Former Barcelona board
member, Toni Freixa, has stated that bringing Neymar back would not be in the
club’s best interest.
Freixa was a board member
during the presidencies of Joan Laporta, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria
Bartomeu, as well as a candidate during the 2015 presidential election.
After seeing Barca already
spending big on Antoine Griezmann’s transfer from La Liga rivals, Atletico
Madrid, he does not think that signing another premium forward should be the
immediate priority.
“There are many reasons, I
could be speaking for half an hour.
“The main one is that
Neymar has spent the last two years in the media because of news far away from
football. His quality is incredible but he offers a lot of doubts about his
future performance.
“We can speak about how he
left. He still has a legal demand against Barcelona. If Barcelona is ready to
make this kind of investment… after Griezmann we must think about if we need
Neymar.
“I believe in projects
which look for the pieces they need, not ones that are just focused on players
who are good in their own right.
“I can’t understand a
project where you are going to add Neymar to a group with Messi, Griezmann,
Suarez, Coutinho and Dembele. It doesn’t look reasonable to me,” Freixa told
Goal.
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