Barcelona President Joan Laporta sends new dart to Real Madrid – “They can’t stand it”

Story byBarcelona President Joan Laporta sends new dart to Real Madrid – “They can’t stand it”Football EspanaWed, December 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM UTC·2 min readIn recent weeks, there has been off-field back-and-forth statements from the presidents of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Florentino Perez aimed a new dart at the Catalans earlier in the week, and while Joan Laporta hit back soon after, he has now issued new remarks on the matter. Speaking before attending the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Penya Barcelonista 1900 of Terrassa (via Sport), Laporta claimed that Real Madrid and Perez’s comments on Barcelona have come because they “can’t stand” to be trailing in the La Liga title race. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“What I wanted to tell you is that we have managed to reverse the situation, that the institution is strong, that joy has also returned to Barcelona. It seems that from some places they can’t stand it.