Bartomeu: "Someday Xavi will come, but for now Setién will continue"

Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the FC Barcelona, conceded glimpsed to 'The Món to RAC 1' and 'The Matí of Catalonia Ràdio' in which it commented some of the subjects of actuality of the club, such as the signings of Neymar and Lautaro Martínez or the future of Leo Messi. Of course, the maximum mandator of the Barcelona entity also answered on other subjects and gave the face.

One of them was the dance of trainers in the bench of the FC Barcelona. In the first place, Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed that "Quique Setién will continue, obviously" and, besides, added that "no me arrepiento of the change of Ernesto Valverde. The team needed an impulse and Quique Setién knows our DNA, the model and has brought new airs and new ideas to the team" .

Of course, Josep Maria Bartomeu understands that "the trainers, obviously, are subject to the results, but am happy with the evolution of the team". In fact, the president of the FC Barcelona remembered that the team still has big put this season: "If the League, that is difficult, do not win it afterwards comes the Champions League in August. It is necessary to try win first one and afterwards the another".

"Neither there has been corruption neither has hired to anybody by difamar"

Precisely on the Champions League, Josep Maria Bartomeu recognised that it is possible that the party of turn of the eighth of final against the Naples do not play in the Camp Nou. "We are struggling because the turn of eighth play in the Camp Nou. The UEFA, if the situation is normal, knows that we would play here. But it is necessary to be attentive to the evolution of burgeon them", commented.

The president of the FC Barcelona also was asked after Xavi Hernández, that in the last months is very tied to the actuality culé. "It is a big trainer that am sure that a day will come to the Barça", commented, although it reiterated that Quique Setién goes to be followed in the team the next season because "it is doing it very well".

Economic situation after the coronavirus

Josep Maria Bartomeu also spoke on the economic chaos after the pandemia of the coronavirus. "The budget has to adapt to the new income and work in the worst of the stages, that is the return of public to the stadiums in February of 2021. We have to see besides when we will be able to have the shops to full performance, the Museu, the academies all over the world. The past week had only 122 visitors. At all that see with the thousands of visitors that came before each day", affirmed.

Also it commented the discount salarial of the players of the FC Barcelona. "When they arrived the collective trainings and parties began to earn it everything. All the European clubs are suffering a lot. It affects more to the big clubs, that depend on another commercial income. The modest clubs that do not depend so much of this income already have the ones of television, that have earned them all, and suffer less. Still we have not closed the exercise and in 2020-21 has to be without losses. We are trying fichar to improve. The income of the club are reducing by the pandemia and there will be fewer resources for the next season", manifested.

The case of the social networks

After going out the results of the audit by the case of the social networks, Josep Maria Bartomeu commented that "it has confirmed that there has not been corruption neither has hired to anybody by difamar. Anybody of the club has asked that difame to players neither to anybody. The audit has showed it. It says it very clear in a paragraph. And anybody has put the hand in the box. Already it knew it Emili Rousaud when it said it and therefore we put him a querella against this exvicepresidente".

Josep Maria Bartomeu also spoke on the agreements signed with NS Group. "It is not the only company with which speak. It did not do a contest to the use but at the end, according to the prices, decide to hire the company that hire by his software and how worked. Had references of this company. They recommended it to us from Barcelona, Madrid, London and New York", said.

Besides, andl president of the FC Barcelona added that "it decided that this company would invoice to distinct areas of the club so that it followed the networks for each area. The important is to see it like a unit and each area of the club received his cost. The auditor does not look the agreements of separate form but like a group". Interrogated by a possible sobreprecio, the president Bartomeu has signalled that "there is not sobreprecio; what says the report is that they have done works until a quantity (620.000 euros) but that there are works that have not done of the all (until 947.700 euros) and have to deliver them still. The board has decided that the company do all the work and have retained bills to pay them".