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Joan Laporta in the presentation of his candidature in 2016

NINE CANDIDATES FOR THE ELECTIONS

Joan Laporta, one of the big favourites to win the elections of the Barça

Published:2/12/2020 - 19:01h

Updated:2/12/2020 - 19:01h

The lawyer, politician and ex president of the Barça Joan Laporta heads the list of the favourites, and promises to restructure La Masia and carry a special project to the captain and maximum figure of the club, Lionel Messi

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The nine partners and precandidatos to the comicios electoral of the FC Barcelona, to make the next 24 January of the 2021, will have an important challenge. Expecting the cut of the signatures that will indicate the favourites, only two names have the impact mediático notable: Joan Laporta, by his condition of ex president, and Víctor Font, by his remarkable project that presents from the 2015.

One of which head the list of favourites is Joan Laporta, making a sober speech, integrador and moderate, since that it is one of the most important faces that have gone through the club, being in some of the years but notable for the institution in question of titles, like the Leagues of Champions in the campaign 2006 and 2009, World-wide of clubs of the year 2009, four Spanish Leagues 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, a Glass of the King 2009, three Supercopa of Spain 2005, 2006, 2009 and a Supercopa of Europe 2009.

Laporta Emphasized that it expects to convince to Messi with a project alucinante that was to his height so that the Argentinian star do not go the next campaign and can be still in the club that saw it grow. Besides, it ensured that it will give back to the team to the line futbolística world-wide and enderezará the economy of the club.

Those that complete this list are Toni Freixa, Xavier Vilajoana, Jordi Farré, Agustí Benedito, Emili Rousaud and the less known Lluís Fernandez Alà and Pere Laughed. These are those that aspire to turn into the new president of the club blaugrana.

Antoni Freixa was a director of the club between 2003 and 2005, in the presidency of Joan Laporta, and afterwards occupied the charge of secretary and spokesman of the managerial board of the institution under the mandate of Sandro Rosell. It launched his candidature by the presidency without success in the year 2015.

Xavi Vilajoana is the candidate continuista that planted Bartomeu. The ex player of the team of five-a-side football of the Barcelona knows the club in the managerial as much as in the sportive field thanks to his ideology independentista, and worked in the mandate of Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Jordi Farré is known for leading the group 'Are normal people', and besides was precandidato to the presidency of the Barcelona in the elections of the club in the year 2015. By his part, Agustí Benedito began his third electoral campaign to opt by the presidency of the club, the Catalan employer presented his lemma in this occasion 'Plough Barça, Ploughs Benedito', in the 2015 was third after Bartomeu and Laporta, of this way turns into strong applicant.

Rousaud, with Neymar Jr like catchword

Finally, we find to the Spanish employer Emili Rousaud and also ex vice-president of the institution, that presented his precandidatura in which it presented his eslógan 'The best, in the Boat'. Rousaud Assumed the vicepresidencia of the team in January of the 2015 in the presidential management of Josep Maria Bartomeu and resigned in April of the 2020. One of his promises is to keep to Messi in the team and bring to the Brazilian Neymar when culminating his agreement with the PSG.

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