Font denounces pressure on Xavi

Víctor Font, who experienced the comeback against Sevilla in the box, “we needed such a night; we skip the protocol a bit“, he publicly denounced in‘ Catalunya Ràdio ’the pressure that prominent members of his sports project are receiving to distance themselves from his candidacy:“ I know that they have called Xavi to try to get him to uncheck my candidacy. Albert Benaiges (responsible for grassroots football together with Joan Vilà if Font wins) received two days before the presentation of Laporta a call from a member of Laporta's candidacy, telling him that if he did not come he would not work at Barça if Laporta won. “

The candidate also regretted that the rest of the candidacies try to discredit him with the names of Xavi and Jordi Cruyff: “They put themselves in profile for me, but not for Laporta, as they want to understand. It is curious. We never said they were exclusive to us. Freixa says that Xavi will train the subsidiary and Laporta that he has no experience. He will lead our sports project with us for the next ten years. The candidates try to discredit us with Xavi saying that he has denied us when it is a lie. “

He took the opportunity to downplay the statements of Jordi Cruyff, who has also been clearly associated with Laporta, “Jordi Cruyff will be our sports director. The personal or equidistance issues are secondary, we put the interests of Barcelona first “, also lamenting the forms of the other candidacies:” In the campaigns I see that people are capable of saying half truths or straight lies“.

Font explained why Laporta's model is the antithesis of his: “I am very different from Laporta. He better than anyone represents the presidential alpha male model who decides everything. It is a model from the eighties of the last century. On ‘rauxa’ issues, Laporta is the fucking master. But setting up a candidacy in two or three months without a plan, asking the partners for a leap of faith, that they trust him without explaining how he is going to do it is not the best way. Charisma? Well, I don't see a Laporta from 2003 in the debates. I see it more mature, but also more improvised in everything “.

He insisted that Barça is in an unprecedented institutional crisis: “The Barça has touched bottom with the Barçagate. The culés are fed up with all this. That is why we insist that it is necessary to turn the page and build a new fire. They have been doing very strange things for many years, even investigating managers or now paying to attack players or Barcelona fans “.

Regarding Messi's continuity, he stressed that Xavi has more credibility and resources to convince him than Laporta: “To Messi we will seduce you with a sports project. Messi is a professional and he will decide according to the credibility of the project and not because of his friendship with someone. Xavi is a leader with a left hand, but being a strong leadership. Xavi has to be the new Pep Guardiola“.