Since Xavi Hernández decided not to get involved in the electoral campaign, considering himself “an asset of the club”, As he explained in an interview in the‘ Periódico de Catalunya ’, that many opinions and opinion-makers, interested or not, have speculated on the possibility that the sports project of Víctor Font, which is basically supported by Xavi's promise as the cornerstone, would have received a stab of death.
With the clear intention of refuting these rumors and stopping once and for all the speculations that doubt about the support of the Blaugrana myth for his project, Font decided to take a step forward, clearly emulating the strategy that Florentino Pérez used in the 2000 elections from Real Madrid to snatch the chair from Lorenzo Sanz. It must be remembered that the then candidate for the presidency of the Madrid club promised during the electoral campaign the signing of Portuguese Luis Figo if he won the elections. It was a risky bet, since he was the captain and absolute reference of the maximum rival, FC Barcelona. Seeing that his rivals took him as a joke and doubted his promise, Florentino promised to pay the annual subscription of all the partners in the event that the Portuguese striker did not finally sign for Real Madrid.
Well, Víctor Font has used the same strategy to dispel doubts about Xavi's absolute loyalty to his sports project. The candidate took advantage of his presence tonight on the satirical program ‘La Sotana’ to launch a strong electoral promise: “Xavi Hernández will come to Barcelona if I win the elections. If he does not come, I promise to pay out of my pocket the one-year subscription of all the members.“.