Barcelona has ever been one of the most admired clubs across the globe and for that reason it enjoys the biggest fan following as well, but this 2014 year could not add more beauty to its worthy goodwill thanks to some nasty incidents happened with the Spanish giant like Neymar transfer controversy and Messi tax evasion allegations that put them into the headlines for unwanted reasons. President Josep Maria Bartomeu talked about all the setbacks he and his team had to pass through in the year during a Christmas lunch where he was invited and asked to brief the media about his future plans. He undoubtedly accepted that new manager Luis Enrique is very promising and they have lots of expectations from him to boost the glorified status Camp Nou side enjoy in soccer fraternity. Expectedly, media repeatedly asked him to brief them about his plans for upcoming year and if they are looking for a more experienced replacement to the top post and he replied, “2015 is a year that will be very important for the club — it can be transcendent because there are many things to be decided. We have enthusiasm and trust in Luis Enrique to pull forward the club’s sporting project. There are some fantastic months of excitement ahead, and we have confidence in him because he deserves it.”
“It has been a complex year in which many things have happened that we have fought very openly, we have given as much information as we could,” he added about passing year and issues relating to Neymar and former president Joan Laporta. “Many of these issues are still open. We will continue fighting.”
Unlike most of the managers, he as well thanked the media for positively covering the remodeling of Camp Nou back in March. Since this project was based on a referendum, media played an important role in convincing Barca’s 118,578 socios that this is a good idea to enhance sitting capacity of its flagship stadium. He added, “I appreciate what you have said — we will not always agree but your thoughts are always welcome. I want to thank you for an event that occurred and that was the second time it happened at this club: the referendum in April. That campaign and that referendum were well covered, thinking about the good of the club.”