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JOSÉ ELÍAS WOULD COMPETE WITH LAPORTA

The billionaire businessman who is running for the next Barça elections

Published:20/06/2024 - 15:14h

Updated:20/06/2024 - 15:14h

José Elías, former guarantor of Joan Laporta, has given an interview to 'Què t’hi Jugues'. Laporta's former guarantor assured that he does not rule out running for the presidency of Barça

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José Elías, employer and ex member of the commission of 'Espai Barça', conceded an interview to the program 'Què t'hi Jugues' of 'BE Catalonia'. The one of Badalona was a key figure so that Joan Laporta won the elections in the 2021, since 'thank you' to him and Jaime Roures, the president could endorse the 124,6 million euros that had to present in front of LaLiga.

Elías ensured that "the FC Barcelona is one of the most powerful marks that there is in the world. I am culé confeso, although him in spite of many. By feeling and capacity of mark, in function of who carried the management, would invest". However, the empresarió called the attention of all when confessing that no descarta posit to the presidency of the club in the future.

"It is graceful me be linked to the Barça and could form part of some candidature. Always it had had descartado present me to be president of the Barça. Now, I do not think in this, but after seeing the documentary of Núñez, now no it descarto for a future", commented, for afterwards conclude affirming that "I have descartado the descartarme for life to present me. It had it descartado, but have opened the door. And the to be in some candidature, with a lot of distrust and depends on with who go".

José, connoisseur of the debt that has the Barça of around billion of euros, offered a solution. "If we want a big club, somebody will have to rascarse the pocket. In a company, when it arrives to this situation has to do an increase of capital. The money puts it the owner or the following owner. To me it would like me that it put it the current owner. The partner is owner and, therefore, has some rights and some obligations. If you want a big club and is in problems, it is necessary to support it. For me these is to be owner, if no, are another thing. I think that it is better this that avenges a third", manifested.

His problem with Laporta

Finally, it pronounced on his 'desencuentro' with Joan Laporta, commenting that "no me arrepiento to having supported to Joan Laporta because I am still thinking that it was the best candidate, although they did things that did not like me and therefore I went me. When you do not put half so that they do not happen things, the most normal is that they happen things. It surprised me that an institution like the Barça managed of a way so personalista. I think that I saved him the culo and expected something more than affection".

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