{"id":13707,"date":"2024-03-26T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=426289"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T05:42:45","slug":"laporta-rules-out-big-signings-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/laporta-rules-out-big-signings-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Laporta rules out big signings in the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barca president Joan Laporta is again on the headlines after his recent statement regarding City\u2019s Haaland. The president has ruled out big signings in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s president, Joan Laporta, finds himself once again in the spotlight following his recent declaration regarding Manchester United\u2019s prolific striker, Erling Haaland. In a statement, Laporta has ruled out significant signings for the Catalan club in the upcoming summer transfer window, saying, \u201cWe won\u2019t sign big names, and we don\u2019t need any big signings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came when rumors linking Barcelona with a potential move for Haaland, one of the most sought-after talents in European football. The Norwegian forward has been a subject of intense speculation, with several top clubs eyeing for his signature, including Manchester City, Real Madrid, and Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Laporta\u2019s statement, while surprising to many, says a shift in the club\u2019s transfer strategy under his leadership. Historically, Barcelona has been synonymous with marquee signings, boasting with some of the game\u2019s most illustrious names.<\/p>\n<p>This statement from the president means Barcelona will be looking out for some technical players and first of all their priority is to find a new manager as their manager Xavi is already decided to leave at the end of this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barca president Joan Laporta is again on the headlines after his recent statement regarding City\u2019s Haaland. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":35416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[661,1077,2027,220],"class_list":["post-13707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-barcelona","tag-erling-haaland","tag-joan-laporta","tag-manchester-city-f-c"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}