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Joan Laporta

is absolutely convinced that the homework has already been done.

According to the president of Barça in the official presentation of Jules Koundé, the Barça entity is now in a position to register all the signings that it has closed this summer in addition to the French central defender, Kessié, Christensen, Dembélé, Raphinha and Lewandowski, as well as the renewed Sergi Roberto.

The sale of 25% of

Barça Studios

to the socio.com platform, in exchange for 100 million euros, is what will make it possible, without the need to close any millionaire sale.

Or that, at least, is what the maximum Barcelona leader interprets.

"We are doing everything

necessary to be able to register them.

We have carried out some operations that allow us to comply with the regulations and I hope that they will not hinder us from registering, that the interpretation that we make is the same as that of the League and, if not, we will talk about it and We'll fix it," the president said.

"We have closed two sales related to television rights, with Sixth Street, and we have also agreed to sell 25% of Barça Studios for

100 million euros.

to partners.com.

If we add these operations, we understand that we are doing our homework and that we are going to be able to register the players", he explained. Regarding the conditions, the sale, in this case, would be definitive. "Barça Studios includes the metaverse, NFT's and tokens from Barca.

It is a sale of shares, in principle forever.

Depending on and how,

we could recover

it, but for us it means the entry of a new business partner," said a Laporta who also sent a dart to those who have questioned the club's ability to maneuver.

"The feeling we have is that we are doing the job, with maximum difficulty.

Activating the levers

has not been easy, interpreting the

fair play

regulations is complex, and, furthermore, we have found that the clubs with which we competed They took advantage of it to make statements about us. I'm not talking about other clubs, I'm talking about Barça. If they want to keep talking, let them talk. We'll move on," said the Barça president, who hopes not to have to resort to this figure again in the future, although he does not rule it out either.

"With the levers

you should not frivolize

, they are very complicated, you have to know a lot to activate them, many factors influence and hopefully it will not be necessary to resort to them again.

We did it to save the club, to be able to incorporate new players and register them.

If a new one is needed, we will consider it, but with everything we have done we believe that we will be able to register players, "he added. Without ruling out, yes, that there may be more news before the market closes.

"Now, they are working on the exits. All this is not easy, but I am confident that we will achieve the objective.

Incorporate players

of the class of Christensen, Kessié, Raphinha, Lewandowski and Koundé is to be satisfied, but we'll see, the summer is long, this ends on August 31.

The first thing is the registration, which must be closed before the 13th. And then we'll see what happens.

There are possibilities that there will be some more operation", slipped the president. "Each one of the players who do not enter into Xavi's plans is aware of the will of the coaching staff and we hope that they will leave with the passage of time.

Work is underway to find the best possible way out.

Some will be in the form of loans, others, transferred and others, with a termination agreement, because the will is to gradually reduce the wage bill, "added the director of Barça football,

Mateu Alemany

.

With all the arrivals that have occurred, getting a place in the

starting team will not be easy

.

But that, of course, is not something that

scares Jules Koundé

.

"There is a lot of competition and that is good for the team, because there will be a lot of games this season. If I start or not, the coach will decide. What I want is to grow, because I am still young, help the team and learn from my teammates in at all times. For me, it's a challenge", assured the centre-back, who has signed a contract with Barça until June 30, 2027 and will have a termination clause of 1,000 million euros.

"I had another opportunity in this market and the effort was to wait for Barça to reach an agreement with Sevilla. When it was possible, it wasn't so much.

I chose this club for its project

and because I wanted to come here," said the Frenchman, who even promised to take a step that in the Barcelona environment has always been considered very important to ensure maximum integration into the club. "I'm going to try my hardest and maybe in a few months I can speak Catalan", he revealed.

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