Winner yesterday of Real Betis Balompié (5-1) in the Copa del Rey, FC Barcelona played in the Copa del Rey. Recently winner of the Spanish Super Cup, the Blaugrana club started the year 2025 with the best possible manner on the pitch. Behind the scenes, however, the situation is very different. For many days, the critical situation around the registration of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor brought a lot of turmoil. If it ultimately ended well since the players were finally able to be provisionally registered after the decision of the Spanish Sports Council (CSD). While Joan Laporta has decided to settle scores with his opponents, the latter are increasing their positions. Under the threat of dismissal, the president of FC Barcelona takes his position.
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Guest on RAC 1 This Thursday, Victor Font, Joan Laporta’s main opponent, came to respond to the attacks of the latter who accused the opposition of wanting to destabilize the club. Victor Font highlighted in passing the attitude of Joan Laporta in the Spanish Super Cup where he gave the arms of honor in the stands: “it’s regrettable. Seeing the president so aggressive is very worrying. A press conference which was supposed to give information and produced no results. He belittled thousands of Barcelona fans. Tell him not to intimidate us. He confuses himself with the club. Who is Laporta to say who is a good or bad Barcelona fan? It now turns out that the friend is El Chiringuito and Real Madrid. It is certain that Laporta of 2003 would ask for the resignation of Laporta of 2025.»
Allusions of corruption in the Vitor Roque case
Precisely the motion of censure launched against Joan Laporta, Victor Font believes that this is the only solution to get FC Barcelona out and start again on healthy bases. He also pointed out this posture of one against all, defended by the president of the Catalans. : “the only news when we made this statement is that we all came to the conclusion that we cannot continue with this president. You are not ready to face every challenge that comes your way. What happened with Pau and Olmo is another example. Laporta cannot last five more minutes. With every day that passes, we lose an opportunity. He is Barça, if you don’t want him, you don’t want Barcelona. Our president makes us laugh a lot and is a communicative beast, but the club needs much more. Loving Barcelona is not about who is a Barcelona fan or not. We want a president who tells us the truth. There is no meritocracy. The daughter of the head of the presidential office is the head of the commercial zone, that says it all.»
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Victor Font also criticized the financial management of FC Barcelona where he pointed out spending that was far too high compared to the economic situation of the club: “Laporta spoke of a strategic plan with four pillars. He said to recover the revenue, and we are still on a pre-pandemic plan, having reduced spending, but we are still spending 800 million euros. Over a billion was lost during this term. It’s worse than the one inherited with Bartomeu. The debt is higher, the income is similar to Bartomeu and we spend more or less the same.»
Finally, Victor Font highlighted the Vitor Roque file. Transferred in the winter of 2024 for 30 million euros from Athletico Paranaense, the young striker only played 16 matches (2 goals) and did not bring much to the Blaugrana project. A failure which symbolizes what the Victor Font clan criticizes the Joan Laporta clan, a lack of transparency and cronyism: “we had Marc Guiu, there was no financial fair play and we signed Vitor Roque. If we saw that he was the new Ronaldinho, we understand it and we favor talent, but it is clear that Vitor Roque does not have the characteristics to play like him. Barça and Deco offered him to the club when he was their agent. Jordi Cruyff and Mateu Alemany said he was not a priority. The first thing Deco did was sign Vitor Roque upon his arrival. When we see situations that worry us, specific facts or the official version, we must demand that we be told the truth»
Pub. the 16/01/2025 12:53
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