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Cristiano Ronaldo is officially a billionaire.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which ranks the world’s richest people based on their net worth, has included the Real Madrid legend for the first time, revealing his net worth – which includes career earnings, investments and endorsements – has now reached $1.4bn (£1.04bn).

The 40 year-old Portugal star is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers and goalscorers of all time, and has earned lucrative contracts throughout his career with Manchester United, Madrid, Juventus and Al-Nassr.

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He also has endorsement deals with global companies such as Nike and Armani, as well as his own CR7 brand that sells clothing and fragrances worldwide.

Ronaldo’s contract in Saudi Arabia makes him the highest-paid player in football history, taking home an estimated $400m (£298m) from the two-year deal he signed this year.

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But while the goalscoring machine is now hundreds of millions ahead of rival Lionel Messi, he does not rank first when it comes to net worth amongst active footballers.

Brunei prince is world's richest footballer

The richest player in the world is Faiq Bolkiah, a winger for the Brunei national team and Ratchaburi FC, a Thai football club.

Bolkiah is the nephew of Hassanal Bolkiah, the current Sultan of Brunei, and his net worth is believed to be around $20bn (£15bn), despite receiving a monthly salary of just $2,900 from his club.

Boasting over 250,000 followers on his Insatgram page, Bolkiah unsurprisingly lives a lavish life away from the pitch, trying his hand at modelling and reportedly owning a pet tiger, while his father is thought to own in excess of 2,000 cars.

Born in Los Angeles, USA, the 27 year-old was raised in the United Kingdom, and began his footballing career at A.F.C Newbury, in Berkshire. A winger by trade, he joined the famous Southampton academy in 2009, where he spent four years and played alongside the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Luke Shaw and James-Ward Prowse.

Bolkiah signed a two-year youth contract at Chelsea in 2014 after an unsuccessful trial at Arsenal, but after failing to break through in West London eventually landed at Leicester City, where he penned his first professional deal at the age of 17 and lived in a converted hotel.

Despite spending four years with the Foxes, Bolkiah never made a first team appearance, but did play five times in the UEFA Youth League in the 2015/16 season, registering an assist in a 2-1 defeat to Club Brugge.

With a breakthrough into senior football difficult to come by in England, he joined Portuguese side Marítimo in 2020, a move he later he admitted was a mistake: “Marítimo said to me, ‘You’ll come here, you’ll play’, so I said, ‘I just want to be here for a year. The main thing for me is I want to play.’ Obviously, that didn’t happen.

“I definitely regret moving there. I feel like there was a lot of politics to do with it as well, why Marítimo wanted me. I didn’t feel like they were being fully honest.”

Bolkiah then moved to Asia in 2021 to join Thai outfit Chonburi, where he spent two years before the switch to his current club, Ratchaburi. They are third in the Thai League 1, the top flight of the Thai football league system, but Bolkiah has played just 35 minutes so far this season.

He has also scored once in six caps for his national side of Brunei, but has not featured for them since 2018.

Rizwan, Haris and Fatima Sana are the other three Pakistanis in the BBL and WBBL drafts

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jun-2025

The Pakistan quartet of Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Rizwan are part of the first overseas draft list of BBL 15, which was released on Tuesday. The draft will be held on June 19 with Brisbane Heat holding the No. 1 pick and having the first chance to pick a player.Sam Curran and Alex Hales from England, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee from New Zealand, Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera and West Indies’ Shamar Joseph are the other six players in the first draft list of ten players.In the WBBL, the Indian pair of Shikha Pandey and Jemimah Rodrigues are in the first nomination list, alongside Deandra Dottin of West Indies and Fatima Sana of Pakistan.Related

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England’s Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone, Heather Knight and Danni Wyatt-Hodge are part of the list too, as are the South African pair of Shabnim Ismail and Chloe Tryon.The draft for the upcoming BBL and WBBL seasons have been brought forward to June to provide clubs more certainty about player selection. According to a CA statement, over 600 overseas players have registered interest for the BBL and WBBL.The teams have already started building their squads. Jamie Overton and Laura Wolvaardt (Adelaide Strikers), Colin Munro and Nadine de Klerk (Heat), Chris Jordan (Hobart Hurricanes), Tim Seifert and Hayley Matthews (Melbourne Renegades), Tom Curran and Marizanne Kapp (Melbourne Stars), Finn Allen and Sophie Devine (Perth Scorchers), Amelia Kerr (Sydney Sixers), Sam Billings and Chamari Athapaththu (Sydney Thunder) are the overseas players to have been pre-signed. Hurricanes have not named a pre-signed player for the WBBL yet and the same is the case for Sixers in the BBL.This season, Heat and Sixers will have first picks for the BBL and WBBL drafts respectively. Both drafts consist of four rounds, with all teams receiving one pick in each round. Teams can select a player who has made themselves available to be drafted in one of four overseas player salary bands: Platinum (round 1 or 2), Gold (round 2 or 3), Silver (round 3 or 4) or Bronze (round 4 only). Teams must use at least three picks including pre-signed players and can pass once.

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O Palmeiras empatou em 0 a 0 com o Boca Juniors, na quinta-feira (28), e completou mais um jogo sem marcar gols nesta fase de “vacas magras”. Esse fato tem incomodado o torcedor, mas Abel Ferreira prefere olhar por outro prisma que é a atuação da defesa, vazada apenas uma vez nos últimos dez jogos. Como diz o hino, é a “defesa que ninguém passa”, mas a linha atacante não marca.

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Desde que Dudu sofreu sua lesão no joelho, que o afastará dos gramados por cerca de um ano, o Verdão marcou apenas dois gols. De lá para cá são seis jogos disputados. Se fizermos um recorte sem o duelo com Vasco, quando aconteceu a infelicidade com o Baixola, o retrospecto é de apenas um gol nas últimas cinco partidas.

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O único gol anotado nesse período foi de Breno Lopes, nos acréscimos da vitória sobre o Goiás, no Allianz Parque. Ou seja, o ataque parou. E olha que nos jogos diante do Deportivo Pereira, do Corinthians, do Grêmio e do Boca Juniors, o Alviverde teve chances de balançar a rede, mas erros “bizarros” na conclusão acabaram não permitindo a comemoração.

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Em entrevista coletiva após o empate na Bombonera, Abel Ferreira se incomodou com os questionamentos sobre o ataque e a falta de gols. O treinador chegou a ser ríspido com os repórteres e destacou a eficiência do setor defensivo, que mais uma vez saiu de campo sem ser vazado. Na Libertadores, são seis partidas seguidas sem tomar gol, incluindo as cinco de mata-mata.

Dos últimos dez duelos do Palmeiras na temporada, a defesa viu sua rede ser balança apenas uma vez, que foi na derrota por 1 a 0 para o Grêmio, fora de casa, com gol de João Pedro. De resto, o gol anterior sofrido foi de John Kennedy, diante do Fluminense, no início de agosto.

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Nas fases anteriores da Libertadores, o Alviverde venceu seus jogos fora de casa tanto contra o Atlético-MG, quanto contra o Deportivo Pereira. Por isso o 0 a 0 nas partidas de volta acabaram sendo suficientes para a classificação. Agora, contra o Boca Juniors, com o 0 a 0 como visitante e mesmo mantendo a “baliza zero”, será necessário fazer gol para se classificar no tempo normal, caso contrário a decisão será nos pênaltis.

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Midfielder Sandro Tonali was conspicuous by his absence as Newcastle trained on Monday morning ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League clash with Jose Mourinho’s Benfica.

The 25-year-old Italy international did not take part in the open section of the session in front of the cameras at the club’s Darsley Park base.

Tonali, a £55million signing from AC Milan during the summer of 2003, was replaced by Jacob Ramsey with 20 minutes of Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League defeat at Brighton remaining.

The Italian has become a key member of Eddie Howe’s midfield alongside Brazilians Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton since returning from his 10-month ban for gambling offences in August last year.

Tonali, a Carabao Cup winner with the Magpies in March, played all but a few minutes for his country in their World Cup qualifying victories over Estonia and Israel during the last international break.

Head coach Howe will hope to have him at his disposal on Tuesday evening as Newcastle attempt to add to the three points they collected from a 4-0 victory over Union Saint-Gilloise in Brussels earlier this month after losing their opening fixture to Barcelona at St James’ Park.

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كشف محمد أيمن المشرف على الكرة بنادي بتروجيت، حقيقة وجود اتفاق مع الزمالك على شراء حامد حمدان مقابل 20 مليون جنيه، معلقًا على أنباء وجود مفاوضات من جانب الأهلي.

وقال محمد أيمن في تصريحات عبر قناة “المحور”: “يوجد اتفاق مبدئي مع الزمالك على انتقال حامد في يناير المقبل، كانت هناك مراسلات بيننا، وآخرها اتبعت صيغة عقد ثلاثي بالاتفاق على انضمام حامد حمدان شهر يناير المقبل، والعقد مكتوب فيه الشروط المالية”.

وأردف: “لم يحدث توقيع حتى الآن من الثلاثة أطراف، الزمالك وبتروجيت واللاعب، المفاوضات توقفت عند ذلك”.

وواصل: “آخر رد لنا أن بتروجيت موافق على انتقاله في يناير المقبل، والاتفاق وقف عند ذلك، وحامد حمدان عاد للمشاركة مرة أخرى”.

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وأكمل: “قلت بعد مباراة الأهلي نرى الوضع المالي للزمالك، وهذا يصعب الأمور، ليس في كرة القدم فقط، سنظل ملتزمين بالاتفاق المبدئي بانتقال اللاعب”.

وأردف: “لن نتراجع أو نغير في الاتفاق المالي، لكن آليات سداد المبلغ المالي ممكن تختلف، كمشرف على الكرة أريد أحافظ على حقوق النادي، ولم يحدث أي تواصل من الزمالك معنا حتى الآن”.

وبشأن هل توروب أبدى إعجابه بـ حامد حمدان بعد مباراة بتروجيت؟ وهل هناك مفاوضات من الأهلي؟: “يوجد كلام من الوكلاء أن الأهلي مهتم بشكل كبير جدًا بانضمام حامد حمدان، لكن لا يوجد عرض رسمي”.

لو الأهلي قدم عرضًا بـ40 مليون جنيه نقدًا.. هل بتروجيت سيخلف اتفاقه مع الزمالك؟، أوضح: “سيكون صعبًا جدًا أن أغير اتفاقي أو القيمة المالية لأننا التزمنا برقم معين، لكن نفترض اللاعب قال أريد الانتقال للأهلي، ماذا سنفعل؟ بالتأكيد لن نقف أمام رغبته”.

وأتم: “حامد حمدان تلقى عرضًا في بداية الموسم من قطر القطري، ولم أتحدث مع حامد حمدان في أي شيء الفترة الماضية”.

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O Palmeiras treinou nesta manhã de sábado na Academia de Futebol, finalizando a preparação para encarar o Coritiba, pela 28ª rodada do Brasileirão 2023.

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A notícia mais triste da atividade foi que Gabriel Menino, diagnosticado com uma fratura no tornozelo direito, não participou da atividade e vai passar por cirurgia nos próximos dias.

O jogador sentiu um incômodo e deixou o gramado no início de jogo da derrota do Palmeiras por 2 a 0 para o Atlético-MG, na última quinta-feira, no Allianz Parque.

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Sem Gabriel Menino, Fabinho e Richard Rios devem disputar uma vaga para quem ganha a titularidade do Palmeiras para este resto de temporada.

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Meanwhile Swapnil Singh is set to move to Tripura from Uttarakhand

Shashank Kishore16-Jul-2025

Vidarbha and Royal Challengers Bengaluru wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma will represent Baroda in the upcoming season.The 31-year-old did not feature in any matches during the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, playing second fiddle to captain and first-choice wicketkeeper Akshay Wadkar. He remained part of Vidarbha’s white-ball squads, led by Karun Nair.The transfer to Baroda has reportedly been in the works for some time, with Jitesh’s close ties to Baroda captain Krunal Pandya, his fellow Royal Challengers Bengaluru teammate during their maiden IPL title win earlier this year, believed to have helped facilitate the move.The shift could give Jitesh a renewed opportunity to cement his place as a regular in first-class cricket. Since making his debut in 2015-16, Jitesh has managed to feature in just 18 first-class games over the past ten seasons. He averages a modest 24.48 with four half-centuries. His most recent first-class game came nearly 18 months ago.Despite limited match time in red-ball cricket, Jitesh has made a mark in the shortest formats over the past few years. After breaking through for Punjab Kings in 2023, Jitesh earned an India T20I debut during the Asian Games in October that year. He has featured in nine T20Is.Earlier this year, Jitesh played a key role as finisher for RCB at IPL 2025, including scoring a maiden half-century, an unbeaten 85, in a must-win against Lucknow Super Giants that helped them finish in the top two. He was vice-captain to Rajat Patidar, and also stood-in as captain when Patidar was injured towards the back end of the competition.Meanwhile, Jitesh’s IPL team-mate Swapnil Singh, RCB’s only RTM (right to match) at the mega auction, is set to move to Tripura. Swapnil didn’t feature in a single game for RCB and last played domestic cricket for Uttarakhand in 2024-25, picking up 18 wickets in five matches during the Ranji Trophy. His white-ball numbers were modest.Swapnil, a regular in the club cricket scene in Chennai, was most recently part of Chepauk Super Gillies in the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025, picking up three wickets in eight matches while scoring 85 runs in eight games with the bat.

Carey made 63 and Webster 60, while Alzarri Joseph took 4 for 61 as Australia were bowled out for 286 before bad light prevented the West Indies innings from starting

Andrew McGlashan03-Jul-2025

Stumps Reckon you’ve seen this before? You wouldn’t be wrong. Australia’s top order again failed to inspire on the opening day in Grenada before Beau Webster and Alex Carey performed a familiar rescue act amid another crucial call by the third umpire and further fielding woes for West Indies.Australia were wobbling t 110 for 5 when Travis Head fell, the TV umpire ruling Shai Hope’s brilliant take clean, having earlier been 50 for 3 as a solid base vanished. Webster and Carey then added 112 in 25 overs and the game was threatening to run away from West Indies but they were able to chip away at the lower order and bowl Australia out for 286 inside 67 overs, with Alzarri Joseph claiming four wickets. To the home side’s benefit, light prevented Australia from having a brief bowl with the umpires taking the players off just as they returned to the field.Related

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Although not on the level of Barbados, there was assistance for the quicks – Roston Chase said he would have bowled had the toss gone his way – and suggestions that uneven bounce could play a part later in the game, particularly with the delivery which scuttled to remove Pat Cummins. So the true value of Australia’s first-innings total will only become clearer tomorrow, although it certainly felt competitive.Webster, who brought up an 87-ball fifty, again played superbly to follow up his vital second-innings performance in Barbados, and the runs he scored in the World Test Championship final. He was assured in defence and picked his moments to attack, including a slog-sweep for six off Chase and one of the shots of the innings when he laced Jayden Seales through the off side. But he was left frustrated when he gambled on a second run to deep point in an attempt to keep the strike and was beaten by Keacy Carty’s throw. It meant 300 proved out of reach.Carey lived something of a charmed life. He could have been run out on 10 and 51; was dropped by Shai Hope from an attempted ramp on 46; reached his half-century from 68 deliveries with an edge between the keeper and a wide slip; and edged wide of slip again on 55.Alzarri Joseph picked up four wickets in the innings•Associated Press

But he was also quick onto anything loose, showing the same counter-punching skills that have been so evident in his game over the last 18 months or so. In all, 46 of his 63 runs came in boundaries, including a swivel-pull for six off Justin Greaves only for him to cloth a long hop from the same bowler to midwicket when a significant innings appeared for the taking.Australia’s earlier batting performance had been dominated by unconverted starts. Sam Konstas put away a strong early pull shot and played with more urgency than in Barbados, but he was also beaten on multiple occasions, including three times in a row by Seales. There was also a flashing edge over gully against Shamar Joseph, which Roston Chase got a fingertip to, although it would have been a spectacular catch had it been taken. Konstas followed that with a sweetly struck cover drive.He and Usman Khawaja, who went to 6000 Test runs when he reached 2, had taken Australia to a promising 47 for 0 when the innings took on a very different look. For the second time in the series, Khawaja was lbw to Alzarri Joseph from around the wicket that proved a bail-trimmer when Khawaja went to the DRS. Four balls later, Konstas drove at the recalled Anderson Phillip, who had been preferred to left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican, and edged behind for an unfulfilled 25.Beau Webster celebrates back-to-back fifties•AFP/Getty Images

Australia’s slide turned into 3 for 3 when Steven Smith, back in the side after the finger injury he sustained in the World Test Championship final, top-edged a pull against the lively Alzarri Joseph that flew high to fine leg where Phillip judged it very well. The scoreline read a familiar 50 for 3.The opening session ended with a dramatic over from Seales. Cameron Green, who had shaped up encouragingly even though he could have been run out on 16 if mid-on had collected cleanly, drove to cover where John Campbell spilled a regulation catch. But Green could still not make it through to the interval when, four balls later, he went for a big drive to the last delivery of the over and sent a thick edge to gully where Chase held it well.Head threatened to perform another rescue act but fell early in the afternoon following a brief delay for rain when the TV umpire, this time Nitin Menon, was back in focus as Hope took a brilliant catch low to his left when Head glanced a climbing delivery from Shamar Joseph. Hope was convinced of the catch but it went upstairs; unlike in Barbados, the decision went West Indies’ way and Head did not look thrilled as he walked off.Another quick wicket and Australia could have been bundled out but as they have tended to do, a couple of players found enough runs to give their high-class attack something to work with.

One of the most exciting talents on Leeds United’s books right now is certainly Harry Gray. The 17-year-old centre-forward comes from a long line of Leeds players.

You can trace that back as recently as his brother Archie, who now plays for Tottenham Hotspur, and his grandfather, Eddie, a Leeds legend.

The England under-17 striker is an excellent talent. He’s shone for Leeds’ academy this season, with four goals in four Premier League 2 games, impressive in itself but even more so given he’s playing four years up.

Last season, Gray – who recently put pen to paper on a new deal in Yorkshire – was given his first-team debut by Daniel Farke, although he has not had that opportunity this term.

That might be due to Farke’s reliance on experienced players.

Farke’s reliance on experience over youth

Whilst the Leeds manager gave the youngest Gray brother his first taste of senior football at the end of last season, he isn’t one to turn to youth players a lot.

In fact, when he played former academy star Archie Gray 52 times in 2023/24, that was certainly more of an outlier.

This season, in Leeds’ battle for Premier League survival, Farke has relied on a more experienced group of players. The Whites have the seventh-highest average age in the top flight in 2025/26, at 27.1 years old, according to FBref.

There is only one player under 25 who has made an appearance this season, namely Wilfried Gnonto, who is 21 years of age.

In theory, that experience should certainly help the West Yorkshire outfit in the top flight.

Some players have years of Premier League football under their belt.

Yet, Leeds are just three points above the relegation zone, and things are not really working out for Farke’s experienced squad this season.

Perhaps it is time to take a punt on someone younger, like Gnonto or Gray.

Well, if recent reports are to be believed, Farke could soon be out of a job and replaced with someone who trusts the youngsters.

Why Leeds could benefit from a change of manager

There have been reports this week which have tipped the Whites to replace Farke with Strasbourg manager Liam Rosenior. Whilst former Leeds star Aidy White says that the appointment would be a “huge gamble,” there are plenty of merits to the move.

Firstly, the former Hull City manager has an impressive record in Ligue 1. He’s coached 42 top-flight games in France, winning 21, drawing ten and losing the other 11.

His average of 1.74 points per game is a real standout and a testament to his ability to churn out results.

Rosenior – Ligue 1 record at Strasbourg

Stat

Number

Games

42

Wins

21

Draws

10

Losses

11

Goals for/against

73/54

Points won

73

Average points per game

1.74

Stats from Transfermarkt

The London-born manager is certainly a highly rated coach. Sky Sports’ Dougie Critchley said he is “one of the best emerging British coaches,” which he proved during his time in the Championship with Hull.

He guided the Tigers to seventh in 2023/24, including fantastic performances like this. His side narrowly missed out on a playoff spot.

It wouldn’t be a surprise to see Rosenior try and bed the younger players into the first-team fold at Leeds. He is known for trusting those with less experience, as showcased in the average ages of his squad at Strasbourg this season.

The French side have comfortably got the youngest squad in Ligue 1, fielding a side with an average age of just 21.6 years old. However, this is not an anomaly.

The situation at Hull was the same. In his only full year on Humberside, his squad was the joint sixth youngest, with an average age of 25.4.

It is easy to see why Rosenior could be the perfect head coach for someone like Gray. The homegrown star is a talented youngster who is putting up some excellent performances in the academy.

A coach like Rosenior, who values the academy players and the breakthrough stars, could well give him a chance to shine at senior level.

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If Farke is removed from his post, the Strasbourg boss could be the dream man to take charge and really shake things up at Elland Road.

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Posts ByJoe Nuttall Oct 23, 2025

أعرب خوان لابورتا رئيس نادي برشلونة عن سعادته الغامرة، حيث لم يستطيع إخفاء فرحته وهو يقف في ملعب الكامب نو، في تدريبات مفتوحة لأول مرة.

وتحدث لابورتا لوسائل الإعلام الرسمية لنادي برشلونة في تصريحات نشرتها “BARCA UNIVERSAL” عن لحظات الحنين بالعودة لملعب الكامب نو.

وعبر لابورتا عن فخره وارتياحه بهذه العودة: “أنا سعيد جداً لأن ذلك استغرق قرابة 15 عاماً منذ عام 2010 حين أنهيت ولايتي الرئاسية الأولى، كنا بحاجة لتحويل الخطط من مجرد رسم لواقع ملموس لتحقيق هذا الحلم”.

وأضاف :”لسنوات، لم يحدث أي شيء في الهيكل المادي لبرشلونة، ولهذا السبب اعتقدنا أنه من الضروري لاستمرار برشلونة اقتصادياً ومالياً ورياضياً أن يكون لديه ملعب كامب نو جديد الذي يقدم خدمة سبوتيفاي”.

وحول رؤيته لعصر برشلونة الجديد ذكر لابورتا: “سيكون أفضل ملعب في أوروبا، ملعب بلاستيكي للغاية وأتخيل الشعور بأننا بالفعل في ملعبنا وهو الشعور الذي أريد أن أشعر به في أقرب وقت ممكن”.

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وجدد لابورتا دعوته لنجم برشلونة السابق وإنتر ميامي الحالي ليونيل ميسي لحضور افتتاح الملعب وتكريمه: “ستكون طريقة رائعة لافتتاح ملعب كامب نو، مع تكريم ليونيل ميسي والملعب ممتلئ بالجماهير، سيسعدني تنظيم مباراة تكريمية لميسي”.

وأتم لابورتا عن أمنيته بعد افتتاح ملعب الكامب نو: “أتخيل أن برشلونة يلعب في نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا هنا ويفوز به”.

وأكمل عن دعوة لامين يامال لمنتخب إسبانيا: “لطالما اعتبرت انضمامه إلى المنتخب بمثابة اعتراف، أتمنى أن يشارك لدقائق قليلة، لقد تأهلت إسبانيا عملياً، لا أريد التأثير على المدرب هنا وأنا أفهم أنه يجب عليهم استدعاؤه”.

وقال لابورتا عن انتخابات رئاسة برشلونة: “ستجرى الانتخابات الرئاسية بين 15 مارس و15 يونيو، ولا أنوي تقديم موعدها وأتمنى أن يفوز الأفضل”.