Josep Maria Bartomeu
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Sep 15, 2026
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
You know, as a Kule, as a Barcelona fan, we never have this pressure of relegation promotion.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
And it's a nice luxury to have, right? I mean, we're never going to be relegated unless something even more drastic happened during the Bartomeu era, right? But I don't see that happening in the future.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
the near future because now we're becoming more responsible with our spending and leaning on La Masia.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
But when you're a mid-tier team, the pressure of relegation and promotion is real on top of trying to win matches and maybe qualify for Europe.
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Gabriel QuirogaHOST
It is the most important thing of our club.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
It provides depth.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
It got us out of the Bartomeu era of terrible contracts, and it continues to pump talent when we need it.
Gabriel QuirogaHOST
So La Masia forever, right? Anyway, you can follow more La Masia news in our app that we created, the Barca Wire.
Rahul TandonHOST
Let's have a listen to this from 10 years ago.
Rahul TandonHOST
This is Barcelona's then president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, talking about the financial of the, sort of the financial power of the Premier League to our sports correspondent, Dan Roan.
Josep Maria BartomeuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't say today.
Josep Maria BartomeuSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the last few months, I always say the same.
BarcaBoy103HOST
We could have went and panicked by, you know, Danso from Spurs just to bring in a centre-back, right? But we're being original.
BarcaBoy103HOST
We're not like Bartomeu where we just panic by random players, right? You want to bring in a player that's of the quality of Barcelona, that's the right fit and will have an impact on the team.
OmarGUEST
See, here's the thing also, right? And this is the point that I think volume, I agree with volume, right? Because this is the same thing I think too, right? Here's the thing, guys.
OmarGUEST
For now, when we're looking at the transfer window, we sign these players on the eye.
Dan HiltonHOST
But I was a bit disappointed with them because they did boo Frenkie de Jong, which I'm not sure about.
Dan HiltonHOST
You can maybe boo the contract he's had from Bartomeu, but coming back from the World Cup injured, I feel like, yes, the fans were frustrated with him that he wasn't transparent about everything, but he was.
Dan HiltonHOST
Up front, he said, "I was surprised that other doctors said that it was worse than it was when the doctors at the World Cup said I would be fine." So he, not to say, skirt the blame, but he was upfront and transparent about what happened, and I felt like the fans in the stands kind of fell for that propaganda coming from the club, being disappointed with the player.
Dan HiltonHOST
Also frustrating for Cancelo, he was an omission, but there was actually video of him going down the tunnel and then throwing his hands up in frustration that he was not allowed to be presented because of bureaucratic issues.