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Barcelona held a press conference on Monday night in which Josep Vives and President Josep Maria Bartomeu participated to discuss various issues.
The club’s leaders spoke about the budget, the vote of no confidence, the future of Lionel Messi and the recent controversy of the VAR after El Clásico.
The vote of no confidence got a long response, and you can read it all here. In short, the date of November 1 and 2 was proposed, but Bartomeu says that Barça needs a 15-day notice to be able to organize it correctly due to Covid-19. For now, there is still no confirmed date and Barça is waiting to receive news from the Catalan government.
Here are the other main points:
Bartomeu on Messi who wants to leave
During those weeks we had to defend what was best for Barça, and what it was for the best player in the world and in football history to stay with us. Leo Messi had a contract and the unilateral termination option had expired. And the most important thing was that the sporting priority was to start a new era with Messi in the team
Bartholomew where Koeman
I want to thank Ronald Koeman for accepting our offer under difficult circumstances, having to make difficult and unpopular decisions at such a difficult financial time. His personality and his decisions are already leaving their mark.
Bartolomé where VAR
Just now, when I was arriving at the press conference, I was informed that there are audio recordings of a lineman talking to the referee in Barcelona’s game against Real Madrid. We are going to analyze it. We have long requested another verification of the VAR criteria and asked for a joint reflection from the professional teams. It cannot be one way in some games and another way in others.
Bartholomew where resigning
It never crossed my mind to quit. The project is very interesting with young and experienced players, like Messi. And I think that with him we are going to win a title this season. I understand everyone’s opinions, as empathy is important. In the case of Leo, it is good to get angry because it is not good to accept defeats and we have all gotten angry. But there was a deadline for him to announce whether he wanted to leave or not. It didn’t and it’s still here. We all want him to retire at Barcelona
