Barcelona club president, Joan Laporta, confirmed today, Friday, that confidence in coach Xavi Hernandez and the players “has not been affected”, despite the draw with Inter Milan (3-3) to put the team on the brink of exclusion from the Champions League.

In an interview with Barca TV, Laporta talked about the situation of the Catalan team, two days before the Clasico match against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.

On Barcelona’s situation in the Champions League, he replied: “We did not expect it to become like this at this time of the season,” but he urged the players to focus on the league, before the Bayern Munich match scheduled for October 26, at the Camp Nou, in the League competitions. heroes.

He affirmed his “confidence” in the team and the technical staff, saying, “The team is under construction, and preparations must be made… confidence has not been affected in Xavi and the players.”

He considered that the project led by Xavi “will improve” and “bring many results” in the future.

Laporta also expressed his optimism about the El Clasico match, and considered it “an opportunity for the team to show its metal,” while he did not rule out making reinforcements in the upcoming winter transfer market.

He did not want to talk about the possibility of Lionel Messi returning to Barcelona, ​​​​but said that in the future the club would give him “something to recognize that he was the best player in its history.”