Josep Maria Bartomeu resignes from Barcelona President post

Tanish Chachra | 28/10/2020
Josep Maria Bartomeu resignes from Barcelona President post

Josep Maria Bartomeu along with rest of the board members resigned, ending the long demand by fans to make the board members step down.

In the latest update in Barcelona, President Josep Maria Bartomeu has resigned from his position. The announcement came just before Barcelona’s match against Juventus in the Champions League.

The news aired in several Spanish publications confirming the news that Bartomeu is stepping down from his position along with rest of the board members

In the recent months, the board fetched massive resistance from fans and players over their alleged horrendous state of affairs leading to one of the worst campaigns by Barcelona in last two decades.

Even the club legend Lionel Messi was forcing his way out from his boyhood club, as he indirectly accused Barcelona board of compelling him to seek a move out and trigger his apparent exit clause.

Though the clause by Barcelona board was denied as they argued that Messi has crossed the deadline to trigger that clause. Though Messi stayed but the resentment between the two parties never dissolved.

What will happen now, who will lead Barcelona board?

With the reported exit of Bartomeu from Barcelona, the club will certainly go for an immediate election, choosing the successor of Bartemou.

As of now, there are two candidates who have been highlighted consistently. One is Victor Font, who is touted to take over the seat with electoral trends inclining towards him.

Meanwhile, Joan Laporte is also a possible candidate for elections, he has shown interest to take over the presidency of the club once again, but so far hasn’t officially declared his participation.

Adding further, Jordi Farro is also being considered as a strong candidate with his goal being to appoint Jurgen Klopp as Barcelona manager, but he is not a populous face among the members of the club and shares the region of Sandro Rossell- the infamous former president at the club. Hence hence, his victory is unlikely to happen

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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