Technical secretary Ramon Planes has asked to leave Barça. As he has advanced Sports world and has been able to confirm the ARA, the Barça executive has asked voluntarily and personally to anticipate his departure from the club to have more time to study some of the offers he already has on the table, as well as others that they may appear to you.
The return of Xavi Hérnandez to Barça means the arrival of a coach with a vision of a structural club and, despite the fact that president Joan Laporta – as well as the vice-president of sports, Rafa Yuste, and the football director, Mateu Alemany – were happy with the work of Planes, the Lleida native has decided to take this step alongside, even though he had a contract in force until the end of the season. Now the decision depends on the Barça president accepting his resignation and how the vacancy in the technical secretariat will be resolved. One of the short-term options is to locate Jordi Cruyff, who already played this role in Cyprus as sporting director of AEK Larnaca (2010-2012) and then at Maccabi Tel Aviv before becoming the coach.
He arrived at the club in 2018
Planes arrived at Barça in June 2018, after the departure of Robert Fernández and formed a tandem with Éric Abidal in the technical secretariat. The former French footballer terminated his contract in August 2020, while Planes continued in office. With the arrival of Laporta, his bond was renewed for another year (the current season). The Lleida native is the architect of the arrival at Barça of footballers called to mark the future of Barça such as Pedri or Ronald Araujo.
