With four days to go before the official collection of signatures begins, the pre-candidates in the Barça elections continue to strive to seduce the Catalan social masses. Joan Laporta, who announced the management team of Estimem el Barça, and Víctor Font, who presented the three new directors of Sí al Futur, were the main focus of the day.
Laporta unveiled a human group that mixes people from his previous stage at the club with new faces. “They all have in common a love for Barça, knowledge and judgment. There are people on the team who already have the experience of having done so. They know the bread that is given and they have football criteria, which is an important aspect. They are people who think hard and think well, an optimistic team that always sees the glass half full. We want to reverse the situation and turn Barça upside down “, said the pre-candidate, who boasted of building a board” with heart and values ”.
The list consists of Rafael Yuste, Antonio Escudero, Alfons Castro, Aureli Mas, Josep Maria Albert, Xavier Barbany, Mikel Camps, Xavier Puig, Joan Soler, Josep-Ignasi Macià, Jordi Llauradó, Josep Cubells, Elena Fort, Juli Guiu and Jaume Giró. “We need people with drive to regenerate the club and make Barça a world reference again,” said Laporta.
“Barça is a club that has a soul, but it must have a great demand and leadership. It must also compete and win from the management. These people put their value at the disposal of Barça in the most difficult moment of the “We will work hard and work well, because it is the most important challenge of our lives,” said the former president, who will be announcing the executive team in the coming days. “The club is in a dilapidated situation. We must return to take the suitcase and go out to sell the club. “References to Johan Cruyff were constant during the event.” We feel heirs of Cruyff, who linked the symbolic dimension of our club with sporting success. ” , summarized Laporta.
“Barça is a way of understanding life and Catalonia, of spreading values,” recalled Elena Fort, the only woman on the management team. “We are for gender equality and parity. Seeing what we did in the previous stage we are not in doubt. We have women in the executive team that we value very much “, clarified Laporta.
Víctor Font, who revolved his act around the role of women in the world of football, presented his three new councilors. Annamari Basora, Carolina Fabregat and María José Balañá joined Joana Barbany and Maria Teresa Andreu to form part of Font’s board of directors. “That we can have five women on the board who bring us talent and courage is the most tangible part of our desire to bring the club to the 21st century,” said the pre-candidate. Among Font’s proposals is the creation of a women’s section of all the sports that form part of the Barça entity, always based on adequate financial management that makes its viability possible. “Now the members are worried about two things: that the ball enters and that there is money in the box. It is so serious the situation that we need for the first time that people vote not only with the heart, but also with the head ”, said Font.
The role of women is paramount for her directive to work. “The facts will allow us to reinforce the differences of project. I’ve been explaining this for a long time. We really want to bring Barça into the 21st century and this is one of the differences with other projects “, explained Font in the presentation of his three new directors.
The pre-candidate also wanted to dispel the doubts that arose from the public letter of Xavi Hernández and made it clear that his project is firm, and that of Terrassa is the cornerstone. “Xavi has a contract as ambassador for Qatar, and it is Qatar Day. He wrote the letter a month and a half ago and refers to his situation in the country. He has said the same as me. We have a project worked on in recent years in which Xavi is very important, he is the cornerstone. We have known each other for years, we have established a relationship and we have been working ”.
Xavi, champion in Qatar
Xavi Hernández, in fact, was proclaimed champion of the Emir of Qatar Cup yesterday. Al-Sadd got rid of Al-Arabi 2-1 in the final. “While later it will be time to take the next step in my career, for now I am focused on enjoying my time here and making the most of the opportunity to play a small role in the exciting journey to Qatar 2022 “Moving to Qatar with my family was a good decision,” said the coach.
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