OPEN LETTER FROM VÍCTOR FONT TO BARÇA MEMBERS
One of the candidates who can break with Josep María Bartomeu's continued candidacy in the Barça elections for 2021 is Víctor Font, who has released an open letter to Barça members this Sunday in response to the latest events in the club azulgrana , which has ended with the resignation en bloc of six managers from Bartomeu's team .
This is the open letter of 'Yes to the future' to the members of FC Barcelona
For a long time, Sí al Fut has been warning Barça members that the Club is fully heading towards the "perfect storm", it must replace the best generation of footballers in history, build and finance Espai Barça and compete against companies. anonymous with almost unlimited financial resources. And it has to do all this while preserving the ownership of the Club in the hands of the members and its competitive capacity both in football and in all sections.
If the risks were great, now they are gigantic: we are in the midst of a pandemic that has paralyzed the planet and that will have effects that today we cannot yet foresee in all walks of life, also in sport. Likewise, for months we have witnessed a shameful escalation of chapters of the Club's institutional behavior in which the latter hides the seriousness of the previous one , culminating in recent days with accusations and serious reproaches among managers, and six abrupt resignations. Right at the moment when the only priority should be to get the Club out of this crisis, the presidency announces a new remodel of the Board of Directors to stay in power. Now what is at risk is Barça itself.
The evil does not come from now: we have experienced the condemnation of the Club for the Neymar case, the disagreements made public between employees and players with executives and managers, and the audit of the case on social networks , which seems to confirm the scandal. Let's add an erratic sports policy , the breakdown of the Board of Directors and the significant reduction in income due to the pandemic, and the result is the danger of economic bankruptcy and moral bankruptcy in which the Club has settled. Game over.
You have to start from scratch. The management model that in recent years has allowed us to be the best multi-sports club in the world no longer works. The lack of transparency, billing more than anyone but spending everything, and having to sell or exchange players at the last minute of each season to balance squeezed accounts is unsustainable
From Yes to Futur we have always been in favor of institutional stability. And it is not a phrase: when the pandemic broke out, we contacted President Josep Maria Bartomeu to put ourselves at his service and try to build a common front during these weeks. But the president chose to make a flight forward, as if this were any crisis. And it is not.
Víctor Font, in archive image | JAVIER FERRÁNDIZ
Under normal conditions, the gravity of the events would have caused Sí al futur to ask for resignations and the immediate call for early elections. It would be irresponsible not to. But with the country confined and without knowing when we will return to normal life, it is practically impossible to collect signatures, present candidates, campaign and open the polls this summer. And since, in addition, the Club has prolonged as much as it has been able to use the mechanisms of electronic participation of members in the entity's major decisions, it is not even realistic to articulate a motion of censure with legal effects to denounce the unjustifiable government action that we are suffering.
And this is serious, because in the coming months we will have to make very important decisions that will define the future of the Institution. And it must be ensured that these decisions are made in a context of stability and with a very solid project that supports them - requirements that are not present now. The reformed Board of Directors, which was born without authority and credibility, cannot hide behind the pandemic and make decisions that can mortgage the Club's future.
For all these reasons, we demand that the Board of Directors:
1. Explain in a totally transparent way the economic situation and the total debt of the Club and to what extent this debt limits the short-term action plan.
2. Delay making all those structural decisions that are not essential , since we do not know for sure what the impact of the coronavirus will be on the life and economy of the Club. It is vital to postpone the decision on Espai Barça until the new Board of Directors is elected.
3. Offer the maximum prudence and transparency when carrying out operations (investments and sales) with players.
Yes al futur is committed to exercising strict and permanent control of compliance with these requirements.
Club management needs a transformation in the law firms that is as brave, creative, innovative and successful as the one Johan Cruyff did on the pitch. And this transformation is possible, because the power of Barça is enormous. But, to achieve it, we need to bring together the best talent available among Barcelona fans and the direct involvement of the athletes who have starred in the best Barça in history. Sí al futur offers an honest project, open to the participation of partners and committed to society and the country. A project that gives us back the confidence of knowing we are well represented by the Entity's government and makes us feel satisfaction for the game, happiness for the victories and pride in belonging to the best club in the world.
Under normal conditions, the gravity of the events would have caused Sí al futur to ask for resignations and the immediate call for early elections. It would be irresponsible not to. But with the country confined and without knowing when we will return to normal life, it is practically impossible to collect signatures, present candidates, campaign and open the polls this summer. And since, in addition, the Club has prolonged as much as it has been able to use the mechanisms of electronic participation of members in the entity's major decisions, it is not even realistic to articulate a motion of censure with legal effects to denounce the unjustifiable government action that we are suffering.
And this is serious, because in the coming months we will have to make very important decisions that will define the future of the Institution. And it must be ensured that these decisions are made in a context of stability and with a very solid project that supports them - requirements that are not present now. The reformed Board of Directors, which was born without authority and credibility, cannot hide behind the pandemic and make decisions that can mortgage the Club's future.
For all these reasons, we demand that the Board of Directors:
1. Explain in a totally transparent way the economic situation and the total debt of the Club and to what extent this debt limits the short-term action plan.
2. Delay making all those structural decisions that are not essential , since we do not know for sure what the impact of the coronavirus will be on the life and economy of the Club. It is vital to postpone the decision on Espai Barça until the new Board of Directors is elected.
3. Offer the maximum prudence and transparency when carrying out operations (investments and sales) with players.
Yes al futur is committed to exercising strict and permanent control of compliance with these requirements.
Club management needs a transformation in the law firms that is as brave, creative, innovative and successful as the one Johan Cruyff did on the pitch. And this transformation is possible, because the power of Barça is enormous. But, to achieve it, we need to bring together the best talent available among Barcelona fans and the direct involvement of the athletes who have starred in the best Barça in history. Sí al futur offers an honest project, open to the participation of partners and committed to society and the country. A project that gives us back the confidence of knowing we are well represented by the Entity's government and makes us feel satisfaction for the game, happiness for the victories and pride in belonging to the best club in the world.
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