Toni Freixa: "I am convinced that Messi has decided to stay at Barça"

Toni Freixa, candidate to the elections of the FC Barcelona​, spoke recently on his sportive project and of other subjects of actuality for the barcelonismo. Between other things, the ex managerial barcelonista referred to Leo Messi and his future. The '10' finishes agreement this 2021 and could leave free, although the candidate is very trusted his continuity and thinks that the Argentinian has decided to be still in the Barça.

"The best symptom is to see him smile and embrace to his mates the other day. I am convinced that it has decided to remain here in Barcelona, with his family. And that Messi remain in the Barça am convinced that it will not be by a subject of money, but of 'feeling' and of sportive proposal. Always I have had a big relation with him and with his family. In fact, I have been me sending messages these days with his father. And that remain Messi means that it will remain for ever in Barcelona", commented.

On the other hand, Freixa also spoke of the economic crisis of the Barcelona and blamed of this to the wages that have paid to the footballers. Nevertheless, it took out to Messi of the equation and puntualizó that does not refer to him. "All the world walks concerned by the economic subject and we always answer the same: so that this work is key a good sportive management. It is the sportive management what has caused the debt. We pay a lot to the players. And eye, do not refer me to Messi", matizó.

Besides, it defended to Ronald Koeman and took out breast for having trusted he from the first day, on the contrary that the rest of candidates. "We are ilusionadísimos with the team and very happy to having defended to Koeman from the first moment. Koeman Is doing a big work without having it at all easy, with lesionados, having young... This goes for the ones of the defeatist speech, the one who wants to demolish it everything. It likes us the people of the club, Koeman, Ansu, Araujo, Of Jong, Ter Stegen and Messi, of course", affirmed.

Freixa Also wanted to leave clear which is his sportive project, where will be especially important the Masia and fichar with head. "The plan futbolístico is to recover the identity and not spending so much in signings. People of house and bring people of out that it answer to our profile and that we can pay. And if some player puts conditions that can not pay will say him that no, but knowing that already there is a ready relief", stood out.

Freixa Spoke of how would be his sportive management

In this sense, explained how would be the procedure to do a signing in his Barça. "There is a department of catchment in the club that already has studied from does time to the player that fulfils with the parameters to play in the Barça. They give you three names of extremes, for example, and a commission formed by the trainer and the director of football decide the name, and the directive does not correct them", confirmed.

Finally, it showed totally against to follow paying big commissions by the operations and left clear that with him in the presidency this would finish . "The board and the general director mark the slat of the investment. We will not pay commissions to the agents of more than 5%, already is well of all this. Now it pays the 10 and even 15%, too much. These years has paid the Barça more than 150 millions in commissions. The football is in hands of the agents. Lluís Careers, our director of football, does not have any links with any agent, with people of the business of the football", concluded.