Barcelona celebrity praises Laporta and his board – ‘Numerous admiration and respect’

Barcelona celebrity Robert Lewandowski was not too long ago awarded the title of finest footballer of 2024 by the Polish weekly journal Pilka Nozna, a prestigious accolade he has gained a number of instances.

The 36-year-old striker additionally granted the identical publication an interview, the place he mentioned varied matters, together with his relationship with Lamine Yamal, Pedri, and Raphinha.

Having been on the membership for greater than three years now and grown right into a key determine, Lewandowski additionally spoke freely about Barcelona’s monetary state of affairs, praising the work performed by Joan Laporta and his board.

“That is really an fascinating topic,” Lewandowski began off when requested in regards to the Blaugrana’s financial issues within the current previous.

He then went on to offer an evaluation of the membership’s present state and the work carried out by Barça president Joan Laporta, saying:

“If somebody observes all the things from a distance and reads about varied points within the media, it might appear that all the things goes unsuitable….”

Nevertheless, he didn’t share this view, stating: “I’ve a distinct perspective; I’m near the state of affairs and I do know that, little by little, good instances are approaching for this membership.”

Lewandowski has hailed Laporta & co. (Picture by Eric Alonso/Getty Photos)

Trying again, Lewandowski admitted: “Once I arrived in Barcelona, I used to be conscious of the challenges this membership was going through.

“The membership was maybe on the point of chapter only a few years in the past, however what the board and the president have performed during the last 4 years to beat the monetary disaster…

“I really feel quite a lot of admiration and respect for these folks, for his or her efforts to place the membership again heading in the right direction.”

Lewandowski additionally added that typically he will get annoyed when he reads issues that contradict the knowledge he is aware of to be true, as he revealed:

“And when studying about our issues, it’s also price remembering that Spanish media is split between pro-Barcelona and pro-Actual Madrid. Subsequently, there’s a fixed seek for one thing detrimental in a optimistic state of affairs and vice versa.”

“If one membership does one thing effectively, the opposite will all the time discover one thing unsuitable and cleverly publicise it,” he concluded on the topic.

Supply: SPORT