Eduard Romeu replaces Giró on the Laporta board, according to 'ARA'

Eduard Romeu, vice president of Audax, a company dedicated to renewable energies based in Barcelona, ​​will be the economic vice president of Joan Laporta's board of directors after the unexpected resignation of Jaume Giró, according to the newspaper 'ARA'.

Before Giró's step back, according to 'ARA', the winning candidacy of last Sunday's elections had already tested other Barça partners to accumulate more assets to meet the guarantee of 124.6 million euros.

The endorsement was precisely signed this Sunday and on Monday it will be sent to the Professional Football League (LFP). Thus, the forecast is that the inauguration will take place on Wednesday at the Auditori 1899.

Everything indicates that the first vice president will be Rafael Yuste, who will be in charge of the sports area, a fact that some sources of the candidacy point out that it is related to the resignation of Giró, who was informed that he would be the second vice president.

Although in the statement that the candidacy sent to the media on Saturday night, he assured that the cause is “professional reasons that will force him to spend many days a month in London, a fact that makes full dedication to the positions of vice president unfeasible. Of the entity”.

If Romeu is confirmed as economic vice president, he will become one of the main responsible for turning around the difficult economic situation that the Barça club is going through, which currently accumulates a debt that amounts to 1,173 million euros, of which 730 they are short term.