Joan Laporta

[DonAK]

He isn't on a good start, trying to win the Messi stans (he just announced that his first call after election will be for Messi). Being a populist is Laporta's speciality. But then again, at mid 50's he can't campaign as the new young guy anymore.

Also talking about big signings like Haaland is a bit odd when your main point so far is that the financial situation is still terrible and you don't know the inner details being outside of the club.

It doesn't give the impression that you truly got a great plan this time either.

We'll see though. The proper campaign won't start until after New Year.

 

[Birdy]

Camp Nou is not ready yet.

Folk who have a brain understand this hasty return is happening for election reasons

 

[jamrock]

Have you seen pictures of the camp nou?
Its obvious its not ready yet.

 

[Birdy]

Have you seen pictures of the camp nou?
Its obvious its not ready yet.

Then why all this 'Camp Nou return' stuff to happen so early?

Because the fatty wants to claim for himself something that hasn't happened yet

 

[Messigician]

Camp nou is not ready

 

[FCBarca]

How can you compare Rossel, let alone Barto, to Font?
What do they have in common?
I can't see anything.

Laporta succeeded the 1st time, mainly because of his huge luck to stumble on one of the greatest coaches EVER, Pep, and the golden Masia generation of Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Pique, Puyol etc.

Laporta 2.0 is a caricature of 1.0
Football has evolved a lot on the business side since 2003, it's neither acceptable nor sustainable to act on whims and random advices from random people. Now there are professionals at every department deciding, based on expertise

How can you close your eyes to how similar the three are - all products of corporate management rather than football backgrounds, Font may not yet have been mired in business fraud & misconduct like the other corporate predecessors although he has been without any football background or longstanding link to the club - an outside corporate figure that had a phenomenally poor showing in the last election

Now, his only strategy has been a page out of Rosell & Bartomeu’s own corporate playbook of confrontational style & constant public media attacks on the club’s leadership rather than identify where it could be better. It’s a corporate cynic’s POV to destabilize without any real viable alternative that could even be implemented - it’s hot air, a plastic candidate who salivates over running a large cap business

His background is in telecommunications, zero football or Barça link much less football pedigree and that lack of knowledge much experience for a corporate strategist would surely spell the end of a member owned club

He’s an attack dog with great PP presentations and perhaps would be a great media strategist for the club but running a football club?

Unless you are suicidal who would want a repeat of corporatists like Sandy & Nobita to decimate the club for good

The beauty however is that he is so poor at presenting himself the candidacy will unravel from his own doing…not unlike Sandro & Barto…Corporatists to save the club, it’s a great joke that somehow still plays after we’ve been killed by it not once but twice

History has a way of repeating itself because people are stupid

 

[Windhook]

With Espai Barca our gross debt stands somewhere in the range of 2.6b. My search in the 2023/24 annual report (page 222) shows the club has net debt of 1.45b, growing by 50 million each year. Most of the debt payment is restructured up to year 2050.

Renovated/open Camp Nou is key in reducing it. At completed stage it will bring 250-400m revenue annually. Depending on how many of the projects in Espai Barca are completed, including the renovation of Palau Blaugrana and a hotel complex.

 

[Messigician]

.@xavierbosch: "Laporta wanted a triumphant media day, but the only thing people saw was the club hitting socios with abusive prices. Charging 320 euros for two bad seats is a slap in the face

 

[delancey]

🚨 Víctor Font: "The first thing I'll do if I win Barça's presidential elections is to call Messi."

He should try focusing on the present and future instead on trying to relive glory days with former “old” chess pieces. Should RM call CR7 too?

 

[Loki]

🚨 Víctor Font: "The first thing I'll do if I win Barça's presidential elections is to call Messi."

He should try focusing on the present and future instead on trying to relive glory days with former “old” chess pieces. Should RM call CR7 too?

Cheap lies to get votes of imbeciles who really think Font has a chance to get Messi back. That's what you expect from him. And that's not even mentioning, that Messi's time at Europe's highest level is definitely over.

 

[Gnidrologist]

Maybe he just wants to share some .pptx files with him.

 

[Windhook]

The stadium and financial debt (inherited by Barto) doesn't influence the popularity of Laporta before elections. His lying ass already completed more than half of the stadium.

Only if the team collapses in performance in the spring. Haters should concentrate on this. Pray for Ls.