Waiting for Laporta

Once Carles Tusquets as president of the Barcelona manager has decided to announce unofficially that the elections to the club's presidency will be on January 24 the electoral panorama in the Blaugrana environment begins a decisive period. The actors introduce themselves, the plot of the play is outlined, but the final theatrical coup is missing. So far, six Barcelona members have expressed their desire to run for the club's presidency. One who seemed confident has resigned and four remain to be pronounced in the coming days. Fifteen pieces of an exciting board awaiting the appearance on stage of Joan Laporta. To this day he is still silent, but he starts as a clear favorite in the polls. This week it is expected to make its staging. From there, the electoral landscape will absolutely change.

Let's go by parts and start with the candidates who have confirmed their participation in the elections. Are six. Among them, Víctor Font is the one who has been working the longest on a project that wants to escape easy electoralism by emphasizing the signings of leaders over that of the players. Font, a successful businessman who has moved his headquarters from Dubai to his native Granollers, measures his steps for years under the Yes to the Future platform. It has the approval of Xavi Hernández, Carles Puyol, Jordi Cruyff among others, but not exclusively. He has also announced Toni Nadal in his team and Dr. Ricard Cugat in an attempt to prioritize the project over names.

Font has been working on his idea for years, but it is not very popular with the partners. A factor that is not known if it is good or bad. Because another of those who has confirmed his participation in the electoral race is Toni Freixa. Better known and that has taken the torch of a certain continuity that has left orphaned Jordi Roche, former president of Girona and the Catalan Football Federation, who has finally decided not to attend the electoral race. The conservative plot is at stake between Freixa, Vilajoana (the only former manager who competes in the race, although he distances himself from the work of Bartomeu) and the appearance of Juan Rosell, former president of the Employers' Association as a man of order.

Beyond Font or de Farré, who has achieved the miracle of the censure motion, the electoral race will not begin until Laporta comes into play.

Joan Laporta has been silent for some time without trying to give clues in public about his project, aware that he is the only candidate who does not need a presentation to the partner. The former president has a series of unconditional who see in his figure the memory of the best years of the club's history, while his detractors, who are also there, are looking for a leader who can agglutinate the vote against him.

The time has come to jump into the arena and fight for a competitive space. It will almost certainly be next week with many new faces.