Thebes denies Freixa

This Thursday, Toni Freixa, who finished third in the Barça presidential elections, surprised on Twitter when he revealed that Javier Tebas threatened to lower the Barça club to Secondif they proclaimed a president without having deposited the endorsement. “I learned that there is an opinion to the club that establishes that in Catalonia, by application of the club regulations, there is no obligation to endorse for not configuring the responsibility of managers as objective. I then had a second meeting with LaLiga, already in the pre-campaign, in which I informed its general secretary, Carlos del Campo, of this circumstance, when in Madrid you tell them that we have our own regulations, they don't like it, but that's the way it is. LaLiga's response, specifically from Javier Tebas, to Carles Tusquets was immediate: “If you allow the new president to take office without having deposited the endorsement, I will lower Barça to the Second Division.” This is what Carles Tusquets explained to the three candidates, “Freixa wrote.

A statement that LaLiga president denied to this newspaper. Later, he issued the following statement:

“Given the statements made public today by Toni Freixa, LaLiga wants to state that at no time did Javier Tebas have contact with Carles Tusquets during the electoral period. That The only contact made by LaLiga was with the legal services of FC Barcelona, ​​who requested a legal report that was delivered to them, in which the demotion to which Freixa alluded was not mentioned.

Finally, LaLiga wants to remember that, in the event that the newly elected president of a club does not present an endorsement, legally it is only possible the repetition of elections and never the demotion “.