Joan Laporta

The state clubs are a problem because they provoke an instability of our sport, of football in Europe. I'm asking for rules that have to be more strict for these kinds of clubs because the resources they are using in football doesn't come from the football industry.

Voters will reward seriousness, rigour, experience and knowledge.

For me the best ever are Cruyff, Maradona and Messi.

Messi's football is beautiful and effective.

I can't forget that those who followed me tried to destroy me. We left them the greatest Barca in the club's history and they spent their time destroying it.

Leo's a mix of Cruyff and Maradona but he is Leo Messi.

The majority of us Cruyffists are separatists or at least Catalanists; the majority of those identified with Nunez are unionists. Those twin identities tend to go hand in hand, although there are always exceptions, and there's always a political element.

When you've been president, you can't act like an outsider; it would be ridiculous.

Sport's always political and here it's more complex because we're a nation without a state.

I know that I can be a leader, and the idea of achieving freedom for my country seems beautiful to me.

I am attracted by the idea of standing for a new, open party that believes Catalonia needs its own state.

I will continue to dedicate the best years of my life to the country I love.

In our case, and most of the clubs in Europe, the resources that we are generating come from the industry of sports.

I know Leo and what he's interested in is winning.

Dealing with a world-class player there are always going to be other clubs interested in him.

Interpreting the fair play rules has its complexities.

Madrid buy European footballers of the Year. We make them.

If I was born again, I would like to be Pep Guardiola. And I say that only because I wouldn't dare to say that I would like to be Johan Cruyff.

Who doesn't like Neymar?

If we have players that come out of the academy, we make them an offer of a present and a very good future, and if the agent is comparing and delaying the decision, it's understandable that I don't like the situation.

The U.S. is an interesting territory for Barcelona. It's very important for our global growth plans.

I love Barcelona.

I have known Messi since he was a kid and I love Leo.

Barca loves Leo, the fans love Leo and I love him, too.

Barca is very important for Catalonia - it's the most important sporting institution.

The same requirements we were appreciating in Pep Guardiola when we decided to put him as a coach of the first team, Thierry has many of them.

In the Barca that we propose, everyone fits. Our plan is to bring back happiness to the people.

I want to unite all Barca fans.

We will build a statue of Leo Messi outside the Camp Nou.

No one is above the club.

Messi's departure? It was the hardest decision I made. I didn't want to make the decision.

It is important that we try to present an image of sport in the world that changes the idea that football is only about money, but that it has a heart and a soul.

We are a club that appreciates talent and tolerance.

If you look at our history, this is a club that has always represented the values of citizenship, sport and democracy in the Catalan capital.

Thierry could be anything he likes - a coach, a director or maybe president of Arsenal.

These kinds of people, like Pep Guardiola and Johan Cruyff, they know very well football. They don't need the extended period maybe that other coaches need to be a great coach.

I know that Thierry loves Arsenal, he loves them. He is a gentleman and a very serious guy, and a very responsible guy.

The end of Leo at Barcelona was not the best. It was a difficult time. We had to take a decision and put the club above the best player in our history.

We will do our best to have Messi ending his career at Barcelona and being applauded by everyone.

I feel in moral debt to Messi. He's the best player in our history and I will do my best in order to ensure he can have the best ending of his career with a Barca shirt on.

We cannot let European football be in the hands of states that do not belong to the European Union.

What I don't like is a conformist attitude, a certain defeatism; that can't be allowed at Barcelona.

Through Unicef, we, the people of FC Barcelona, the people of Barca, are very proud to donate our shirt to the children of the world who are our present, but especially are our future.

My relationship with Koeman is very good.

For Leo, it is not about money, it is about the team and its chances of winning.

Leo, above all, wants to feel comfortable, to feel appreciated. And then to win.

We make Ballon d'Or winners and others have to buy them.

When the world's best player has to watch other clubs lift the European Cup, you know things have been done wrong.

It's very difficult to have any feeling with Bartomeu. Because he is a person who, with his attitude, he has Barca kidnapped with intoxication, with lies... and on top of that he is a president who is facing charges, so in that respect he isn't very trustworthy.