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“Great players have passed through Barcelona, __the best in their time, but Leo is special.”
“Madrid buy European footballers of the Year. We make them.”
“We want to generate new opportunities for growth.”
“Through Unicef, we, the people of FC Barcelona, the people of Barca, are very proud to donate our shirt to the children of the world who are our present, but especially are our future.”
“If you look at our history, this is a club that has always represented the values of citizenship, sport and democracy in the Catalan capital.”
“Speaking of Haaland, he is a player who has enormous quality and is a true 'number nine.' On a football level, he is a player who would always be interesting to any big team.”
“A lot of Catalans are supporters of Barca, which is kind of like a Catalonian national team.”
“I want it to be clearly understood that we prioritise the team above all else, a reinforced team in each of its lines and what we do not participate in is elevating players or looking for players who are more than the team.”
“Winning s a universal human motivation.”
“Pep will be whatever he wants to be at Barca.”
“Pep has sufficient character, Pep has never stopped feeling a cule , and that's normal because as a player he was there from the youth team, before achieving maximum success as a player and as a coach.”
“We cannot let European football be in the hands of states that do not belong to the European Union.”
“I know that Thierry loves Arsenal, he loves them. He is a gentleman and a very serious guy, and a very responsible guy.”
“We want to create our own cryptocurrency and we have to do that ourselves.”
“We will build a statue of Leo Messi outside the Camp Nou.”
“The advantage of these great players who become great coaches is that they immediately know their moment.”
“Kaka is a very good player, a very good talent, but the price that Real Madrid has paid for him is not the market price.”
“I can't forget that those who followed me tried to destroy me. We left them the greatest Barca in the club's history and they spent their time destroying it.”
“It's very difficult to have any feeling with Bartomeu. Because he is a person who, with his attitude, he has Barca kidnapped with intoxication, with lies... and on top of that he is a president who is facing charges, so in that respect he isn't very trustworthy.”
“Leo, above all, wants to feel comfortable, to feel appreciated. And then to win.”