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Barcelona’s former international football advisor Ariedo Braida has revealed that the Blaugrana never tried to acquire the services of Paul Pogba, and also stated that the club believed that Erling Haaland was not a player who could fit the Camp Nou style. .
In an interview for MARCA a couple of days before the Champions League match between the Catalans and Juventus, Braida also revealed everything about his dispute with the Barça leadership, the future of Messi and the products of the club’s quarry.
P. What really happened between you and Barcelona?
R. I went to Barcelona because they asked me to. At the beginning I was quite good, they explained to me that they would create a sports transfer commission that would be composed of the President [Josep Maria] Bartomeu, Vice President Javier Bordas, Jordi Mestre, Albert Soler and myself. Well, that commission was never created. It looked like they were going to do it, but then they stopped. I worked for many years in a great club, similar to Barcelona, in AC Milan, I am very professional and I always try to do a good job, but that was not appreciated at Barcelona. In any case, that’s life, I have to move on. On December 1 we have a hearing date, although I think we will not get there because I want and hope that we will find a solution before that date.
Q. Do you feel that they did not behave correctly with you in the final part of your stage as a consultant in Barcelona?
A. At first they did not value me and in the end they disrespected me a bit. That’s how I see it. I have no doubts about my professionalism and my personality. So with this lawsuit I only want the respect that I think I deserve. Nothing else.
P. You have commented that the intention is to reach an agreement with the club. I understand that Barcelona is also seeking that resolution.
R. I do not want to fight with anyone, I am just looking for a solution for my case. I had two years left on my contract and I was fired without explanation. But as I was saying before, I hope we can reach an agreement and we can all be happy.
Q. You are the man who brought several of the great names in the history of Milan: Ruud Gullit, Kaká, Andriy Shevchenko, Thiago Silva … And many fans wonder why this did not happen in Barcelona.
A. They did not give me the responsibility and put others in charge of this. I was studying players and I wrote down some names like Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, when I was still playing in Norway. But at the club they told me no, that I didn’t have the Barcelona profile. I also suggested other players from Italy, like [Nicolo] Barella, who is now at Inter, or [Nicolo] Zaniolo, who plays for Roma. But if you don’t have the responsibility to do this because it’s been given to others, you can’t do anything. It was isolated.
P. Following what you said, do you think that in Barcelona there are many people working but few who really know about football, unlike you?
A. I will not evaluate that. In football, if you have someone important in a big club, like me, you have to give me the opportunity to work. Then I will decide whether to sign this player or that one, but the responsibility has to be mine. I am the one who responds to all the signings. For example, [former Milan president Silvio] Berlusconi is a great character, but it was not easy to work with him. We did it for 27 years and when I proposed a signing, although nobody in the club wanted it, they gave me the responsibility. This is how it works, because if not, the responsibility is nobody’s.
P. As for Paul Pogba, here in Spain it was said that Braida was behind the signing and that Barcelona appointed you because you could bring the player. It was like this?
R. It is not a lie. It is true that Albert Soler and I went to Milan and met with the Juventus board, but despite the talks, there was no real intention to sign him. In fact, Pogba ended up staying in Turin that summer and did not go to another club. I told him he was a great player, I was talking about it with Albert Soler, with whom I think we had a good personal relationship, but again, professionally, we couldn’t work together because they wouldn’t let me.
Q. It is very important that you are not allowed to do your job.
A. The board gives you the responsibility. They said he wasn’t thankful, but they didn’t know. I liked going to see boys from the academy, Riqui Puig, [Carles] Alena and so on. I told them in my first year that Alena had progressed. Puig, Monchu, [Alex] Collado, [Ronald] Araujo … I even looked at Ansu Fati, and in fact I spoke to his father several times in the training field. I really liked that job because it was amazing to see the guys progress over the months. I saw a certain player and I already knew that he had a lot of potential, although later there was talk of others who really had no future.
Q. I understand that you met Lionel Messi. What do you think will happen to him in the future?
R. This summer in Italy many journalists asked me and I told them I would stay. Messi is a unique, great and individual player. I think Barcelona is a great club and is synonymous with Messi. He is the number one.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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