Barcelona Will Be World Leaders By 2021 - President

Josep Maria Bartomeu, the president of Barcelona, states that the club’s goal is to be the leaders in world football in the next

six years. 

Barcelona win end 2015 on a very high note after the club clinched its fifth trophy of the year by defeating Argentine club River Plate in a one-sided final.

The Catalan side have won five of six available trophies in 2015.

The Barcelona president reflected on the year that was and reiterated their goals in the near future.

At the club’s annual lunch for the media Bartomeu said: “It has been a historic year. We have won five of six possible titles. This is a loved Barca, admired globally.We are the club in the world with the most international titles.  2014 was a difficult year and we hoped 2015 would be better. In January we started with a few problems. We don’t want it to stop here. We don’t want to stop winning, we want to strive and compete.”

“The objective is that in 2021 Barca is the club that leads the world,” he stressed.