After a dinner meeting with Mendes, Barcelona president Laporta spoke to journalists on the spot. Speaking about Rodri, he praised his maturity, leadership ability, and team spirit, while noting that Rodri has not yet reached 100% of his peak form, but has already demonstrated a very high level of play.

Rodri has said that Barcelona publicly supports Yamal for the Ballon d'Or, and he agrees with this approach. Does Barcelona fully support Yamal this year?

Of course, we support all Barcelona players. Among those nominated, Cubarsí is nominated for the Golden Boy award, Rodri is also nominated, and there are others. However, Yamal has achieved these results at Barcelona. He has won the Golden Boy award two or three times.

Moreover, Rodri is a very rational and mature person, and he is also a leader. For an award for which he himself was nominated, the ability to take such a stance says a lot about Rodri's character. As a person, that's who Rodri is. We are truly very satisfied with him.

(Note: Rodri stated in an interview with La Vanguardia: "Actually, I always say that I play and compete to win collective titles. I think individual awards don't depend on you, but on the decision of others, and for this award, it's the decision of 100 journalists. There's not much else to say about that. The club chose to support Yamal because they believe he is the player most deserving of this award, which makes complete sense.

Since then, I hope the final winner will be a Spanish player. I think Spanish football deserves recognition once more because winning the World Cup is the greatest thing in football. And not just the victory itself, but the way we achieved it, right? I think that says a lot.")

Mr. President, tell us about this signing.

Oh, you all saw his performance a few days ago. He plays exceptionally well in almost every match. And some people even say he hasn't reached 100% of his current form yet. I don't know what he'll be like when he reaches 100%, but the fact is he's already playing at a very high level.

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

In the end, he chose Barcelona. He had other offers at the time, but ultimately he decided to join Barcelona, which of course makes Barcelona fans like us very happy. So everyone welcomed him with open arms and gave him all the recognition he deserves. I think he brings us maturity and experience, and will keep the entire team and squad, as Flick said, always sharp and focused.

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

And we have such a group of players—it's a very excellent team. The competition within the team is also very intense. I think almost every position has two, or even three players who can compete, which makes our overall competitive level very high.

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