The candidate, Víctor Font, took advantage of the presentation of his economic project, where he presented a certainly worrying situation in a very graphic way, “We are a train going 200 kilometers per hour straight to a wall; we are in the ICU”, to leave open the door of a possible postponement of the elections in the event that the member cannot be guaranteed his right to vote due to the restrictions due to the pandemic: “It is true that the situation is very complex and extraordinary. What worries us the most is that all partners can exercise their right to vote. We cannot accept that the new president is not elected by a large representation of the social mass. That is the only thing we have to ensure. “
Font insisted on the need to implement electronic voting to facilitate the participation of the social mass: “From day one we asked that electronic voting be implemented so that everyone could vote. But unfortunately it is not legally possible. What is not acceptable is that the next elections do not have a high representation. The earlier the elections, the better. But we play too much. For this reason, we ask again to re-implement electronic voting and if it takes two or three weeks, then let's do it. “
He was convinced to pass the signature cut to be a candidate, “I have not counted them, but we hope to pass it,” ensuring that due to the demographic data that his candidacy has “only Laporta and we will have the necessary signatures.
Regarding the possible incorporations to the first team, he dropped a name, viable both sportingly and economically: “Any change in the workforce must be made without financial impact. The clearest case is that of Eric García. Very little investment that does not deepen the problems we have in the short term. “
The works to complete the Espai Barça will take place for about 40 months – the expected completion period for the work would be the third quarter of 2025-. He anticipated that at the end of 2021 a referendum would be held for the partner to approve the project. He totally ruled out demolishing the Camp Nou, “it is not possible; it is an example of when you go out to make proposals without having done your homework“; he also ruled out playing in another stadium while the works are being carried out,” it is implantable because we need ticketing income at all levels “and prioritized the construction of a new Palau in the works,” it is literally falling apart. “
Font presented the directors of his candidacy who will supervise the economic area in the case of being elected president on January 24: Xavier Carbonell, Iñaki Ecenarro, Lluís de Val, José Manuel Villanueva, Oscar Pierre, Manel Sarasa and Joaquim Uriach. All of them come from highly specialized areas and specific sectors in audiovisual content, e-commerce, merchandising and gaming.
He also announced the signing of a CEO who will replace the current Oscar Grau. He did not give the name, but he announced that “he is a first-rate person who is currently working in the United States, he is a Catalan and a Barcelona player.”
The shock plan announced by the candidate would have as a first step an external audit, “which is essential to know the state of the club” and then “a business plan” to show that “we can be competitive.” He also explained that short-term debts will have to be refinanced and forget about big signings for next season, “the club will have at least one hundred million losses this year.”