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Why did the Barcelona campaign to withdraw trust decide to move now and the 2021 elections? Were you involved in what happened with Messi? What’s next for them? Are you prepared if the campaign is rejected?
Many questions are on the minds of Barcelona fans, as well as some football fans in general. FilGoal.com sought answers to these questions through Marc Doc, the official spokesman for the campaign to remove confidence from the Barça president.
At first the question was: Why now? To answer: “We started the campaign to withdraw trust now because our main objective was to prevent the board of directors from making decisions, because the decision they make is always the worst for the club.”
He continued: “Of course, the elections of 2021, but not specifically March, because they announced that elections would be held, but there is no official date for those elections. It was never true that the elections are in March 2021.”
“So it is still unclear,” he added, “our main objective was to stop this path and keep this administration away from the club and any presidential decisions or even close the 2020 numbers and the budget at the beginning of the year. They just have to leave it. everything and leave because we no longer want them to lead the club. “
The Barcelona club announced in an official statement on Thursday night that the number of valid votes presented in the recall campaign exceeded the barrier of 16,520 votes, which is the limit allowed for the start of the vote to withdraw trust in Bartomeu .
What is the next step for you? Doc responds: “Now the administration has finally been informed that the votes that started the campaign are documented, and we have to start voting within 20 days, not earlier than 10 days, the minimum period of 10 days and the maximum of 20 days, and the voting date will be announced mid to late next week. ” This is the next step, and we will work on a yes campaign to withdraw trust, of course, and this is our choice and what we support to finalize the process. “
And he continued: “The club will release an official statement in a few hours, with the final results, more than 19,500 votes or more documented, we know that, and the club will announce it at the first opportunity.”
Is the campaign ready for a “no” scenario and the continuation of the administration? Doc responds: “Of course when the no-confidence vote starts, you have to be ready to vote. Of course, we will support the yes vote for the no-confidence vote, but we know that 66% is very difficult, so also we are ready for rejection. You must be prepared for everything. “
Will a candidate run the campaign? In this regard, he said: “We will not present any candidate for the presidency, because we are 8 mass groups and supported by 3 presidential candidates, but we will not support any of them, at least in a uniform way, any group that can do what they want. , but we will not support any candidate based on this scenario. ” Or as a whole entity behind a candidate, it won’t happen. “
FilGoal.com had made it clear last August that Messi’s decision to leave Barcelona makes no sense except for the start of the war between him and the administration, not only that, but Bartomeu will not resign no matter what. (See details)
So it doesn’t matter when and when we intend to isolate Bartomeo? Doc responds: “Of course the main objective is to prevent management from making decisions. They do not have the capacity to do this work and they have demonstrated it in the last 6 years. Now we are facing the process of rebuilding the first team and the difficult economic situation. and the future of the stadium and the reconstruction process and everything, it is not a good year to be in His hands, we have to change the administration and that is why we started the campaign ”.
“Among all were the recent scandals that occurred at the club before.”
Barcelona have been affected by a series of problems since the end of last year, when they warned and criticized Gerard Piqué of the management of his club not to use his newspapers and journalists for his criticism. (See details)
Until the biggest scandal came, when the Catalan station Cadena Ser published a report in which it said that the Barcelona administration had designated a company that dedicated thousands of accounts on social networks to its propaganda and to protect the image of Josep Maria Bartomeu, president and board of the club.
Those accounts attacked various current and former players such as Lionel Messi, team captain, Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Josep Guardiola, Juan Laporta, former president of the club, among others.
The current Barcelona administration spent an amount close to one million euros on its contract with the company, and the economic payments were divided between 6 sums paid to different parts of the company. (See details)
Likewise, Barcelona star and captain Lionel Messi waged a public war with Eric Abidal, the sports director, in the context of the latter’s statements that some players had asked for the departure of Ernesto Valverde without mentioning their names, so Messi got angry and criticized Abidal.
Add to that, the resignation of 6 members of the board of directors, in what one journalist described as “it’s like a series of Game of Thrones behind the scenes in Barcelona.” (See details)
All this happened in less than a year and what was hidden was greater, in addition to the many economic problems, the club suffers so abnormally that during the stoppage of football activity there were complaints of facing the risk of bankruptcy.
What made sense of the Barcelona bankruptcy reports was the club’s withdrawal of the attempt to include Inter striker Lautaro Martínez, and the same with Neymar.
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Now we are dealing with the thorny issue, Messi’s desire to leave. Was what happened all summer before Messi announced his continuation, forced because he had no other option as he described it, a reason to start the campaign?
Doc replies: “Yes, of course, Messi’s position was important. For Messi being comfortable at the club is important, it wasn’t like that. He said he wasn’t comfortable and that he wasn’t in the mood to continue another year. That was a point. extra for us. We hit bottom and couldn’t take any more. ” .
He continued: “In addition, he will not continue with this administration, they have no relationship, they do not speak and they cannot persuade him to continue for another year. Messi played an important role in that campaign, of course.”
He concluded: “We are confident that Messi will not continue with this administration. We do not know who will take over the task. We are confident that he will not continue with them. We will try our luck with a new president who will try to convince him.”
FilGoal.com had previously revealed in Barcelona that the next step would be a censorship campaign, and here it would be a yes or no, and your acceptance rate must exceed or equal two-thirds of club members, or 66%.
In the event that parliament does not continue until the election date, and in the case of an affirmative vote, a vote of confidence is withdrawn and then a committee is appointed to handle the situation until new elections are held.
Regarding the timeline of the process, FilGoal.com’s Media Office said: “March? No, not before. Voting can be at the end of October or November if the votes are correct, and then the elections can be in January or February”. (See the full report and explanation)
