The past 27 October Josep María Bartomeu announced in front of the media that resigned of his charge like president of the FC Barcelona after five years of mandate, accompanied of his directors. The pressure and dissatisfaction of the barcelonismo, headed by the players of the first staff and the fanatical of the club by the bad administration (economic mainly) forced to Bartomeu to take the decision to abandon his charge voluntarily, before the vote of censorship.
The Catalan employer abandoned the offices of the Camp Nou in one of the worst moments of the club in his history. The Barça lived a sportive crisis, that stressed with the goleada of the Bayern of Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in Lisbon, the attempt of exit of Lionel Messi during the summer and the beginning of a new project, led by Ronald Koeman. The ex mandator ensured, before sacking that neither he neither his Board wanted to "escape in spite of the personal wear because a club like the Barça has to have orderly transitions".
Bartomeu wanted to avoid turn into the first president forced to resign and preferred a voluntary exit. Shortly after two weeks to present his letter of renunciation, the Catalan lives a much more discreet life and moved away of the means. It closed his social networks, where received daily thousands of criticisms and insults by his management in the Barcelona picture and now is centred in his company, specialised in 'fingers' for the terminals of ports and airports.
However, as it has informed 'Sportive World', the ex president culé has still a lot of messages for answering of part of the club. The half relates that Bartomeu has around 1.700 WhatsApps and cientos of calls for answering. Mayormente, treat of samples of spirit and messages of farewell of the club, but tries to answer them little by little to attain carry a calmer life, moved away to be the president of one of the most important clubs of the world.
No 'wet' in the elections
On 24 January they will be the presidential elections of the Barcelona to choose to the successor of Josep María Bartomeu. Still they do not know all the details of the suffrage blaugrana, to consequence of the cambiantes measured by the pandemia of the coronavirus, but there are several options on the table, like allowing several days of elections, different headquarters or the telematic vote.
In any one of the cases, as 'Sportive World', the ex mandator culé no 'will wet' with any of the candidates and will avoid any type of controversy. Until the moment, would posit to the presidency Víctor Font, Toni Freixa, Xavier Vilajoana, Jordi Farré, Joan Laporta, Agustí Benedito, Lluís Fernández Alà, Pere Laughed, Emili Rousaud and Juan Rosell.