Press conference around the Almeria match:
"We are going to try to compete," Xavi said this week. "The situation is difficult financially. It has nothing to do with what used to happen 25 years ago, when the coach came and said 'I like this player, this one and this one.'
"It doesn't work like that anymore. The supporters need to understand the situation. As the coach, I understand what's happening and that's how we're going to manage things.
"Right now, we are not in the same conditions as other clubs with better [financial] fair play, that's the reality. The fans should know. But this doesn't mean that we won't try to achieve our goals."
Those comments upset Laporta, who then did not to travel to Almería, where Barça won 2-0 to move four points clear of third place
Girona -- who beat them 4-2 last week -- and take a huge step toward finishing second in LaLiga and securing their place in next season's Spanish Supercopa.
"Nothing has been said to me personally [by the club]," Xavi told reporters after the Almería win. "The relationship has not changed. The vice president [Rafa Yuste] travelled, as did other directors.
"I just said what I think, what's real, that we are going to fight for everything but the situation is not easy and we are all working together to turn the situation around. Our reality does not change.
"I am looking forward to preseason, planning it with [sporting director] Deco. There is excitement and it's an honour to be at best club in world, with the ambition to win trophies.
"I just said [Wednesday] that the financial situation is not best, but we are all working hard to turn it around and strengthen for next season. Nothing has changed, although I understand there is always a stir here."
