Ronald Araújo was smiling yesterday at the Texas room in Barcelona to witness the premiere of the documentary Orígenes y Ronald Araújo, produced by Barça Studios amid a wave of rumors that place the Uruguayan central as one of the painful sales that could come this year summer Teams such as Bayern Munich have already shown interest in the player, who has a contract with Barça until 2026 and today marks 25 years.
15 days ago, although without a specific proposal, Deco, Barça’s sporting director, told his agents, Edoardo Crnjar and Edmundo Kabchi, that his intention is to renew his representative. The two parties have been called to continue talking in the coming weeks with a clearer proposal. “I would renew it for life”, said yesterday the president Joan Laporta, who accompanied the Uruguayan to the premiere of the documentary. ” Araújo is a wonderful person. I will not discover Ronald’s football quality. But I want to emphasize his commitment to the club. He has always had it in matches, training sessions, with his teammates, coaching staff and fans. It is a matter of pride that a player like you wears – he praised him directly – the colors of Barça”, pointed out the president with coach Xavi Hernández present in the room. “When you meet him, you see that the word that defines him is humility. Without that I wouldn’t have made it this far. I am happy to have experienced this step from promised player to captain”, emphasized the coach.
“Now we have two titles left. There is a great team and we will give everything until the end of the season. We deserved to win in Naples but we will go all out here. It is our responsibility”, assured Araújo. “Winning the Champions League would be a dream. It is my goal, my desire and everyone else’s,” he added. “You have to fight to win. Don’t throw in the towel. Until we can’t breathe We can lose but not give up. This is the message I want to give to Barcelona and the players. Deco also participates in this fight”, added Laporta. João Félix, João Cancelo, Raphinha and Gavi nodded at his side, who did not want to miss the premiere of the documentary, which will be broadcast on Barça One, the new audiovisual platform that will start operating in April. The club defines this platform as the natural evolution of the defunct Barça TV, which stopped broadcasting on June 30 after 24 years of broadcasting. The board then alleged economic reasons. Now Barça One is materializing the club’s commitment to create its own project in the entertainment industry with the aim of becoming a medium of reference for football fans. “It will be the best audiovisual platform for a football club. It will start in April. We want Barça fans to have access to the best selection of Barça content. This will also be a new source of income for the club”, assured Laporta.
The platform will be free to access, with advertising, so no registration will be necessary. However, there will also be a paid mode to avoid ads, which members will have free access to. “It will be a reference medium for all culers. Entertainment and information to experience Barça all over the world 24 hours a day”, added the president.
Barça One will have more than 1,500 hours of video, with archive content produced during the Barça TV stage and a new range of programming. The first exclusive content will be Araújo’s documentary. “It was nice to open my house. The most beautiful thing is to see my family participate in it”, explained the Uruguayan. The documentary X-rays, among other things, Araújo’s childhood in his native Rivera. “My mother stopped playing football to take me to training at Huracán, my first club, when I was 5 years old. Football has always been played at home”, explains Araújo.
And speaking of the futures of Barça players. Cancelo was asked when he arrived at the Texas room if he sees himself at Barça next year. The full-back, on loan from Manchester City, answered with a “yes”.
