“If an alien came to earth, the first things I would want them to know would be Coca-Cola, Disney and Barca, but there is work to be done.”
— Barcelona president Joan Laporta, telling German weekly Der Spiegel that the Spanish champion hopes to boost the club’s revenues and overhaul rival Real Madrid as soccer’s top money-earner by targeting for expansion the United States and markets where, he says, “there is not yet any competition but a lot of cash.” Laporta added that he wanted to “anchor Barca” in colleges and form a partnership with an MLS club.