Do you understand that Xavi decides that Dembélé plays?
laporta: “We have a player with a contract until August and the player is available to the coach and he will decide. Xavi is just as surprised as all of us that he has not accepted the renewal. I understand that Xavi will take this into account. It makes planning difficult. If we have to look at the short term, we thought he had to renew. Now it is a situation that we have to manage and I hope it is done correctly. But the circumstances are what they are. There are sporting facts and contractual facts. He could have his future well planned and it’s not like that. We accept it but we don’t understand it. The club wants players like Adama, who want to come back and make efforts. If Dembélé doesn’t want to renew with us and he will see what he does, this has its circumstances. Hopefully Ousmane understand it.”
Cruyff: “It is also important that in December we have one situation and now another. Xavi has a much greater range of options than in December. Now there are more players who have dribbling and goals. We start this second round with many options for the coach”: