Joan Laporta clarifies what Barça's objective is in 2022-2023

The FC Barcelona is of 'holidays' in the middle of the stop of selections by the World-wide of Qatar. Joan Laporta has taken advantage of to do balance of the work of the Barcelona in these three first months of competition and has 'wetted' on the real aims of the team trained by Xavi Hernández in this season.

In an interview offered to 'SPORT', Joan Laporta has expressed that the team, that is under construction, has done a good start of course although it has remained deleted of the Champions League. "I value this first phase of the season positively. It has improved a team, increasingly competitive, although it is still in construction. But already it has begun to generate some big expectations. The priority of this year is the League".

This does not remove that the Barça had not wanted to advance in the Champions League, because at the beginning of season marked many more objective. However, they have adapted to the circumstances and now will litigate by the titles that are in dispute, that are a few. Win in LaLiga would be a quite important step, put the culés do not achieve it from 2019.

"The aim is the League and expect that we go on down the good way"

It stood out, in concrete, that "we always go out with aims of maxima and had liked us be still in the Champions, but the circumstances have carried us to that it was not possible. It has been a hard hit. But I insist, the aim is the League and expect that we go on down the good way. We are doing some very important numbers. We can struggle with possibilities to win the title".

On the fact to having finish the first stretch of the season, before the World-wide, like leaders in solitary, the maximum Barcelona president aimed that it is something that reassures them enormously: "This Christmas will be able to celebrate it like leaders of the League and this is very important for the tranquility of all, so that the lame team confidence and creates in himself same, that is very important", adding that "in Pamplona showed that have wood of champion, that have the character to surpass adversities and that they want to win this League".

Never it has doubted of Xavi

On the other hand, 'Jan' was questioned in case sometime it lost the confidence in Xavi Hernández, especially after the varapalos been still in the Champions League. It aimed that never it weakened his 'faith' in the trainer of Terrassa, the one who is a culé more and knows all the club and only wants to help to that they go back to the highest.

It said, in concrete, that "in any moment [doubted]. Have all the confidence deposited in Xavi like trainer. And I can ensure that we are very proud of the trainer that have. It is a technician that knows very well the club, that knows the moment in which it has arrived. Besides, it knows to share with the different are of the club all that that can improve ".

Benefited by the signings

Finally, the Catalan lawyer has been asked after the players that arrived during the market of signings estival, that all have helped to improve the quality of the team: "All the signings are fulfilling the expectations. And with a lot of margin of improvement. There are footballers to which, by different circumstances, have not been able to them see in his maximum performance, as Christensen, Kessie or Bellerín. But have full confidence in them".

Of Raphinha has spoken and explained that 'complement' with the renewed Dembélé: "Raphinha is a big contribution, that gives us strength and desborde by the band, together with Dembélé, to the that have renewed", before elogiar to Robert Lewandowski: "The incorporation of Lewandowski has been fundamental so that this team have packaging of team champion and that it can achieve a lot of successes".

It continued saying that the Polish forward "has the gift of the goal and the capacity to be always pending of his mates, to give good councils, is a serious man, responsible, that gives us a very good image". Of Jules Koundé, explained that "it has been a big tarpaulin. From the first moment has done merecedor of the confidence of all the barcelonismo by the security that gives. It is a central very consistent".

Finally, it spoke of Marcos Alonso and Pablo Tower: "Marcos Alonso, to the that fichamos like side, has had to play and is doing it of excellent form. Pablo Tower is a very young player but that Xavi is following closely and goes him giving minutes. All have joined up very well to the system of the Barça, that is genuine, that is different, and that defend above all else, although sometimes there is the temptation or the debate of if it has to evolve".