Calls for Barca president Laporta to resign over Olmo saga
A strong statement has been released
Barcelona supporters’ group Som un clam have called for Joan Laporta to resign from his position as president amid the Dani Olmo saga currently engulfing the club.
Olmo and Pau Victor are currently unregistered and unable to play for the rest of the season in the latest turmoil to affect the Catalan giants.
Victor Font has already called on Laporta to provide an explanation, while supporters’ group Som un clam have gone further and called for him to resign.
A letter published on social media reads as follow:
“From Som un Clam we want to express our total indignation and shame caused by the management of president Joan Laporta and the board of directors regarding the registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau VĂctor, and we demand their resignation.
“What we have experienced in the last hours of 2024 shows that the vicious circle in which the club’s governing team has entered has fully exploded. Sooner than was even imaginable, amateur and erratic management is beginning to affect the sporting performance of the first team, which could be deprived of two of its signings.
“Tomorrow at midnight we will know what the final resolution of all this grotesque is, but the situation created is inadmissible, and the damage caused to the reputation of the entity is irreparable. The bad image is aggravated by the continuous lies and the deception of members with false promises that are never fulfilled and that end up harming the Club.
“In just four years, FC Barcelona’s assets have been decapitalised with various ‘levers’, misselling strategic assets for the future to cover holes derived from chaotic and improvised management. Despite promises of recovery, the club still lacks a solid financial plan or a coherent strategy to ensure stability in the medium and long term. All this, while we observe with concern and amazement how intermediaries with millionaire commissions are introduced in operations such as the renewal of the sponsorship contract with Nike or the sponsorship of Spotify.
“We the members cannot allow Barça to degrade in this way. We demand an end to the unfulfilled promises, constant improvisation and irresponsible sale of assets that are mortgaging the model of collective ownership that makes us unique. A change of course is urgent. It is necessary to recover the transparency, planning and values that have made Barça more than a club. The future of Barça depends on us, its members, and we will not sit idly by while the institution degrades.
“Faced with this situation, Som un Clam insists that the vicious circle in which we have entered due to the management of the board endangers the heritage of our club and its ownership model. For this reason, we ask for the resignation of the president and the board of directors, while we call on Barça fans to mobilize, reverse this situation and make their voices heard.
“From ’Som un Clam’ we also want to show our solidarity with the players involved and express our support for Dani Olmo and Pau VĂctor in these difficult times. We need his talent and commitment to face the sporting challenges of the first team with stability.”
Laporta and Barcelona are still thought to be holding out hope they can register Victor and Olmo and are expected to provide an update on the situation on Friday.
Source: barcablaugranes.com
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