Jaume Giró, a strong man in the financial plot of Joan Laporta’s candidacy who won the elections for the presidency of Barcelona and who was aiming to be the economic vice-president, will not be part of the Barça board of directors after submitting his resignation during the meeting held this Saturday by the members of the candidacy, he advanced an information from the newspaper La Vanguardia and that was confirmed to ESPN Esports by sources of the winning team of the electoral contest.
Giró’s departure did not come as a surprise to Laporta’s hard core, with whom he has maintained, ESPN Esports was able to find out, some discrepancies in recent days due to the decision of the president-elect to be Ferran Reverter, signed as to the general manager, who had the maximum responsibility in the economic decisions, a circumstance that did not please the financier, dissatisfied with being in a secondary plan when he was the one who directed all the economic facet during the electoral campaign.
Giró, through the candidacy team, announced at the end of this Saturday his decision to “not be part of the board led by Joan Laporta for professional reasons that will force him to remain many days in London, which makes full dedication to the job of vice president of the entity unviable. “
According to the same statement, Laporta “knew about Giró’s decision a few days ago and by mutual agreement they decided to communicate it this Saturday to the other members of the candidacy in a meeting”.
In a friendly tone, he notes that the economist “gives full confidence to President Laporta, with whom he has a good friendship since 2005, for the term he will begin next week and will continue to collaborate and offer his support in a external and without any contractual or economic link with Barcelona “.
UNEXPECTED CRISIS
A key figure during the election campaign, Giró, who was deputy director of Caixabanc and the La Caixa Foundation, defended the issuance of bonds as a highlight to recover the critical economic situation of Barcelona and since the victory in last Sunday’s polls worked in the front line with the
negotiation with two financial institutions to obtain the guarantee of 125 million euros, necessary for the board of Laporta to access the position.
The endorsement, however, is scheduled to be signed this Sunday and presented at Laliga on Monday morning. Once it has been agreed and transferred to the management board chaired by Carles Tusquets, it will be possible to take office, which was initially scheduled for Tuesday and could be postponed to Wednesday, the last working day in the club’s statutes, which grants ten days. to take office from election day.
Giró was understood to be one of the strong people on the new board of directors, in the position of economic vice president but displaced from the first vice presidency to be held by Rafael Yuste (in charge of the sports plot), a scenario that did not like the Giró himself, so dissatisfied with the distribution of positions, in which Elena Fort will also have a specific weight as head of the social area, as in the little direct intervention in the day to day, that Laporta understands must be in the hands of executives.