Joan Laporta’s response to the rumors of Mbappé to Barca.
Breaking news, Barcelona’s final decision on signing Kylian Mbappé
A few days ago a strong rumor began to circulate about a possible signing of Kylian Mbappé by FC Barcelona. Of course, in the context of the eternal soap opera that involves the Frenchman with Real Madrid, this caused an outburst in the media of a very high magnitude. With the passing of the days the rumors diminished but it was only today that we were able to know the official version with the words of the culé president himself, Joan Laporta.
Joan Laporta gave an interview for ESPN in which he touched on many topics related to Barca’s present. One of the many was about the possibility of Barcelona signing Kylian Mbappé, the question arose from the rumors from days ago. The president was very clear about it and said things as they are, without any smoke or fantasies, to be transparent with the fans.
“I have read something, but at this moment we cannot face an agreement like that. He is a great player, of course. But right now we are improving our team, but we cannot afford it at this time”, those were the exact words of Joan Laporta. Clear and concise, many times you want to but you can’t, and Barcelona knows that better than anyone.
Will someone else arrive?
As is public knowledge, Barcelona still needs to sign a right back and one more midfielder, as requested by Xavi. Although at the moment there are no news, it is estimated that Barca will be able to reinforce these positions with players of a higher or lower category. We will see what this last section of the summer pass market holds for the Catalans. We, as always, will keep you up to date with the minute by minute.