Xavi Vilajoana picked up the glove thrown by Leo Messi about your desire to finish his sports career in the United States MLS to raise the possibility of opening the doors wide for him on his American adventure, but with the novelty of do it hand in hand with FC Barcelona, where he would look for a franchise that would lead the Argentine forward, where Leo would be a priority partner as well as a footballer. He would also be offered the possibility of having Luis Suárez and other colleagues accompany him in order to make the project more attractive. In principle, the franchise would be considered as of summer 2023. The approximate cost of purchasing the franchise is estimated to be about one hundred million euros and the preference would be in Miami, with a great presence of Latin American fans.
“We have not spoken with Messi, but we are sure that we can convince him to continue with us, although the first step would be for him to be convinced to continue”, Vilajoana recalled.
Likewise, the candidacy of Vilajoana He explained his heritage project and Espai Barça through the architect Carlos López de la Vieja. To begin with, he dismissed the possibility of building the Camp Nou in phases and also the possibility of demolishing it as proposed by other candidates, “it is impossible to tear down the Camp Nou because it is a patrimonial asset and it should be declared in ruins; in addition, making a stadium starting from scratch would only allow a maximum capacity of 72,000 people by law ”. The proposal of this candidacy is to build the stadium in one go, with a duration of two years, “We would save 30% of costs”. The commitment would be to have a new Camp Nou in the 2023/24 season. “First, we would have to play at the Johan Cruyff until the pandemic opens the stadiums and then at the Montjuïc Stadium, with the inclusion of an additional 12,000-seat grandstand to reach 72,000,” explained De la Vieja, who announced that the License to start the works is expected for May to June 2021.
In the economic aspect the presentation was made by the economist Carlos Velayos, who very skeptical of the proposals of other candidates, in this case, Joan Laporta, from the bond issue. “If we want the club to continue to belong to the members, we have to be very careful with this type of initiative because every bond issue has subsequent interest that must be returned and we all know how this ends.” Likewise, he promised to reduce the current debt by around 400 million when the first year of his mandate ends, at a rate of one hundred million euros per year.