Joan Laporta, One of the three candidates to take the presidency of the Barcelona, Referred to the proper names of the team, as they are Lionel Messi (Contract ends in June) and the possible signing of Eric Garcia. The lawyer was very forceful with his statements.
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” Messi is now fully focused on us taking on Atlético in the League and PSG’s play-offs in the Champions League. I don’t know if he will be on Sunday, but he will be on the bench and it is important that Leo encourages his teammates ”, began the 58-year-old politician.
” I see Messi getting happier, he’s enjoying himself. Against Real (Society) it was a great football match. I know he wants to stay and I know he will do everything in his power to stay as long as the club can offer him an offer that suits him, ” he said. The door.
On the possibility of hiring the defender of the Manchester City, Eric Garcia, The manager was blunt. ” It won’t come in this winter market. We cannot give a letter to the manager to make acts of disposition. We have been told the options and figures and we have all concluded that if the contract ends and the new board decides to incorporate it. We valued the player’s salary, and it was an operation that must be done by assessing the club’s financial situation ”.
And he added: ” What is most affected is Barça, which does not have a president who can make decisions. We are ready to explain our program to club members in any scenario ”.
Elections are postponed due to the pandemic
The door he also spoke about the presidential election that was scheduled for next January 24th.
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” It has been reported that the elections have been postponed, and it is being followed. It is being considered on March 7 because measures will be taken to encourage participation, and the Generalitat this morning has agreed to promote a decree that allows voting by mail, ” he explained
“There is a report from the Procicat on the evolution of the pandemic, and the peak of the pandemic is expected to go down on March 7 and we will not be in the situation we are in now,” the candidate added. blaugrana.
Finally, The door commented that ” we may be meeting for the purpose of confinement or a county confinement, and the club will prepare polling stations in the various counties that do not yet exist. The Generalitat has made it clear that going to the polls could not be considered an exception. There were discussions as to whether they were on 28 February or 7 March, and it has been decided on 7 because postal voting may be implemented and in the club’s bylaws ”.