Barcelona VP: "More signings will follow"

Asked about the activity in the remainder of the transfer season, Barcelona Marketing Vice President Jaume Ferrer confirmed to Catalan radio station Catalunya Ràdio that they are working are working hard signing new players:

"The club's technicians are working to make more additions, but at the moment it is not easy.

Everything depends on us reaching agreements with particular clubs and that the prices are suitable to us."


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Barcelona can spend 30-35 million this summer

Asked about the coming transfer summer, Barcelona marketing vice-president Jaume Ferrer has said in an interview with Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo that the club can at least spend 30 million euro this summer:

"We can spend more or less the same amount as other years, around 30-35 million euro° plus the transfer fees we receive. Although in the end it will depend on what the team needs. If Pep asks us to sign a player, we'll do an effort and we'll bring him in.

Although we cannot say that the global crisis doesn't affect us, the effect is only minor. We're not considering to sell a player to balance the books. We can sell players but only if the coaches ask for it. If they say a player has to stay, we'll do everything possible for him to stay."

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No second year without a trophy, Frank

Barcelona sports vice president Marc Ingla gave in an interview with Spanish news agency EFE his support to Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard (45): "Frank has consolidated our way of playing and has always found the right solutions. We fully trust him." Ingla nevertheless pointed out that it wouldn't be normal that Barcelona would not win anything his season. Although admitting that football isn't a science and that the game is getting more and more competititive, Barcelona has always won about one title every two seasons: "We cannot allow another year without a trophy."

In an interview with Catalan sports paper Sport, Barcelona marketing vice president Jaume Ferrer declared the same: "What happened last season was a big disappointment for all 'barcelonistas'. We cannot allow that we should experience the same thing for a second year in a row."