Ramon Planes has decided not to continue at Barcelona. The current technical secretary, according to ‘Mundo Deportivo’ and AS has confirmed, has decided to leave the club for professional reasons, as he wants to seek new challenges. It seems that the landing of Xavi Hernández at the Blaugrana club would have precipitated the events. In fact, from the club the doors have been opened to Planes so that it can march in the most orderly way and without making noise.
Planes, which ended its contract on June 30, 2022, arrived in 2018, during the tenure of Josep Maria Bartomeu, to act as Eric Abidal’s assistant, with Pep Segura as general manager. With his departure, one of the saddest and darkest stages in the sports area comes to an end, with an evident regression in the game system and at the level of the squads.
In any case, Planes has also had obvious successes during his time as technical secretary, since he is awarded the signings of Pedri and Araújo. Both Joan Laporta and Rafa Yuste had always offered him absolute support, but it seems that in the last hours Planes has felt like his functions were altered before the consent of his head, Mateu Alemany. This situation has forced him to make a decision, which is none other than leaving the club and looking for new professional challenges outside of Barça.