Joan Laporta, president of Barça, is under fire after a series of controversies which have reignited tensions within the club. Ten groups and platforms, including figures like Víctor Font (Sí al Futur) and Joan Camprubí (Som un clam), published a statement demanding his immediate resignation.
These collectives denounce chaotic management marked by failures such as the impossibility of registering players Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor, accounting irregularities, and unresolved internal conflicts. Failing resignation, they demand a question of confidence or threaten to activate a motion of censure, a process already experienced by Laporta in 2008. According to Mundo Deportivo, Laporta remains impassive for the moment, continuing his strategy and postponing any reaction to a expected decision from the Superior Sports Council (CSD) concerning the licenses of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor.
Laporta had already faced the motion in 2008
This positioning arouses frustration among its detractors, who consider the situation untenable and the club's reputation seriously tarnished. For his part, Laporta is banking on unity and seeking to avoid “disclosing legal arguments” before the intervention of the CSD. However, this defensive posture could aggravate the social and institutional crisis if it is perceived as a refusal to respond to the growing concerns of socio-economic groups. While the shadow of a motion of censure looms, the presidential camp therefore hopes to reproduce the outcome of 2008, where Laporta resisted such a procedure. But the multiplication of current grievances could make the ground more slippery this time.
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Great tension on the Barça side. Could the Dani Olmo fiasco push President Joan Laporta to resign? A priori, the boss of the Catalan club would have no intention of giving up his post for the moment…
