10/28/2020 10:53
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/28/2020 10:53
Two months after Lionel Messi's burofax, the Camp Nou trembled again.
Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned from his position as president of Barcelona and the entire board of directors left with him.
With the local tournament and the Champions League already at stake, the club will begin its
leadership reconstruction
with one goal: to keep the Argentine on the squad in 2021.
Leo has a contract until June 30, but in January he can sit down to negotiate with the club he wants, and there Manchester City stings, which has Pep Guardiola and Sergio Kun Agüero as magnets for Rosario.
Apparently, the contract already has its main agreed points: five seasons in exchange for 700 million euros, with the addition that in the third year it would go to New York City FC of the MLS.
However, as Messi himself has confessed in the interview he gave to Goal Spain when he announced that he would stay in Barcelona because they did not let him leave for free, leaving Barcelona not only involves his decision, but also the desire of his wife, Antonela Roccuzzo, and of his three children, mainly that of Thiago, the eldest.
Now, new political airs could give another chance to the club that formed the current captain.
And that's why the presidential candidates in the early elections know that their obligation is to
try to convince him to stay
.
And for that they must get what the Argentine asked Bartomeu: a competitive team to fight the Champions League after the role with Bayern Munich in the last edition.
"Messi is the most important player in the history of our club, and the history of Barcelona and Messi will continue regardless of who the next president is. What remains to be known is what Messi wants to do
,
"
remarked Emili Rousaud, former president of Barcelona , in a talk on
TyC Sports
.
As he has already expressed his desire to replace Bartomeu, he will have to get behind that campaign if he is elected.
On the other hand, the one who will not carry out this task is
Carles Tusquets
, who was the president of the Economic Commission and now leads the management board.
Your task will be to set the date of the elections, for which you have three months.
In this way, his interim term would be extended until the end of January, when the electoral deadlines that are established by the statutes would then be opened, so another 40 days must be added, according to the newspaper La Vanguardia.
For all this, if the maximum terms were exhausted,
the president would only be elected in mid-March, when the future of Leo could already be defined
.
The good bye.
Bartomeu before entering the extraordinary meeting to which he reported his resignation.
Photo EFE / Alejandro García
Candidates abound
The opponents in the race to be the next president of Barcelona will have to speed up the times to prevent Messi from leaving before they take office.
For this reason, there are many who have already publicly stated that they will go for the chair that Bartomeu left vacant.
First,
Víctor Font
appears
.
Entrepreneur of the world of Telecommunications, the native of Granollers expressed himself after the news of the resignation of the president traveled the world.
"We have the ideas, the team and the drive to rebuild the club," he warned on his Twitter account, confirming that his intention is to compete for the privileged place.
He is one of the favorites and has the support of Xavi Hernández.
More than 19,000 socis i sòcies have assenyalat el camí.
Ara, Barça needs a rescue.
Aquesta nit us dic amb més il • lusió that mai que have idees les, l'equip i l'empenta to rebuild the Club.
Yes to the Future!
Visit Barça! 🔵🔴
- Víctor Font (@victor_font) October 27, 2020
Another who was named a lot in these months is
Jordi Farré
.
Promoter of the vote censure Bartomeu and his entourage, the 44-year-old man born in Hospitalet is an engineer and was already a pre-candidate in the 2015 elections, but he lacked some signatures to be able to compete.
He declares himself independent, although he has mentioned that "Barsa must stay out of it."
This time it is a fixed one for the next elections and it arrives with the impulse of the success of its proposal.
Who is also looking for the position is
Toni Freixa
, who has already appeared in the last elections and did a good job.
Since then his goal has always been to compete again.
Although he has repeatedly denied being "a continuation candidate," he was one of the few who was against the motion of no confidence.
A few days ago he presented his project at the Camp Nou.
Toni Freixa was already a manager and spokesperson for Barcelona.
Photo EFE
Another name that appears is that of
Lluis Fernández Alá
, who is already presenting himself as a candidate.
He affirmed in the last hours to be "100% in agreement with the actions of the Barcelona opinion groups that have promoted the vote of no confidence" and will seek to be the new boss of the Blaugrana institution.
He is a businessman from Sant Cugat and one of the few with no antecedents in the environment.
Agustí Benedito
is the last of those who have announced his candidacy.
Like his rivals, he congratulated those who supported the censorship and mobilized to remove Bartomeu.
He is already an old acquaintance of the club: he presented himself in both 2010 and 2015.
Congratulations to all of you who are in favor of holding a vote of censure.
There has been a mobilization sense precedents.
On the 1st of November, the members will decide if they will choose on March 20 or if they advance 2 months.
What a sort!
https://t.co/Nh19kmtdZG
- Agustí Benedito (@agustibenedito) October 7, 2020
Then, among those who have not yet announced their candidacy but surely will is
Joan Laporta
.
"It was about time", exclaimed when Bartomeu left, to later consider that "the roads are opening to remake Barcelona."
He was already president of the institution in its moment of greatest glory (2003 to 2010);
was in charge, among other things, of hiring Frank Rijkaard as coach and elite footballers such as Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry.
In addition, he put Guardiola in charge.
He is the one with the best CV and one of the favorites.
Joan Laporta and a young Messi in 2009, during an extension of the Argentine's contract.
Photo EFE
Another who did not confirm his candidacy but did reveal his intentions to run is former Vice President
Emili Rousaud
.
They pigeonhole him as "the continuation candidate" and it is to be hoped that he will make his platform official shortly.
It would not seem to be one of the favorites for the fan.
Finally, there are three who have not yet uttered words but could easily join the extensive list as the days go by.
Xavi Vilajoana
(current leader),
Jordi Roche
(former president of the Catalan Federation) and
Joan Rosell
(the candidate of Catalan businessmen) must still give their position in this whole process.
Vilajoana arrived by motorcycle to the meeting that ended in Bartomeu's resignation.
Photo: EFE
MFV
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