Mateu Alemany (24-2-1963), one of the most prestigious executives in Spanish football, will be the Barça football director in the second era Laporta. Although it was an open secret, since he had been seen in the presentation of the sports project during the campaign and lived the electoral journey at 'box' of the new president, Laporta did not make it official until yesterday. He further confirmed that Alemany will have command in square at Barça. And it will be more than an institutional representative of the team in LaLiga, FEF, UEFA or FIFA. (“At Barça we have always had an executive who prepares the ground for when the president will represent the club”). As well decide on planning: “He will support the technical secretariat because Mateu is a senior soccer executive and I would like him to be linked. I highly value your knowledge, he is a person who is very up-to-date with how football is doing. “His link with the Barça club will be confirmed in the coming days.
Mateu Alemany has a long trajectory in the world of football, and he won the affection of Laporta since in the summer of 2004 he intervened decisively in the signing of Samuel Etoo. What president of Mallorca he gained prestige and was sometimes linked to a future LaLiga presidency. He also led a unsuccessful candidacy in the FEF and, after a few years in the shade, returned glory to Valencia from his position as general director of the club che. His March, announced in November 2019, it left a void among the social mass of a club that is still in crisis. Mateu returns to the foreground of football with two main duties: fix a Barça's posture on the Superliga European and continue the rebuilding equipment.
The unknowns of the organization chart open just below the position of Mateu Alemany. For now Ramon Planes follow as technical secretary. Laporta wants to have a conversation with Planes, which has collaborated very actively in signings like Araújo or Pedri that have been uncovered this season. The president also wants to have the Koeman's opinion, who has worked side by side with Planes in rebuilding the workforce this year. Jordi Cruyff remains unknown. Laporta revealed yesterday that he has a year and a half more contract in the Shenzen and the Jordi himself denied that his landing in Barcelona was imminent. “I have not had any contact with Barça … for now,” he said.