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Óscar Grau, ex CEO of the FC Barcelona

DISMISSED BY THE LAPORTA BOARD

Barça fires Óscar Grau, CEO in the Bartomeu stage

Published:28/04/2021 - 12:40h

Updated:28/04/2021 - 12:40h

FC Barcelona has decided to dispense with the services of Óscar Grau, CEO of the club during Josep Maria Bartomeu's stage. The Catalan will leave Barça and his position will be occupied by Ferrar Reverter

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Joan Laporta little by little is doing his the FC Barcelona and the last decision that have taken he and his Managerial Board is to do without Óscar Grau, up to now CEO of the group barcelonista. The ex pívot of Barça of handball between the 1984 and the 1995 will leave his charge like general director executive, that has from September of 2016. 'Sportive world' commissioned to give the news on the exit of the Catalan.

Josep Maria Bartomeu was the attendant to appoint to Grau, that up to now has exerted the functions of general director. The new Board was not had to that a so important charge went managed by somebody that is not affine to the current directive, by what has decided sack him. Ferrar Reverter, CEO of the popular Half company Markt, will be the attendant to substitute him in the place.

In the morning of this Wednesday, Grau was in the Ciutat Esportiva to sack of Ronald Koeman and of Ramon Plans. He was the one who brought to the Dutch to the Barça with a trip to Holland to finish to tie all the fringes. Besides, with Plans has worked closely in the renewals of several players and in the signings, by what also has wanted to give him a last goodbye.

The exit of Grau is the sixth exit that there is in the Barcelona these last weeks. Laporta Is leaving place to people of his full confidence and, in addition to to the ex CEO, has sacked to Albert Soler, ex director of Professional Sections; Xavier of the Muslims, ex manager of Security, Management of Installations, Reception and Mail, Accesses and Mobility; Román Gómez Ponti, that commissioned of the Juridical Services; Nacho Rodríguez, mánager of the section of basketball; and Pere Jansà, boss of the Social Area.

From the victory in the elections of this Managerial Board, Grau has gone changing of place as it has gone varying the organisation chart of the club. Right now, it was commissioning of the FC Barcelona Femení, with which travelled to Paris to play the semifinals of the Champions League. His predisposition has been perfect at all times, has adapted to what have said him and thus Laporta would be satisfied with him in spite of his exit.

Laporta Already looks for solutions for the crisis

With this dismissal, the new Board every time has more defined his places and the club already is in predisposition to work of face to the future. The most important now is to solve the economic problems that there is in the Barça right now, something that will not be simple. Laporta And his will have to look for solutions to be able to take out to the group barcelonista advance.