2023-06-21 20:01:51
BarcelonaThere is no going back: Barça will terminate Nikola Mirotic’s contract. Sources familiar with the operation assure ARA that the amount that the player, who still had two more years of contract, will have to receive as compensation is being negotiated. The club believes that the Montenegrin will win financially between the sum of what they will have to pay him to Barcelona and the contract with his new club. “We will have to agree so that both parties are happy”, confirmed Joan Carles Navarro in statements to Catalunya Ràdio.
The reason that has led Barça to discard the continuity of Mirotic is the fair play economic of the Football League. “Nico is a fantastic guy, I’m not going to find him out. He’s given us a lot of success and he’s also an extraordinary person. We’re in a situation that is what it is and you know we’ve presented a viability plan to the League. In order to be able to register players, we must comply with the plan. The League requires us to make a specific, not exaggerated, reduction in the sections. As it has gone and what we want to happen, Joan Carles Navarro will explain,” Joan Laporta said. .
“There is no turning back with Mirotic. It’s a decision that’s been made for a long time. It’s a club decision and we’re going to go another way. We’re calm. Did he refuse to take a pay cut? Absolutely, yes. We talk many times with his agent. I was surprised by what he said in the interview because they were very harsh statements,” explained Navarro to RAC1. The general manager, who has a plan to replace Mirotic, is upset with the player because he believes he lied. Barça will also try to get rid of Cory Higgins.
Barça is now working to reach an agreement to renew Sarunas Jasikevicius. Navarro is optimistic. “Saras is finishing his contract right now and we want him to be our coach. We have to make some tweaks. And if the project is good, we will communicate it and I don’t think there will be any problem for him to continue next year,” he said the general manager, who sees the Lithuanian as the first choice. “Jasikevicius is the best coach in the world”, certified Laporta.
Barça, against racism
Barça issued a statement regarding the racist insults received by James Nnaji at the WiZink Center in Madrid. “Barça strongly condemns the racist insults suffered by the first team basketball player, James Nnaji, before the third match of the Endesa League final played at Real Madrid’s court. The club, which has already informed of the competition the events that happened, he expects a firm and exemplary response from the ACB, against any racial or verbal abuse”.
The ACB has also issued its statement. “The ACB deeply regrets the serious insults uttered by some individuals to the Barça players when they got off the bus outside the WiZink Center, where the third match of the final was played. Once the existing videos were collected, which circulate on TV and social networks, the ACB has this afternoon transferred all the information to the Anti-Violence Commission. The ACB wants to reaffirm its firm commitment against racism, xenophobia, violence and intolerance in sport.”
“These are things that cannot happen. It doesn’t matter which team the player is from. There are idiots everywhere, but there should be a penalty,” explained Navarro in statements to Catalunya Ràdio.
“I want to talk about what happened with James Nnaji here, before the game. It’s unfortunate, it can’t be. I hear a lot about Vinícius and now we have to talk about what’s going on. This has to stop. This is not right , I guess, with the values of Real Madrid and their supporters. We should be very angry. OK? I don’t care if he is a player of Real Madrid, Barça or any other team. This cannot be. You have to control it, you have to fight it and we will fight it. This is more important than the title,” said Sarunas Jasikevicius, the Barca coach.
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