Joan Laporta: “Our relationship with Real Madrid no longer exists”
Barcelona’s president says relations with Real Madrid are now “a showdown” ahead of the Clásico at Camp Nou on Sunday.
With the Clásico at Camp Nou coming up on Sunday at 21:00, Barcelona president Joan Laporta said relations with Real Madrid are effectively over. In an interview with L'Équipe, he stated that “our relationship no longer exists” and that the two sides are now locked in “an outright confrontation.”
Laporta framed the match as a direct clash between two rivals whose relationship, in his words, has turned from institutional ties into a head-on battle. Ahead of the Barça-Real Madrid game, his message sets a sharper tone for the contest.
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