Bartomeu: "The Barça fans are exemplary"

Josep Maria Bartomeu underlined his opposition to football violence while holding up the 'Azulgranas' supporters as role models, despite Barça being one of five clubs recently reported by the Spanish league authorities (LFP) for abusive chants. "Many people consider the Barça fans exemplary; I'm very satisfied with the way the Camp Nou crowd behave", the 'Culés' president told reporters after hosting a dinner for the PSG board on Tuesday night. "We've been combatting violence for many years and so as far as we're concerned, the more [anti-violence] measures there are, the better. We don't condone insults from anyone. We have to cheer our team on with everything we've got while showing all due respect to the opposition", Bartomeu added.