Barcelona President, Joan Laporta. has said his club has recovered its essence and will go on to win the LaLiga title this season.
Laporta said this while hailing Barca’s new head coach, Xavi Hernandez.
The Spanish politician said Hernandez’s take over from Ronald Koeman in the Nou Camp hot seat has restored the club back to its former style of play.
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Laporta gave the remark after the Catalans moved to fourth place with 54points and two games at hand to play.
Barca will be playing against Sevilla on Sunday night and a victory for the Catalans would catapult them to third place.
“I am convinced we can win LaLiga, we are going to win it.
“We arrive at the run-in strongly, with the team functioning at top performance. With a coach who has clear ideas and lets us play our genuine style of football.
“We have recovered our essence and we have to go for LaLiga with optimism and will. It won’t be easy, it’s evident that it’s a big challenge, but I see it as possible,” Laporta said on TVE.
According to Laporta, signing Xavi to replace Koman as a coach is the best decision he has made since becoming Barcelona president.