Six members of the Barcelona Board of Directors who have just retired are Maria Teixidor, Jordi Calsamiglia, Emili Rousaud, Enrique Tombas, Silvio Elías and Josep Pont, due to disagreements with President Josep Bartomeu.
6 Barcelona club officials wrote resignation letter
Among these, Emili Rousaud is the Club Vice President and a new term candidate. Josep Bartomeu will have to resign in June 2021, having been in the position of leader of the team for two terms.
With the six officials leaving, Barcelona had only 12 members on the board. If more people resign, President Bartomeu will surely not retain his chair.
The "mutiny" on this floor was described by Mundo Deportivo as "Barca-Gate", which led to many bad consequences. Barcelona is in danger of a major crisis, when power struggles are having a very bad influence at the Nou Camp.
However, Chairman Bartomeu confirmed that when the rest of the Board of Directors supported him. However, these fluctuations did not affect Bartomeu’s chair, even according to the calculations that he was outlined.
Maria Teixidor told the Spanish press: "I will not comment on the personal comments of Emili Rousaud or Jordi Calsamiglia aimed at Bartomeu."
Jordi Calsamiglia said: “This is not the time to make public accusations. The subject of ambiguity in the audit process in Barca should be discussed at a more appropriate time.
In fact, some of the charges made have affected the honesty and credibility of the Barca leadership. At this moment, I think the team needs stability.
The Barcelona club also issued a notice denying the corruption issues on the team: "In the face of serious and unsubstantiated claims of Mr. Rousaud, we assert that all he said was untrue. . In Barcelona, there is no such thing as corruption. ”
According to Mundo Deportivo, the resignation of the six members is the effect that Mr. Bartomeu caused when the chairman wanted to change the club’s upper echelon. Earlier, it was reported that Mr. Bartomeu requested two Vice Presidents, Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas to resign.
El Pais meanwhile commented that the decision to resign of the 6 members of the board of directors is unlikely to change Bartomeu’s policy. Mr. Rousaud criticized President Bartomeu recently and declared that he felt betrayed.
The inside of Barcelona raged in February 2020 after the Spanish press reported that the Catalonia team had hired a media company to smear potential candidates for the club president as well as the players. players and legends of the team.
The fight between Josep Bartomeu and Barcelona officials made stars like Messi unhappy
Bartomeu has denied information provided by the Spanish press. In addition, Barcelona also canceled the contract with I3 Ventures and ordered an investigation into the case.
Bartomeu confirmed that the news about Barca hiring the media company did not leak from his side or CEO Oscar Grau but from other people in the club.
Information that the Spanish press uncovered angered Barcelona players. Messi issued a statement that the club was pressuring the player and President Bartomeu felt he needed to "quell" at the top of the club.
Since Bartomeu’s re-election as president in 2015, seven vice presidents have resigned for various reasons, including: Javier Faus, Susana Monje, Carles Vilarrubi, Manel Arroyo, Jordi Mestre and new. especially Rousaud and Tombas.
