After a dinner meeting with Mendes, Barcelona president Laporta was interviewed by attending journalists. Speaking about Rodri, he praised his maturity, leadership, and team spirit, stating that while Rodri is not yet at 100%, he is already performing at an extremely high level.

Rodri stated that Barcelona explicitly supports Yamal's candidacy for the Ballon d'Or, and he agrees with this approach. Will Barcelona fully support Yamal this year?

Of course, we will support all Barcelona players. Among those nominated, Cubarsí was nominated for the young player award, Rodri was also nominated, and there are others. However, Yamal has indeed achieved this at Barcelona. He has won the world's best young player award two or three times.

Moreover, Rodri is a very rational and mature person; he is also a leader. For an award that he himself was nominated for, his ability to take such a stance says a lot about who Rodri is as a person. That is truly what he is like. We are very pleased with him.

(Note: Rodri, in an interview with La Vanguardia, stated: "Actually, I always say that I play and compete to win collective titles. I think individual awards don't depend on you alone, but on other people's decisions. For this award, it's the decision of 100 journalists. There's not much more to say beyond that. The club chose to support Yamal because they believe he is the player most deserving of this award, which makes perfect sense. Since then, I hope a Spanish player ultimately wins this award. I think Spanish football should be recognized again for winning the World Cup, which is the biggest thing in football. And it's not just winning it, but the way we won it, right? I think that says a lot too.")

President, tell us about this signing.

Well, you all saw his performance a few days ago. He plays very well in almost every match. Some people even say he's not yet at 100% right now. I don't even know what he'll be like when he reaches 100%, but the fact is, he's already playing at an extremely high level.

At the same time, he's also a very team-oriented person. I know some other things about him that also demonstrate his team spirit, which is truly admirable. It's just that other clubs wanted him at the time, so now they might be a bit... (laughs). But he's with us now.

He ultimately chose Barcelona. He had other offers at the time, but he decided to join Barcelona, which of course made us Catalans very happy. So everyone welcomed him with open arms and gave him all the warmth he deserves. I think he brings maturity and experience, and together with the whole squad, as Flick said, he will keep everyone continuously alert and focused.

Do we still need to be realistic? Of course. To achieve our goals, we must work hard for them, and we will do that.

And we have such a group of players; this is a truly exceptional team. The competition within the squad is also very intense; I think almost every position has two, or even three, players who can compete, which makes our overall level of competition very high.

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