Joan Laporta, ex-president of Barcelona football club, has lashed out at the club's present president, Sandro Rosell: "Rosell represents 'neo-Nunñezism' (referring to another Barça ex-president). He doesn´t act openly. He behaves neurotically and immaturely", he claimed, in the presentation event of the 50th edition of the magazine 'Libero'.

On the other hand, Laporta saw the decision to contract Martino as the club's new manager as a good one: "The Barcelona dressing room is a complex one, and requires time to adapt. I think that signing Tata was a good decision", he assured.

"Tata's comments saying that he will have to adapt to the Barcelona system I think is an intelligent attitude to take, and I´m sure that he´ll do well. If signing Martino makes Messi happy, it seems a good idea to me. It's one of the points in favour that I see in this decision", he added.

The ex-president believes that Rosell's directors shouldn't be making themselves out to be great economisers and then bragging about "making photocopies in black and white and selling David Villa the way they did".