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1 day agoLaporta after Barcelona re-election: Door always open for Messi
Joan Laporta won re-election as Barcelona president with 68.18% of votes and stated the club's doors remain open for Lionel Messi's potential return.
That's why I say putting Barça in the hands of Víctor Font is reckless. He's a technocrat who hides behind a computer. He would ruin us because he has no sporting or economic plan. His social plan is a copy of what we have been doing for the last five years. He peddles lies and has been putting obstacles in our way for years.
According to Mundo Deportivo, the Barcelona dressing room has rallied behind Laporta's pre-candidacy during the recent signature collection period. As per the outlet, several first-team players who are also registered club members and eligible to vote, having been members for more than a year, signed in support of the former president.
I want to offer the members a different way of managing the club, far from the 'personalist' model that has prevailed since the 1980s. He argues that concentrating power in one office has repeatedly left Barça exposed, financially and institutionally, and has gradually pushed members to the margins.