The president of Barça’s management committee, Carles Tusquets, appeared this Monday after the club’s first interim government meeting, six days after Josep Maria Bartomeu’s resignation as a bloc. Tusquets has addressed two issues in particular: the date of the presidential election and the salary negotiation table that is underway to adjust the emoluments of all players and employees of the entity, an essential step to reduce spending on time of pandemic.
On the first issue, Tusquets explained that the manager has created a working group with the Catalan Ombudsman and the discipline and transparency committees to propose the different calendars for putting the ballot boxes within a maximum period of three months. “The process must have the maximum guarantees of participation and health security, as we want the next Barça president to have the maximum possible support,” he added. As for the date, he has reserved it, but has given clues: “The elections will be around Christmas.” And in relation to the form of voting, despite being aware that “miracles cannot be performed”, he did not rule out encouraging voting by ordinary mail, as the telematic modality is not provided for in the statutes.
Tusquets has been more didactic with the salary issue in view of the agreement that the club must sign, although it cannot be ruled out that the talks, scheduled for before Thursday with players and workers, will be extended. “An exceptional context calls for exceptional measures. We will have to make an effort of around 300 million because we cannot open the stadium. The shop and the museum are also suffering from the tourism crisis. Other clubs do not depend on it as much as ours,” he said. explained to justify the pay cut that is imposed in a scenario “that has nothing to do with that of other managers.” In relation to the pure and simple negotiation, Tusquets has valued the “predisposition of the players”, whose salary involves 70% of the budget, and has recognized that the exchange of positions with its agents is complicated because “it is not the even a footballer who ends his contract [com Messi] that a young man. “However, he warned:” We can’t make a tailor-made dress, but we can make structures to find an understanding that can satisfy all parties. “
Transfers yes, but if there are sales before
Tusquets also explained that he met this morning with Ronald Koeman, Ramon Planes and Òscar Grau. He did not detail the content of the meeting. However, questioned by the possibility of making signings in this winter market, the manager has made it clear that they can only sign high “if it is sold before and if a resale clause is applied to the disposal of the next meeting “. That is, the next president could undo hiring and renewals in case they don’t fit his project. “The next board will be able to reverse all the decisions taken by this manager,” he said.
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