He did mess up with mentioning Xavi too many times, but he's given better details in his case than Laporta has. Not saying Font is perfect or whatever.... just saying he's presented his case much better than Laporta has.
In campaigns, candidates can promise anything but fail to deliver on them. Deeds not words
Laporta is just relying on his past history to win the case. He's also making out that he and Messi are best buddies.... when I don't even think that's the case. Messi obviously knows him, but I doubt Messi even stayed in contact with Laporta when he left in 2010. I even doubt Messi spoke to him much during 2003 to 2010.
Comments like this are really immature: Joan Laporta on Font: "He always talks about organization charts and power-points. While he was doing all that, we won the Champions League with Bar?a? Well.... Font hasn't had a chance to win the Champions League because he hasn't been a president. So comments like that are really unfair.
Best indication of future actions is reviewing their CV/past, Font has never run a football club and is only recently a socio. He is more businessman than cule and last decade has demonstrated that corporatists have been the worst thing possible for the club. On the other hand, Laporta is the most successful President in the history of the club - not simply for winning everything but the manner in which he did it and the impact factor & respect/adulation the club drew from the world. We are far from that atm
As for Messi, if you believe for a moment that Leo is not counting on a Laporta Presidency you have not been paying attention. There is mutual respect/understanding and most of all, trust. That cannot be bought
Then he's making other comments like this: "I have spoken with many agents and they are eager to work with Bar?a so that the best players can come to us." You can talk to all the agents you want, but if you don't any or much money, you cannot bring in the best players. Does he not realize that we're in terrible debt? We literally have to pay back 266m euros by June and then another 160m by the end of the year. We also owe another 130m euros to other clubs from transfers.
Regardless, whoever comes in is going to do a terrible job for the first few years. But, I feel with Laporta, we'll struggle the most.
It's a nonsensical conclusion to draw that sounds like bias against Laporta than actual belief in Font or Freixa - both corporatists, the latter a fundamental element of Rosell & Bartomeu's boards
I like that Laporta has not come out talking about any specific signing, it's the typical election hype from yesteryear whereby a big signing is promised. However, considering the state of the club's finances due to mismanagement from Barto & Rosell, that won't be easy. If anyone can keep the club competitive either with signings or philosophy, it's going to be a Cruyffist like Laporta
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