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Barcelona just chose Joan Laporta as their new president. Lionel Messi claimed to have congratulated Laporta. The sign he’s survived?
Laporta won the Barcelona presidential election on Sunday (7/3/2021) local time. He outperformed two competitors, Victor Font and Toni Freixa.
Laporta has an absolute lead over its two competitors. Laporta totaled 30,184 votes or 54.28 percent of the total number of voters, while Font only won 16,679 votes or 29.99 percent, and Freixa 4,789 votes or 8.58 percent.
This is the second time Laporta has been elected president of Barcelona after the first in 2003 to 2010. The election of Laporta raises new hopes that Barcelona can rise up under him.
In Josep Maria Bartomeu’s final year, Barcelona was devastated in terms of achievements and finances with piling up debts, as well as cases of corruption. The climax was when Lionel Messi wanted to leave last summer.
Therefore, with the election of Laporta, there is a chance for Messi to stay at Barcelona. Moreover, Laporta is known to be close to Messi and it was in his era that the Argentine footballer was on the world stage.
Now it remains Laporta’s job to seduce Messi to stay. According to Laporta, Messi has congratulated him and this could be the first sign he wants to continue at the Camp Nou.
“It was great to see Messi also vote. That is a big proof of how much he loves Barca. I am sure he wants to stay. And yes, he has already congratulated my victory,” Laporta was quoted as saying. ESPN.
Lionel Messi Until now, there has not been any comment about the victory Joan Laporta the.
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