One of the key stories in recent weeks has been Barcelona's quest to sign big money. Nico Williams is priority, while there are also moves made to bring back Dani Olmo. These have taken a lot of surprise, given the state of the finances of the Catalans in recent years.
Joan Laporta addressed the matter of the club's financial situation during Hansi Flick's first press conference, which was presented to the media on Thursday. The president of Barcelona reaffirmed his confidence that things are beginning to return to normal in the offices of Can Barca.
“The economic problem is much better than it was. The process was to save the club and then recover, and we are on the road to normality. Today we can face the firmaments of the magnitude you are talking about because we have done the work. Thanks to the intelligence and patience of the partners, we were able to work and we can say that we are in a situation to face any operation that we think we should do.
“In this sense, Deco works with his team so that, if necessary, he can improve the team and in this sense, we will soon announce the economic news that we believe is relevant for this situation that we have reached with work and effort. .
“We have a series of investors that have been regularized and the investments will be complete and the evaluation of this company will be maintained and follow the criteria of the League to be with the relationship one to one. With Nike, we are in negotiations that will improve the Barcelona's position. We are satisfied with how these negotiations are going. We will have news in the medium term. We will be very strict.
Flick was asked about the ongoing speculation surrounding Williams, and to no one's surprise, he remained tight-lipped.
“What I have learned in this job is that Nico is not a Barcelona player and I have nothing to say about it. He plays for another club and I am concentrating on my team. I cannot add anything other”.
The fact is Barcelona cannot register Williams (or Olmo) until they return to the League's 1:1 rule. There is confidence that this will happen in the very near future, but until then, no arrival can become official. However, things seem to be getting better.
