BARCELONA – Joan Laporta will be officially proclaimed president of Barcelona on Wednesday at the Camp Nou after closing all the details of the guarantee of 125 million euros (15 percent of the budget) that he must present together with his directive, indispensable condition to accede to the direction of club after winning the elections.
The signing of the guarantee, with the guarantee of Banco de Sabadell, took place this Tuesday, sources close to the agent have confirmed to ESPN Esports, after a few frantic days, and unexpected, after the resignation of Jaume Giró, called to be economic vice-president and that brought about a great headache for its companions.
The president-elect will present these guarantees as a matter of urgency to Laliga, after this departure from Giró, who later decided to abandon differences of opinion with Laporta, which forced him to reactivate the search for guarantees that were covered by the aforementioned Giró and through his prior negotiations.
Once the guarantee has been lodged with the employer on Tuesday, it must give its approval as a guarantee to cover any losses incurred by the incoming board, after which the Management Board may officially carry out the transfer of powers to the new board.
It is precisely on Wednesday, when the deadline for giving validity to the endorsement of the incoming directive is met, ten days after the election day as set out in the Barça statutes, to avoid a new electoral process.
Laporta and his management team agreed to grant the guarantee with Banco de Sabadell without the need, finally, to agree with foreign risk funds (from the United States) that had provoked many criticisms in recent days. ‘leader. In recent days the president has maintained contacts with several top businessmen and executives, closing an agreement with the Catalan company Audax, Vice President Eduard Romeu will join the board, probably as economic vice president and with contributions regarding the decisions taken in this regard. In this way, Romeu will take the place of Giró in a board that in the coming days could still be expanded by at least three members.
Once the matter has been resolved, the inauguration of the new president and his board of directors will take place on Wednesday afternoon at the Camp Nou, in an event attended by a representation of each sports section of the club, with the captains in the front and in which Carles Tusquets will say goodbye with a speech that will be followed by another of Laporta, who has previously met in private with the head of the manager to carry out the transfer of powers in which he will be exposed detail the current economic balance of the club.