Barcelona –
The first week Joan Laporta in Barcelona it’s tough. After Lionel Messi knocked out on Champions League, now the president is left behind by his subordinates.
Laporta officially returns to Camp Nou. The 58-year-old man won the presidential election on Sunday (7/3).
Laporta will lead Barcelona from 2021. For him, this is their second chance to take the lead Blaugrana, after his first period in 2003-2010 was full of trophies and many stars were born.
On Saturday (13/3) yesterday, it marked a week for Laporta to lead Barcelona again. However, the president was immediately confronted with many harsh facts.
First, Barcelona ran aground in the Champions League. Team made Ronald Koeman kicked out Paris Saint Germain 5-2 on aggregate, after losing 1-4 at Camp Nou and only 1-1 in France.
Then, the newest according Mark, Laporta was also left by his subordinates. One of his officials resigned.
Jaume Giro, Barcelona’s vice president of finance, handed his resignation to Laporta on Saturday morning. There are various issues that come with it.
Separately according to SPORTJaume Giro resigned because of his busy life in London. However, there are reports that the former boss of the Spanish bank foundation has disagreements with Laporta.
Giro reportedly has a dispute with Laporta regarding the financial settlement at the club. It was reported that Giro did not agree that the weight of the decision would be left to the new CEO, Ferran Reverte.
Meanwhile Laporta feels his directors should fully focus on their role at the club. Given the disagreement, both parties decided to end the relationship before it even started off well.
This situation will make it difficult for Laporta, because he cannot carry out his role as president until he gets a guarantee of 126 million euros from donations from the club board, or 15 percent of the club budget. Until now, this guarantee has not been fulfilled, and is expected to be completed on Monday (15/3).
Now, Laporta must find a strong financial position to fill this vacant role. In the financial sector, Barcelona itself is in debt of 1.17 billion euros.
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