Joan Laporta denies Neville’s suggestion is wrong.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has opened up about Gary Neville speaking out in the media a few days ago. By commenting on Frenkie de Yong to take legal action against the agency. From the reason that the team has been forced to force him to leave the team during the open market this summer.
Over the past few months, the 25-year-old Dutch midfielder has been a prime target for United, who are keen to land him in this market. The Red Devils team was able to make an agreement with Barca successfully in the first place. With a fee of 56.2 million pounds, but in the end, the players have made a point of not wanting to leave the Camp Nou, despite the club’s efforts to pressure the players to leave the team.
The situation between the Dutch midfielder and the club has been strained from time to time, with Barça in recent days urging De Jong to sign a pay cut. If referred to assert that he will not move out of the team Including a role that was changed on the pre-season tour with the club, he was moved by manager Xabi to play as a centre-back. Although his dominant position is playing as a midfielder.
This led Gary Neville to criticize Barcelona’s actions and suggest that De Jong is suing for what his agency had coerced. Recently, Laporta, the club’s president, also spoke out about the issue. Through media outlets such as CBS Sports, “The first thing we want to say is We still want Frenkie to stay at Barcelona.”
“We love him as a player and as a person I still want him to stay in Barcelona and now he is a high quality player. and a good person I myself know that he wants to stay as well.”
The reporter also asked if De Jong refused to cut wages. What will the next situation be? to which the chairman replied “He will continue to be with the team. because he still has a contract We should respect his decision. For us he is a Barcelona player. We still believe in him.”
“In football We still don’t know what will happen. I cannot say what will not happen from now on, it all depends on both sides. and I can tell It is highly likely that he will stay. which I have said as the chairman that I will do my best to keep him at Barcelona.”
“(In Neville’s case) I don’t want to answer that. I respect his opinion. but in my view He didn’t say it right. Because I assure you that we respect every decision of our players. We will fulfill the contract If we have invested in buying new players into it. It adds to the competition for the team.”
“It keeps going like this. When you invest in new players And the fans will be more alert to participate with us. And that will help our economy start to improve as well. Gary is a very good footballer playing for Manchester United and I respect his opinion. And that’s all I’m going to talk about.”
