Barca presidential election 2026

[JamDav1982]

Barto was elected just once.

This is the fourth time Laporta is getting elected - 2003, 2006, 2021 and 2026.

But classed as re-elected in 2015 and couldnt have run again.

Go look up any of the publications reporting on it from 2015.

 

[DonAK]

1:1 is a bit of a choice that I doubt Laporta would make.

He pushes our salaries to the limit, and hence, every mercato we are struggling with making room for transfers.

Even when we had money to spend in 202, we still had those struggles, for guys like Alonso and Bellerin.

Obviously we can make arguments about spending more wisely etc, but those things are rarely done with 100% accuracy.

Same criteria for Font btw, if a miracle happens and he wins.

We need to raise our salary floor then. Hovering around 450m while we used to be at 600m+ is an issue.

 

[Windhook]

But classed as re-elected in 2015 and couldnt have run again.

Yes, I was wrong about this technicality.

 

[RedxMAK]

Barto was elected just once.

This is the fourth time Laporta is getting elected - 2003, 2006, 2021 and 2026.

There were presidential elections in 2006?

 

[Windhook]

There were presidential elections in 2006?

Laporta resigned based again on technicality and got re-elected.

 

[ZenI]

We need to raise our salary floor then. Hovering around 450m while we used to be at 600m+ is an issue.

Chill, we should never go back to paying players like Greasman 720k/week, Umtiti 615k/week or that bum Lenglet 410k/week - Lewa is currently our highest paid with 400k/week. We should of course spend, but with some fucking sense this time around.

 

[JamDav1982]

Griezmann and Umtiti were on nowhere near those salaries.

Lenglet neither across his contract.

 

[Windhook]

Salaries are club secret. The only thing public is the release clause.

 

[Loki]

The turnout was pretty low with just 42%.

Victor Font:

"I congratulate President Laporta on his clear victory today in the elections.I also thank more than 40,000 members who mobilized, and showed the world that we are the best club in the world, and that we are still fortunate to have the right to choose who leads our institution."

"The results of the vote were difficult, the sporting results and the return to the Spotify Camp Nou have weighed heavily in their favour."

"It is clear that we did not achieve the results we had hoped for, but I would like to point out that we had wished for the participation rate to be higher than it was. We hope that this will be the last time this long and complicated process is witnessed in Barcelona elections, from before election day until voting day itself.We need to update our institution and bring more professionalism to its management, and we hope that this will be achieved."

"Now that we have lost, we will continue to work on our future Barça that we hope for, but we must also support the president."

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2033307063229796379

 

[Joan]

Salaries are club secret. The only thing public is the release clause.

Unless you're a Barca player, cause we usually leak it

 

[Joan]

Font did come up with some good things that should matter to the club and Laporta.

Laporta should invite him to join.

 

[JamDav1982]

How long before more future income is gone?

BLM sold off in part before end of term and take it as some huge achievement and more future income gone.

Said to be worth 800m now.

Fair play to Barto that foresight.

He should have stayed away from football side though.

 

[Windhook]

This is actually humiliating for Font, he'd get another beatdown by whoever runs as president in 2031.

 

[Loki]

Font did come up with some good things that should matter to the club and Laporta.

Laporta should invite him to join.

Font switched to good cop again, because he prepares already for the next election. He won't give up sadly. But for now we have 5 years of Laporta again.

 

[Joan]

This is actually humiliating for Font, because he'd get another beatdown by whoever runs as president in 2031.

Wouldn't call it humiliating. Font had a terrible campaign but even if he didn't, running against Laporta was never going to be an easy task.

In spite of his lacklustre presentation, he managed to raise some valid concerns and bring them to socis' attention.