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Victor Font, one of the main candidates to become the new president of FC Barcelona, has published a graphic that details how his administration will be organized in the event that he wins the next elections.
Former Barcelona captain Xavi would be at the top of the Barça football section, with the title of general manager. Jordi Cruyff, former Barcelona player and son of the mythical Johann Cruyff, would be right below him, as sports director.
Lower down, Tito Blanco and a second person yet to be named would serve as technical secretaries. Blanco would also serve as a youth soccer coordinator. Ronald Koeman would remain as coach of the first team, at least for the moment, with Francisco García Pimienta as coach of team B. Joan Vilà and Albert Benaiges would be co-directors of youth soccer.
Font had previously indicated that he would make Xavi the coach of the first team and relieve Koeman of those duties, a stance that at the time was criticized for making premature judgment on Koeman’s reign. Yet another organizational shakeup is not out of the question if popular opinion turns against keeping Koeman as manager.
Five other areas were also highlighted, which were: medical services, physical preparation and physiotherapy. behavior and psychology (with Inma Puig and Toni Nadal as leaders), methodology (with Joan Vilà and Paco Seirul·lo) and talent management (with Emili Ricart.)
Juli López would be appointed general director of sports, who would oversee the club’s five different sports sections (soccer, basketball, handball, hockey and futsal) in the men’s and women’s divisions, and also in the club’s amateur teams.
A yet-to-be-named CEO would oversee the business side, and both would report to the club’s board of directors. Font has promised that under his command, the board would stay out of daily sporting decisions. He has criticized previous boards of directors for hovering over the experts, saying his board would only look at whether the recommendations were financially viable or for other reasons.
