00:00But I would like to ask you something, because you just mentioned about the scoring goal clause, about Robert Lewandowski with Barcelona.
00:08From your perspective as an author, was Sporting Integrity compromised by asking a player not to score goals?
00:17What do you think about that issue, about that clause? What's your personal point of view?
00:21Of course, when I heard first time about the situation, it was a bit of a surprise for me, because this is not something happening every day and everywhere, especially in such a big club as Barcelona.
00:35But, you know, I'm a realist, and I remember the financial situation of Barcelona those days.
00:43You know, it was crazy. La Porta has a huge challenge to keep this club on the highest level from a financial point of view.
00:54And Robert Lewandowski transferred, it was a crazy challenge for them, and this is a miracle that it happened.
00:59Gavi told me, I didn't believe that it will happen until he came to Barcelona, because, you know, it was like a dream, because of the financial issues.
01:10And I understand a little bit Barcelona, because they were already champions.
01:16Robert Lewandowski was on the top in the Trofeo Picicci race.
01:20You know, there was two last games, and still, the financial situation was horrible.
01:26So they say, OK, if we can keep some money, like more than two millions, let's do it.
01:32But I don't, first of all, because I had many questions with the Catalonian media.
01:37As far as I know, it was not La Porta request.
01:41It was a people from management.
01:44There was a few people from management who spoke with Lewandowski about this.
01:49The second thing, I don't believe that Robert took it to his heart, because, you know, he's a shark, he's a goal machine scorer.
01:57So I think that, you know, he was just listening to this request, and he was surprised as well.
02:03And he said, at least, OK, yeah, yeah, of course.
02:06But I remember those two games, and, you know, he was doing everything to score those goals.
02:11But still, you know, football is not a fairy tale.
02:15And sometimes, some things are happening behind the curtain, and, you know, supporters are surprised.
02:26But if you are in this business such a long time as I am, you know, some things like this, it's just happening.
02:34But what is the most important in that story for me, that, you know, no one said in Spanish media that it was not true.
02:45I never found any sentence of someone from Barcelona that is not true.
02:53And, yeah, this is a story.
02:56This is a story.
02:58And if you're asking me if this story is, you know, it's something which, you know, I'm blaming Barcelona's management, to be honest, not that much.
03:07Because if you are in financial trouble, you are looking for some safes everywhere.
03:11And at least what we need to remember, in the third season, Robert scored more than 25 goals.
03:17And they paid this bonus to Bayern Munich, because even Uli Henes is saying in my book,
03:22it was the most amazing gift I could have from Robert, this 2.5 million, which Barcelona paid after third season.
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