Lluís Fernández Alà, the businessman and former politician from Sant Cugat del Vallès who confirmed in May that he would run for the next Barça elections, He has announced in a statement that he is betting on Francisco Javier García Pimienta as coach if he manages to win the elections. In addition, Fernández Alà has also published the motto of his candidacy: 'Passió, seny i planter' (Passion, sanity and quarry).
His candidacy will have three main axes: “moving away from the idea of turning the club into a limited company, promoting the youth team and moving away from dubious signings, and doing all this with a team with a long history of business and sports knowledge”. The head of Up Catalonia, an entrepreneurship and consulting company, explained that “they have been working in silence for a long time and so they want to continue doing so. Lastly, the candidacy has created a website (www.lluisfernandezala.cat) that contains a digital newspaper with news from the Barça environment and its accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.