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Toni Freixa, when it was spokesman of the FC Barcelona in 2011

FREIXA, CONFIDENT IN THE ELECTIONS

Freixa sends a 'dart' to Laporta and warns of his intentions with Koeman

Published:16/12/2020 - 07:19h

Updated:16/12/2020 - 07:28h

Toni Freixa, former manager of FC Barcelona and a candidate for the next Barça team's elections, spoke of Víctor Font and Joan Laporta, other candidates, whom he criticized

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Toni Freixa spoke in an interview for the program 'Your Diràs', of 'RAC1', on some precandidatos to the elections of the FC Barcelona or on the continuity of Ronald Koeman in the bench barcelonista. The ex Barcelona director wanted to move away of Josep Maria Bartomeu and left clear that is not he the one who formed part of his Board voluntarily. "Those that come of this board are the gentlemen Vilajoana and Rousaud, no I", affirmed.

Besides, it recognised that it sees president of the Barça and that considers that these next comicios of 24 January will not be only thing of Víctor Font and of Joan Laporta, to the that many catalog like the big favourites. It is clear that these elections are not a thing of two. I seat that on 24 January I will be the president, totally. They do not play neither the social networks, neither the youtubers, neither the media. They decide it the partners", said.

In this sense, criticised that Font have been speaking all these years of Xavi Hernández as if it was his trainer and that it have changed of opinion now. Also it commanded him a dart to Laporta by his last attempts in the elections of the Barça or the ones of Catalonia. "I have happened me three years listening to Víctor Font ensuring that Xavi was his. I celebrate that now it say that it is heritage of the Barça", commented of Font. "It has lost the last six elections to which has presented ", affirmed of Laporta.

The also precandidato to the comicios culés, besides, confirmed that it will trust of full in Koeman if it wins and that the Dutch will remain at the head of the team until 2022, as it signed the past summer. "We have said it from the first moment. We will give him all the confidence to Koeman and will fulfil his agreement. Whenever we have given them the confidence to our technicians, has gone us well", explained.

It moves away of the labels and considers cruyffista

Also it admitted that it considers the more cruyffista of all the barcelonistas, but that further of this do not like him the "ismos" or the labels that are not related with the Barcelona. "I do not think that there is any barcelonista that idolise more to Johan Cruyff that I. I am not of any tendency, am barcelonista. I do not have any label, do not know very what is this of the ismos", declared.

Finally, it cleared that no arrepiente of his past in the Barça as managerial, since it considers that it was present in the best period of "the recent history" of this club. "I am very proud to form part of the mandate that there is between the 2010 and the 2015. Probably it was the best mandate of the recent history of the Barça. I am convinced that the partner has a big memory", finalised.

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