Joan Laporta has assured Barcelona supporters that the club won’t make any risky signings this coming summer as far as finances are concerned.
The Catalans are interested in getting a deal done to bring Erling Haaland to the Camp Nou despite the complications they face with balancing their books, but the president has said that nothing will be done that they can’t afford to do.
“I will not talk about specific players but I can tell you that we will not do any deals that put the club at risk,” Laporta told Mundo Deportivo. “The members can be calm because we are not going to lose our heads over an operation of this magnitude.
“Most players want to come to Barcelona, they like the club, the team, our philosophy, our way of working, of interpreting football. And this is good, we are seeing this in many cases and on a daily basis.
“They will have to adapt to Barcelona‘s salary levels and to an economic structure of the deal that maintains the sustainability and balance of the club.”
With Real Madrid looking increasingly likely to be Kylian Mbappe‘s next destination after the current season ends, Laporta was also quizzed about the Frenchman.
“The sporting management are working to improve our squad,” Laporta said. “Which is getting better and better, and we are increasingly satisfied.
“I want it to be clearly understood that we put the team above all else, a team that is reinforced in each area and what we don’t want to do is to promote players or look for players who are more than the team.
“What we want to reinforce is the team we have, that plays based on a traditional Barcelona system.
“The club think that this is what the football team needs, this authentic style, for me, is the key to everything and this is what we have to do, a team that can play this system with very talented players.”
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