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2024 ends on a busy word for FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta, who finds himself scrambling to safe the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in La Liga on December 31.
It has been a blended 12 months for Laporta and Barça, contemplating that the lads’s group didn’t win any titles however the Femeni aspect continued to make historical past whereas there was success tasted by the lads’s handball group as properly.
However as we usher into the New 12 months, membership president Laporta has revealed his three needs for 2025 in a chat with SPORT.
Laporta’s three needs
The Barcelona president’s first want is one which he has repeatedly voiced in his speeches. Laporta needs unity among the many Barça supporters to make it simpler to realize the membership’s targets for the 12 months forward.
“I want that every one Barcelona supporters really feel happy with all their athletes and that they continue to be united,” stated Laporta.
The president is aware of that unity is one of the simplest ways to realize the membership’s targets and in a lot of his speeches, he has emphasised the necessity for the Cules to come back collectively in opposition to exterior enemies.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta. (Picture by Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Photos)
Laporta’s second want for 2025 considerations the Spotify Camp Nou and the primary group’s return to the hallowed turf.
“I want for the group’s return to the Spotify Camp Nou, which is the collective dream of all Barcelona supporters,” he stated.
The Barcelona president had hoped for this to occur in 2024, with the primary group returning to play on the iconic stadium in November, coinciding with the membership’s one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary.
Nonetheless, this was not attainable, however Laporta stays hopeful that the group, below Hansi Flick, will return in 2025. Whereas no actual date has been set, the board has not dominated out a return in February or March.
Laporta’s third want has nothing to do with the membership or sport, however with the flash floods that affected Valencia this 12 months.
“I want that help and normality return to all these affected by the DANA,” stated Laporta.
Each Barcelona and Laporta himself have been concerned in offering help to these affected by the devastating floods that struck the Valencian area in late October, leading to over 220 deaths.
