Barcelona President Joan Laporta and Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola were together this morning to present the special match between the two teams organized by former Barcelona goalkeeper Juan Carlos Unzue in favor of research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease. who suffers from it.
The match will take place on August 24 and Laporta’s “provocation”, while there is talk of Bernardo Silva’s move to Catalonia, Guardiola was resolute.
“The match against City will never be a friendly match. We want to beat the champions of England,” challenged the Barcelona president with good humor.
In the same context, Guardiola confirmed: “We will bring our best players to this match organized by Unzué.” Laporta asked himself:[Até] Bernardo Silva?]»
“Bernardo Silva and ten others,” Guardiola replied with a laugh.
The two returned to the topic in the reporters’ questions part, with a more serious tone already. Guardiola was the first:
“Between two big clubs, there are a lot of names floating around, but here’s Alemani (the sporting director) and the president. I’m good at tactics, but I don’t know anything about signings. I don’t want players who don’t want to be there, but he is important and I would like him to stay with us.”
Laporta later said: “I like to get the best at Barcelona and try to improve the team. I think talking about players outside of jokes is not at the moment. We are working towards having a competitive team, playing against City will be good, they will bring in great players, and it will be A great match. Being friends in City is one thing, being friendly is another.”
