Vice President and Press Secretary of Barcelona, Maria Elena Fortseemed very upset in an interview with “El Mon” by “Rac1”for sanction to Vinicius after red on Mestalla.
Directive culé believes that this is a very kind sanction towards the Brazilian, who constantly berates Real and that Barca is always punished more than the rest: “It shows what Barça face every dayit’s blown out of proportion by comparison with what Hansi Flick dropped.’
No news of extreme caution
Maria Elena Fort is the first Barcelona manager to also speak openly about Dani Olm and Pau Victor’s case. It has been reported that the CSD will take a precautionary measure against the Barça team, but the club is not yet aware of this: “We have not received any official notification from the CSD regarding the precautionary measure. News travels very fast, The only thing that is certain is that we believe that we are right and hope that this news will come true. I wish they would play today. We do not understand the deal from LaLigabut we will wait for the court’s decision.”
Speaking on Rac1, Barca’s vice-president denied that Barcelona were too hasty in registering Olm and Pau Victor, which is why they ended up in this situation. It should be remembered that the registration period of both players expired on December 31 last year, so LaLiga released them. “It is not true that he reached the limit. We were given a very short trial with no information about what happened. We strictly followed the instructions of the economic regulator and worked hand in hand with him. If I remember correctly, the sale of VIP seats reached the delegate committee in mid-November. – We do not improvise.
They changed the tempo from the 1:1 rule
She also adds that the pace of the club has been altered because of what she says they have agreed to, and that they have had to shut down other operations in order to: “They told us that with the Nike contract we would be operating under the 1:1 rule, but there have been changes and we had to speed up the parallel work, which was great for the club, because they changed it for us in the last weeks unfairly. The negligence was not Barcelona’s fault“It’s very risky to assume that.”
Maria Elena Fort, who, in addition to being the vice-president, is responsible for the construction of the new Camp Nou, nevertheless does not know who bought the VIP seats in the future Barça fiefdom: “I don’t know the names of the two companies in the Persian Gulf that bought those 470 VIP seats over 30 years.”
Also reply to Rafinha
He doesn’t know who they are, but he claims it’s great news for Barcelona: “It’s a great operation that stabilizes us. This agreement is different from the one signed in 2010 with Qatar. My personal opinion about these countries is irrelevant now, and relations at these levels should be accepted and they go through the club’s compliance department. You have to accept contradictions in life.”
The Barca vice-president, when asked about Rafinho’s words in the press room, in which he said that when you are away from Barcelona, it is normal to think that it might not be the best place to go, was adamant: “There are moments of excessive noise on social media.”
In addition, Fort has bared her chest about how they took Barcelona and how she claims the club is currently in a financial position: “Barça is a strong club that is recovering from a situation that threatened its extinction. We have done all our homework without the interference of LaLiga and we can sign any player, but strangely not the ones we have under contract. And all this was done thanks to the president and a large team of professionals who were not respected.”
Return to Camp Nou: ‘This season, if possible’
On her “Rac1” broadcast, Maria Alena Fort also talked about a hypothetical return to Camp Nou. She herself had scheduled it for last December… but now she can’t say when it will be: “Today There is no exact date, but it will be this season if possible. We have implemented full transparency. There were unexpected occasions when early projections were delayed due to labor or supply issues. The deviation will be a few weeks up or down. As for the fines, at the end of the project we will evaluate them and analyze whether they should be applied or not.”