The race for Barcelona’s presidential candidacy intensifies with the resolution expected for January after Bartomeu resigned in October.
One of the favorites for the position is former President Joan Laporta, who oversaw Pep Guardiola’s appointment as first-team coach, deciding to oppose Jose Mourinho, the rest is history. The slow decline of Pep’s Barca began.
The plausibility of Laporta’s position as one of the great favourites is due to the link to the era of success of Blaugrana football Tiki-Taka who helped bring the club through the now Manchester City coach.
However, Laporta has moved to face the entire city of Madrid, following the opening of the last waterfall in the Spanish capital. Barcelona and Real Madrid have a mythical football rivalry on and off the field. Laporta has erected a massive poster in Madrid to advertise its candidacy in the town.
– Joan Laporta Estruch? (@JoanLaportaFCB) December 15, 2020
According to the statements, this is very impressive. We’ll have to wait until next January to see if this will have a real effect on the election.
After Neymar declared his desire to play with Lionel Messi still in Paris, this sparked panic among the Barcelona faithful who still have no idea what Messi’s long career holds and whether it will be or will be with the Blaugrana.
– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 2, 2020
Laporta, however, responded to the Brazilian’s comments and sought to advance the rhetoric that, if he won the election, convincing the Argentine at the club would be a “priority”.
“I didn’t tell him about the renovation, ” he said. ” I want the authority as president-elect to be to do that. Could we renew our agreement with the existing figures? Of course, there are imaginative answers that can allow Messi to stay. “at the club, ” he said.
“Messi is a priority. All the clubs want it and he makes any club a candidate to win it all, he makes a difference. It’s also very vital economically. Messi loves Barcelona and the club will if the transfer is good. “
In the end, the resolution rests with Messi and with his contract expiring with just over a season to play, Barca’s end-of-season position at the national and European festival can influence its resolution. And, frankly, in the current form, we can only assume that the motivating factor, Messi, is almost gone.