Starting at eleven o'clock in the morning, Barcelona will experience a crucial meeting of its board of directors in which the roadmap, sports, economic and institutional of the entity must be set for next year. The panorama in all three areas is bleakr for the club chaired by Josep Maria Bartomeu, who is under pressure from all possible spheres to resign and call the elections as soon as possible.
It does not seem that the president is going to resign and those who know him are sure that he will resist, but that must leave the meeting with a specific election date to calm an environment that is on fire. At the moment, the president is considering three scenarios to call the partners to the polls: in November, in January when there is the Champions League break or in March, which is the most likely. According to the club's bylaws, the elections must be held between March 15 and June 15.
The interest in extending his management to the maximum does not respond only to rebuilding the sports project that collapsed on Friday in Lisbon, the current board needs to leave having approved the accounts for this exercise in an assembly of delegates.
Some accounts that today will present losses that from the current government team are estimated at at least 250 million euros compared to the budget approved last October due to the economic consequences of the coronavirus crisis.
It must be borne in mind that because of the coronavirus it has not been possible to hold the assembly that must give the green light to the new financing project of the Espai Barça, which is one of the bases of the Bartomeu project and which now wanted to be financed through a loan of 800 million agreed with Goldman Sachs, but which needs the approval of the partners to be signed.
Against this background, the opposition considers that this board is no longer qualified to make decisions and they are demanding elections now. Bartomeu, is before his decisive hour.
