Joan Laporta

“We have to reform how European football works.”

“What we want to strengthen is the team we have that plays based on a genuine Barca system.”

“I can only say that Leo has been the best player in the history of Barca.”

“Our goal is to win titles and to make our fans happy, but we also have to profit from opportunities in the sports industry.”

“We make Ballon d'Or winners and others have to buy them.”

“We are a club that appreciates talent and tolerance.”

“I am sure our fans, our members - the owners of the club - are more than happy with this global alliance with UNHCR because we have shown to the world our heart. We have shown to the world our soul.”

“I feel in moral debt to Messi. He's the best player in our history and I will do my best in order to ensure he can have the best ending of his career with a Barca shirt on.”

“The weight, strength and value of an entity with more than 122 years of history is a lot.”

“Who doesn't like Neymar?”

“Leo's a mix of Cruyff and Maradona but he is Leo Messi.”

“I love Barcelona.”

“The Clasico is of great value to La Liga and I think all of us will be very intelligent together in order to maintain the status quo of the Iberian league between the states of Catalonia and Spain.”

“I consider him the best footballer in history. Leo is so much more than just that. In my opinion all players, when they win many titles and generate so much for the club, deserve to be valued accordingly.”

“The state clubs are a problem because they provoke an instability of our sport, of football in Europe. I'm asking for rules that have to be more strict for these kinds of clubs because the resources they are using in football doesn't come from the football industry.”

“Koeman is a cule and a reference point for Barcelona.”

“He's a coach with extraordinary knowledge, who loves the club loads, he feels it, he has exceptional bravery and charisma, so for me, in the collective imagination of Barca, Pep Guardiola will always be present. Just like Cruyff will always be present.”

“The same requirements we were appreciating in Pep Guardiola when we decided to put him as a coach of the first team, Thierry has many of them.”

“We want the post-Messi era to be very successful and I think that it will be.”

“When you finish an era it's normal that the leading figures should leave.”