Font: “Messi will not be convinced by a president who likes him, but by a project with leadership”

Víctor Font wanted to make it very clear, in an interview on the program ‘Tot Gira’ of Catalunya Ràdio, that of the three candidates for the presidency the one who has the most arguments to convince Leo Messi is his candidacy: “Messi has said that he wants to continue at Barcelona, ​​despite this summer's burofax. But to continue at Barcelona he wants a competitive project. Messi will not be convinced by a president because he likes him better or worse, but a sports project with leadership and ours with Xavi Hernández at the helm is the best “.

Font insisted that his sports project has the absolute endorsement of the now Al Sadd coach and that he is tired of people who question him: “Xavi Hernández has already said that he supports my project. He said it a year ago and is on the website of our candidacy. I am tired of fake news and the misrepresentation of the opposites about the realities and the facts, trying to confuse people with very bad intention. I have been disappointed by the lies and the cynicism of some “.

He regretted that the other two candidates do not have Xavi in ​​their candidacies: “Laporta and Freixa have already said that Xavi will not come in the short term. Bartomeu has already tried it twice. There is no one like Xavi, in knowledge and leadership capacity”.

He described as “anecdote” his misunderstanding through social networks with Gerard Piqué: “I was a bit surprised by Piqué's response. There was no bad intention. I have a good relationship with him.”

The candidate acknowledged that he still did not understand why Eric García has not signed this winter: “Unfortunately Eric García has not come because of interests. I am convinced that if there is no interim position and there is a president, he would already be a Barcelona player. I wanted to help Barcelona to be more competitive. If Freixa said that he wanted to give money to City it's because he wants to discredit “.

Font explained once again that his project is the best of all: “We cannot vote blindly. The partners have to know the names of who will occupy all the positions as of March 8. If they give me 90 minutes at the Camp Nou with the partners, we will surely win these elections. My big mistake for now it has been not being able to explain the relevance of my project to the partners “.