Eric García case: Tusquets accuses Laporta of threatening him

There is still more than a month until elections from FC Barcelona and it seems that they are going to warm up little by little. This Wednesday, it was known, through Catalunya Ràdio, of a very hard letter sent by the Chairman of the Management Company, Carles Tusquets, to candidate Joan Laporta, for his continuous pressure, especially when it comes to prevent that the Manager carries out the signing of Manchester City center-back Eric García.

“I beg you refrain from threatening this Management Commission in the search for decisions that you consider to be convenient for you under the guise of being necessary for the club ”, the letter Tusquets begins. The president of the Manager responds to another letter, sent on January 22 by Laporta, in which the candidate urged him to adhere strictly to the administrative and ordinary functions of the club, “I want to remind you that a negligent, obstructionist and malicious attitude, being president of the Manager, we would make you directly responsible for the financial situation of the club.”

This open controversy revolves around the convenience of signing or not Eric García in the winter market. Tusquets, Koeman and Font are openly supporters, while Freixa remains neutral and Laporta flatly refuses.

However, the Chairman of the Management Company did not like the threatening tone of the letter sent by Laporta and has made it known to him with a response as clear as it is forceful: “If we finally do not sign the contract It will not be because of their unfair and inconsiderate threats, but rather as a show of responsibility and elegance, allowing the elected president to make the relevant decision (…) who subscribes to this (Tusquets) considers that, thinking strictly in football terms, the most successful thing would have been to sign this player ”.

Tusquets ends his epistle by sending a harsh message to Laporta: “He would have to put the interests of FC Barcelona before his electoral interests ”.