Joan Laporta on Lionel Messi in MLS, Kylian Mbappe, Saudi Pro League & more | ESPN FC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ม.ค. 2025
- Barcelona president Joan Laporta joins Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to talk about being in the United States for the Soccer Champions Tour, Lionel Messi in the MLS with Inter Miami, Kylian Mbappe, Ilkay Gundogan, the European Super League, the Saudi Pro League's impact on football and more.
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I have to say as a brit i see a lot of sports interviews and being a good interviewer isn't easy but Dan makes it look easy by being friendly, knowledgeable while not shying away from tough questions.
I think this helps people he interviews to feel relaxed and open to questions whether they be tough, emotional or teasing jokes ...more interviews like this please.
He is good. I mean he carries this channel.. there is no other presenter right ..what happens if he is ill 😂?
@@ajworks5958I like kay too she's really funny
@@ajworks5958Kay is good and honestly I don't hold anything against Seb
Pffft. Have you not seen his terrible and embarrassing interview with Pelé????
Dan and Kay.. they own this channel!
So strange to see Laporta there
So strange to see Laporta speaking english
@@dharmawiguna3232why ?
Same ig I’m not used to la Liga tv rights for espn yet
Espn have rights to La Liga therefore these appearances must be on there contract.
@@dharmawiguna3232not at all lol
As a Barca fan, thank God for Laporta. A great President and passionate culer, you can tell he bleeds red and blue!
He’s a crook and a criminal. He didn’t want to pay Messi and Messi made Barcelona rich. Because of this Messi decided to leave and destroy the cule team. Jajajhaa you’re so broke now. Crime doesn’t pay La Porta. Remember de name. Lionel Messi is the king and Barcelona is too small compare to Messi brand 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Thank dog
It is amazing that one club contributed soo much to football that it changed the game litereally. They produced one of the best coaches's in the world with Pep, the GREATEST player in the world in Lionel Messi, they changed the landscape of the game under Johan Cruyff, played one of the most beautiful forms of possession football with Tiki Taka, produced Multiple World Cup Winners, One of the greatest midfield trio in Xavi, Iniesta and Busquests, even in their current financial state were still able to find world class talent in La Masia.
True
In terms of impact on the footballing world barca is right on the top and overall surely the top 3
Dont forget ronaldinho
Facts!
Well said my friend !
Thank you !!!!
This guy has one of the toughest jobs in the world cleaning up Bartomeu and Rosell's mess, but he's saved Barcelona from the brink of bankruptcy and total disaster before, and made it a top team in his first term; by the end of this term he'll likely pull it off again.
But he force Messi to leave
@@lexkanyima2195 he doesn't have any other choice. Laporta had to choose btw Messi and Barcelona & he choose barça. I don't blame him. And Messi too understand that. Messi only concern that board lied to him for register knowingly it's impossible and forced him to stay for some more time. Or else Messi would have been playing for man City instead of PSG and miami.
How? he is worse than Josep Maria Bartomeu
Laporta mistreated messi and also sells smoke
@@iamD4 why he has to play for Man City ? So cliche
It's great to see Messi in the MLS 🔥 living life
Was once very strange Messi not being at Barcelona but- its not news- he hasn't been with Barcelona for a minute now. Laporta got exactly what he wanted this offseason- appearing as though he tried to bring Messi back, but it not happening in the end.
Do you even know what happened ?
People need to stop assuming this guy is bad because Messi left while he was president.
He literally decided on his own not to come back to Barcelona because of all the uncertainties. The financial fair play in Spain is so tight they can barely afford new players now.
@@danyhocineyou are right, what I didn't like is the whole saga, is how they made us fans believe they were bringing Messi back with all the "viability plans" approved by la Liga of how are ABLE to sign Messi and other players too.
But we all know Messi was in talks with Miami almost 2 years if not more. Furthermore, the absence of Busi, Alba and Messi himself didn't free any financial space apparently!!! We are still struggling to register players...they knew all this while that Messi's return wasn't feasible. Messi also knew.
So why do you make mockery of us fans??? So that it appears like they tried to bring him in!!!!
This is my president ❤❤
pretty sure he did try to bring messi back. messi just didn't want to wait, which is the correct decision because it was unlikely that barca could bring him back
@@TheCelticsAREboss there is no evidence of Barca's capability to bring Messi back, none!! Bro we just spent some few penny on the transfer market and we are not even able to register some of our players, Ter Stergen and Frenkie are being asked to reduce their wages, Victor f***ing Roque is coming in January bcos we can't register him, and we thought we they could bring Messi back and still sign players to strengthen the squad...
All the lies of Messi's return was to let us fans believe they tried everything in their power to bring him back...but it was never the case, Messi's departure to Miami was decided a long time ago...listen to Beckham's interview..
“We can’t afford him(mbappe)” you heard it from the president of Barcelona not some sports news paper that only wants attention because in Paris they don’t get as much.
Dan the man, love his interviews, keep them coming 👍🏼
Really not that interesting line of questioning, so many other things that are more pressing and important, so he blew the few chance english speaking fans had to here him speak bout it
Very good command in English. It's better than some English players 😂
Harry Kane
Harry Kane
Harry Kane
I agree 💯
Not being able to bring Messi back to Barcelona is Laporta's nightmare
Messi the GOAT 🐐
We can't too many games between Barca vs Madrid. They can play every week if it was possible and we'll never get tired of it.
Ehh maybe for one season lol. At some point, every week is gonna get tiring.
We love our president ❤
The studio is super nice 🤠
So from my understanding, it seems like he wants the superleague proposal to be accepted, not to take away the domestic leagues, but to have some ammunition against UEFA when discussing improvements for champions league, since right now uefa is pocketing most of the profits, leaving the clubs with very little.
That seems fair.
The plan was to create a Separate League. But FIFA and UEFA told them they would sue them.
Florentino's alternative is now for the Super League to replace the Champions League.
In theory it makes sense. It would cover the entire year just like a Regular League.
But it would be all European Clubs.
Apparently they also want to add Promotion and Relegation to the Super League, so that the European Super League replaces Champions League, Europa League and Conference League and even add a 4th Tier.
I can see where Florentino got the idea. After all Real Madrid is also the Champions of Europe on Basketball as well.
And the Euro League is basically a League, but with clubs from all over Europe.
They want to basically create that, an actual League, not a Tournament.
@@unnamedshadow1866 sounds good - unfortunately it's a conflict of interest. Florentino Perez is rooting for Madrid, so him having oversight on referees etc - would just means he gets to secretly bribe referees with 0 accountability because he owns the league. I don't trust that old crook. The idea is good though, execution - not so much.
As far as I know, EPL was formed the same way, a breakaway league. Yet many pundits (and regular people) from England declares Superleague unethical and on odds with their "values". EPL is already a superleague, and if clubs from other parts of the Europe wants to compete and survive they need a better product like superleague.
@@unnamedshadow1866 You're talking nonsense. The plan has always been what Laporta just explained now.
Good to see Laporta interview in English! Good work Dan
You can see that he's barcelona through and through, clearly the club's problems now is not his fault and hopefully he will continue to make the right decisions to make things right again.
Appreciate the guy for reducing the wage bill of the club to a great extent by getting rid of the high paid 30 + age players . This helps the club to rebuild and the surprise winning of the title last year justified the same .
Thank you Laporte, we curles always love you forever
Woah so crazy to see Laporta on ESPN FC
He literally gave away the surprise. He confirmed Luis Suarez to Miami without realising 😅
I was thinking the same 😂😂👍
Respect to both of them for not ducking the European Super League question and answer respectively- although I am completely against the concept.
Dan is made for this........he knows his onions to the teeth. Great interview. 👍
He seems like a humble man.
He's a snake jus like bartomeu and rosell.
@@TranceIsMyDrug No. He is an actual President unlike them. He isn't afraid of being portrayed negatively, but he always ensures the best for the club. Yes he makes mistakes but I would rather have him than Todd Boehly, The Glazers or FSG
You asked him tougher questions than I expected. Thank you!
MY PRESIDENT 🐐 🙏
Exactly recruiting this players are good for the publicity but it takes a lot more actually improve a league
Great interview! Good job Dan!
This man is a character
The best football president in the world visca Catalonia visca Barcelona from Zambia Lusaka 👏💪❤️
Dan killing these interviews🔥🔥🔥👌
Joan is the cutest teddy bear ☺ lol
GREAT interview!! BRAVO
Great work Dan and ESPN
Interesting camera work lol but besides that it's nice to hear from Mr. Laporta's views of different matters
Well done Dan.
Crazy how Laporta is on ESPN FC these dudes do nothing but hate on barca all year.
Juan Laporta is bigger than his club barcelona n he's jealous of messi to continue in barca he's afraid that messi will be bigger than his club barcelona,
I don't believe what a single words he said
@@bonkngr1681ok messi stan, go watch the leagues cup
@@Kriscur20 barcelona lost against Arsenal 😄 🤣 😂 ,while messi was in barca he single handlely scores 5 goals against Arsenal
@@bonkngr1681it’s a preseason game 💀 and it was Arsenal’s fifth game and Barca’s first so Arsenal was most likely going to win as they were match sharp.
I like Barca's Presisent, he is transparent and down to earth 😊
his english is better than Harry Kane
Haha
One of the most random things we'll see this day
Lol
Then go away😂
@@പഞ്ചാക്ഷരി-ല3ട what?
He knows Suarez will go there
11:15 very well said!
Sad that it was not mention that Barcelona currently has the best football female team in the world, with 2 of the best players of the world (Aitana and Alexia) trained by the same Barcelona since teens.
Nobody cares for women football
Must awaited interview ever
He's so soft spoken
That's the best president in world football!
Good Job Dan 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
What a pleasure it must have been for Joan Laporta to be in the presence of Dan Thomas
You are crazy lol
These are some great gets for the show. A+
Barcelona football club is Messi then too they make him serious cry thats lame of a club I will always love Messi"s Barcelona, no player will be remembered more as Messi for barcelonaaa ever again.
Dan is a loveable person …
Laporta represents the Culers very well.. visca Barça...
This guys isn’t a president but a Pr person 😂
Great videos 😁
Thank you Joan Laporta for sharing Barcelona soccer with the rest of the world by playing friendly games in different countries. This will expose the rest of the world to world-class soccer and grow international interest. Many Europeans do not like Saudi Arabia using their large bank accounts to buy top World Class players from Europe. But in all honesty the top European teams have been buying up elite footballers from Africa and South America for years. With that said we hope Saudi Arabia will spend more reasonable amount of money in buying players. These outrageous offers may bankrupt Saudi clubs and other professional football clubs around the world. Saudi Arabia would like to diversify their system of trade for their country. There are other ways to invest in the future of Saudi Arabia than to spend astronomical amount of money on football players. Especially when the money you are spending exceed the returns on your investment. This is not investing for the future. Investing in better coaching, dietary-nutritional programs, and superior facilities are other ways to compete. Best wishes to Saudi Arabia and international soccer competition.
bro saudi will never run out of money xD
The best Prez ever
Dan is the man when he's not on i dont watch espn....
wait did laporta announce luis suarez transfer to miami? because his still in brasil
Bring Florentino Perez there lmaoo
Perez might of helped Barca if this guy didn't ruin the relationship
Florentino Perez studied in the USA. I'm sure his english is pretty good. I would love to see it. PLEASE make it happen @espnfc
Camera guy on something
Tryna not make Laporta look as fat as he is lmaooo
Messi should play friendly match between inter miami and fc barcelona ❤
Can someone please stop giving monster energy drinks to the camera man?
Was the camera man drunk?😂😂😂
Wow, great job getting this interview.!
Good interview from fan as always.
Dan the fan 😂
I like these surprise interviews
Whatsup with the camera man?
His English very good 👏👍
it's not good, it's goo!
@@redjohn44 how's your Spanish lol
Great Interview.
5:02 is someone fighting the camera man here? What is going on lol?
Dan is the life of the party, great interview, mate.....and sorry you not taller than Sebby, maybe in the next life mate 😂😂
I'm glad he is back.
We Love you Laporta!
The greatest president of the of the history of our club. We love you LaPorta with all our heart
Strange to see you also as Barca president.
So Lieporta in the studio to lie more to the gullible cute fanbase of Barcelona 😅But that cuteness wont save you from 3 peating europa league exit!
The guy who solely and bravely was behind the decision of kicking Messi out of Barcelona like a dog.
3:59 Yamine Lamal 😂💀
Laporta is double faced. His dig on Messi claiming Messi didn’t want the pressure & “wishing Messi to be happy” are Lapota ways of throwing shade on Messi as if he chose MLS over Barcelona to avoid pressure.
He wants to cover up His own mistake by throwing away His guilt using the word pressure on Messi. Messi enjoyed football. Pressure is the product of corrupted LA Liga presidents.
thats not true, Messi did not want to play with pressure anymore after PSG, and ofcourse playnig for Barca, one of the best teams in Europe would put pressure on him, in Miami he's free, there is'nt as much pressure as in Europe. President Laporta did not shade MLS in any way!
@@sthandiwepearlmogwele8482 That's nonsense and a real misrepresentation you really think after all these years at the top and delivering over and over the guy can't handle competing in La Liga or UCL? Get real. No. When Messi said he didn't want to be under pressure he meant, pressure of spending all Summer not knowing whether he was coming back or not and then if he did return having to do so at the expense of a lot of young players becos then people would have expectations that he should play like he was 26 not 36 to justify it. It's not normal pressure of playing in la liga he was talking about - it was the pressure created by FCB screwing him over in 2021 and him trying to come back under these specific circumstances that creates the wrong kind of toxic pressure ok
Messi said it himself in the interview that's one of the reasons he didn't want to join Barca 😂
It's strange that laporta can speak english better than harry kane
BIG BOSS👏
Laporta is a best president of fcb, and the personality is nice and friendly too
Is the camera man drunk?
I am not sure if this guy is better than Bartemeou or not. But the Barca team looks solid this season, however the Messi era in Barcelona will be missed😢😢❤❤
Messi had it easy as he had Ronaldinho to help bring him through, but post Messi Barcelona have no one.
Bigger liar buy better with money
Financial more for sure
I am guessing you are a new supporter of the club, Laporta was here before and a lot things flourished under him, was not all perfect but he had a plan basically for the entire club not only Footballing aspect.
@@e-maestro been a supporter since the Ronaldinho, eto era...I was not much interested in the politics part, but Bartemeou antics intrigued me
4:43 started talking about Leo😗
We need Super League seriously.
No
Yes.
@@Olya0247 You must be an oil club fan
@@Prasko131 No. I think that football is a sport, not a show.
cameraman = 🍺
some elite camera work at 05:03.
More than a club vicsa barca ❤
messi goat
What's with the strange camera work?
It's experimental....Like the MLS
Shouldve asked him is there a possibility messi would return to barcelona as a player anytime
The camera positions were horrible.
What's with the cameraman ?
Our President ❤
Our Pride ❤
Our Hope ❤
I like the format ❤
Camera guy having a lot of problems
He can never heal the damage that Bartomeu has done to Barcelona.
EL JEFE 🤝
Imagine seeing harry maguire next in here 😂
When he said they were financially weak but brough aguero, depay and few other players that time when messi left..