Barcelona presidential candidates Agustí Benedito, Jaume Ferrer, Marc Ingla and Sandro Rosell hold the foourth and last presidential debate on Catalan television channel TV3. Re-fresh!
The presidency of Laporta
Benedito: "Laporta is the president of the best Barça in history. He changed the club at a crucial moment. The problem is that he later forget about the original project."
Ferrer: "Like Guardiola, I would say thanks to the president for those seven years. During this presidency we changed the club. We won a record number of trophies. Economically we've recovered. We have more members and fan clubs than ever."
Ingla: "I also want to say thanks to the president. Another thing I want to point out is the fight against the hooligans. At the end, he made overexposed himself a bit."
Rosell: "The first big decision was to keep the violent people out of the stadium. The second was to put unicef on the shirt, I want to congratulate the coach for that. And thirdly, the appointment of Guardiola. Not good were the political involvement and the link with the members. Economically there are too much expenses."
Sports area
Ferrer: "What is working, shouldn't be touched. We will continue with the same playing style and the same people. We'll put even more emphasis on the youth academy and the other sections."
Ingla: "We want to continue. We also want to keep Txiki, one of the architects of this model, like Rijkaard and Cruyff. If Txiki wouldn't continue, Txiki and Guardiola will help to decide on his successor. We should have youth academies abroad."
Rosell: "This is the model we've started in 2003, so we'll keep the same model. Since Txiki has already said he won't stay, we will appoint somebody else. We will offer Guardiola a contract of 6 years, that will be renewable each year. We will close deals with foreign clubs."
Benedito: "We all share this model, but the model isn't linked with people."
Ferrer: "Txiki didn't say he will stop. I talked with him and I'm convinced he will want to continue."
Rosell: "If Txiki wants to continue, we'll talk with him and give him the chance to explain himself, we'll explain him our project and if Guardiola als wants it, he'll continue."
Ingla: "Sandro has a youth academy in Qatar and that could cause conflicts of interests."
Rosell: "It's just a solidary project. And I will sell my company."
Ingla: "We have been contacted by Rooney and two, three other players but we passed the information to Txiki."
Ferrer+Rosell+Benedito: "The people from the sports departmen should decide on the transfers, we can only put financial limits."
Economic area
Ingla: "We're far better than in 2003. Unicef is a good decision. Foster, We won't execute it."
Rosell: "We will reduce the expenses, so we can keep on growing."
Benedito: "We should make profit. We should not be forced to sell assets if we want to invest."
Ferrer: "The economic situation of the club is very good. In 2003, we lost money. Now we're making profits."
Rosell: "Unicef will continue, Foster won't be executed but we will profoundly remodel the stadium."
Benedito: "If we will be elected, we will stop the reclassification of the miniestadi site."
Ingla: "The times of the games can't be changed, the televisions won't accept it."
Ferrer: "It's populist Rosell wants to play at 5pm, the television rights will drop by 50%."
Social area
Rosell: "I've talked with a lot of members and want to give them again the feeling that they the owners of the club."
Benedito: "We want to make the members feel represented. Rosell is the reprensentative of the elite."
Ferrer: "we want to keep the people happy by winning, that's the first thing. We want the most Catalan and the most global Barça in history. The foundation should also continue with the international agreements."
Ingla: "We want to give more comfort to the members when coming to the stadium. We want to help the members who have financial problems. We don't want to exclude anyone."
Final statement
Benedito: "We'll the candidacy of the people. No one expected we would arrive here and we will fight until the end."
Ferrer: "The continuity of the best Barça in history is in play."
Ingla: "We shouldn't change the model of the club. Our candidacy has the most experience, we're the guarantee of this model."
Rosell: "We know what the member wants, everything what he wants is in our program. We won't fail."
Benedito: "Laporta is the president of the best Barça in history. He changed the club at a crucial moment. The problem is that he later forget about the original project."
Ferrer: "Like Guardiola, I would say thanks to the president for those seven years. During this presidency we changed the club. We won a record number of trophies. Economically we've recovered. We have more members and fan clubs than ever."
Ingla: "I also want to say thanks to the president. Another thing I want to point out is the fight against the hooligans. At the end, he made overexposed himself a bit."
Rosell: "The first big decision was to keep the violent people out of the stadium. The second was to put unicef on the shirt, I want to congratulate the coach for that. And thirdly, the appointment of Guardiola. Not good were the political involvement and the link with the members. Economically there are too much expenses."
Sports area
Ferrer: "What is working, shouldn't be touched. We will continue with the same playing style and the same people. We'll put even more emphasis on the youth academy and the other sections."
Ingla: "We want to continue. We also want to keep Txiki, one of the architects of this model, like Rijkaard and Cruyff. If Txiki wouldn't continue, Txiki and Guardiola will help to decide on his successor. We should have youth academies abroad."
Rosell: "This is the model we've started in 2003, so we'll keep the same model. Since Txiki has already said he won't stay, we will appoint somebody else. We will offer Guardiola a contract of 6 years, that will be renewable each year. We will close deals with foreign clubs."
Benedito: "We all share this model, but the model isn't linked with people."
Ferrer: "Txiki didn't say he will stop. I talked with him and I'm convinced he will want to continue."
Rosell: "If Txiki wants to continue, we'll talk with him and give him the chance to explain himself, we'll explain him our project and if Guardiola als wants it, he'll continue."
Ingla: "Sandro has a youth academy in Qatar and that could cause conflicts of interests."
Rosell: "It's just a solidary project. And I will sell my company."
Ingla: "We have been contacted by Rooney and two, three other players but we passed the information to Txiki."
Ferrer+Rosell+Benedito: "The people from the sports departmen should decide on the transfers, we can only put financial limits."
Economic area
Ingla: "We're far better than in 2003. Unicef is a good decision. Foster, We won't execute it."
Rosell: "We will reduce the expenses, so we can keep on growing."
Benedito: "We should make profit. We should not be forced to sell assets if we want to invest."
Ferrer: "The economic situation of the club is very good. In 2003, we lost money. Now we're making profits."
Rosell: "Unicef will continue, Foster won't be executed but we will profoundly remodel the stadium."
Benedito: "If we will be elected, we will stop the reclassification of the miniestadi site."
Ingla: "The times of the games can't be changed, the televisions won't accept it."
Ferrer: "It's populist Rosell wants to play at 5pm, the television rights will drop by 50%."
Social area
Rosell: "I've talked with a lot of members and want to give them again the feeling that they the owners of the club."
Benedito: "We want to make the members feel represented. Rosell is the reprensentative of the elite."
Ferrer: "we want to keep the people happy by winning, that's the first thing. We want the most Catalan and the most global Barça in history. The foundation should also continue with the international agreements."
Ingla: "We want to give more comfort to the members when coming to the stadium. We want to help the members who have financial problems. We don't want to exclude anyone."
Final statement
Benedito: "We'll the candidacy of the people. No one expected we would arrive here and we will fight until the end."
Ferrer: "The continuity of the best Barça in history is in play."
Ingla: "We shouldn't change the model of the club. Our candidacy has the most experience, we're the guarantee of this model."
Rosell: "We know what the member wants, everything what he wants is in our program. We won't fail."
