The assembly of the Catalan Football Federation it was expected to be hot and it was a bit yes, but the president Joan Soteras came out reinforced. The president saw how the clubs approved (232 votes in favor, 132 against and 37 abstentions) the financial year and the budget for this next season of 26,968.5 billion, in one of the highlights of the assembly. In addition, amid shouts and whistles, Soteras also announced that he will run for re-election to the presidency. The other important point of the night was the proposal to cancel last season’s relegations in the categories of First Catalan, Tercera Catalana, Preferred Female i Female first, which was also passed more narrowly (193 in favor, 142 against).
The sound of sabers and the warm atmosphere moments before outside the Sports City of Blanes it made me think yesterday’s assembly would be complicated. The platform For a Club FCF i l’Association of Amateur Clubs of Catalonia, with Javi Salamero -as vice president of the White-and-blue rock of Lloret de Mar.– at the head, he distributed whistles and critical leaflets with the management of the current governing body to all assembly members. In the background, the controversy for not making possible the secret ballot to attendees, the declines in the categories of grassroots football and other women’s and alleged corruption.
In this sense, just starting his parliament, Soteras saw as five members of the board (Juanjo Isern, Manel Duran, Toni Tanyà, Jordi Terés i Jordi Solé) left their chair as a sign of disagreement with the management of the current management team. Soteras reacted with the announcement that he would run for re-election to the presidency amid some cries of “resignation, resignation!” he had taken “they were taken within strict legality.” The general manager of the FCF, Jose Miguel Calle, was also one of the protagonists. Pointed out by some clubs, Calle, who was being asked for disqualification, defended himself and denied any financial mismanagement and that his salary had been raised extraordinarily. His speech was one of the ones that raised the most dust and caused screams and insults towards his person.
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