Maria Minguella already has boarded conversations with the surroundings of the Norwegian. "Minguella Has spoken with Mino Raiola to know the conditions in which it would come and have begun to speak. For a player like him, be in a club as ours would give him a big shop window to world-wide level", commented.

This yes, Emili Rousaud thinks that before has to reduce the mass salarial. "It is necessary to speak for real with the players. If have the honour to chair the club go them to ask that they do a gesture, a sacrifice by his club. It is truth that have given us a lot, but also to them", said, adding that "have a mass salarial desbocada and have done renewals on a long-term basis to players that are already at the end of his sportive life. It is necessary to go back to the circle virtuoso and our essential piece is this sportive director/technical secretary that fiche players talentosos to a suitable price".