Jaume Giró, a financial strongman in the candidacy of Joan Laporta who won the elections for the Barcelona presidency and who wanted to become the economic vice president, will not be a member of Barça’s board of directors after he resigned during In the meeting they held next Saturday, members of the candidacy brought forward an information from La Vanguardia newspaper, which was confirmed to ESPN Deportes by sources from the election’s winning team.
Giró’s departure did not surprise Laporta’s hard core, with whom he has maintained, ESPN Deportes discovered some discrepancies in recent days over the President-elect’s decision that it was Ferran Reverter, signed as Director General, who had the maximum responsibility in economic decisions, a circumstance that the financier did not like, dissatisfied with being at a secondary level when he was the one who led the whole economic facet during the election campaign.
Giró announced through the candidacy team late this Saturday his decision ‘not to be part of the board of directors led by Joan Laporta for professional reasons that will force him to stay in London for many days, which he does full on the job. from vice president of the entity is unfeasible “.
According to the same statement, Laporta “had known Giró’s decision for a few days and by mutual agreement they decided to communicate this Saturday in a meeting to the rest of the candidacy members. “
In a friendly tone, he realizes that the economist ‘President Laporta, with whom he has developed a good friendship since 2005, has full confidence in the term starting next week and will continue to cooperate and his support externally and without any kind of connection, contractual or economic with Barcelona “.
UNEXPECTED CRISIS
A key figure in the election campaign, Giró, who was deputy director of Caixabanc and the La Caixa Foundation, defended the bond issue as a highlight to restore Barcelona’s critical economic situation and, since the election victory last Sunday, has worked at the forefront of the
negotiations with two financial entities to obtain the EUR 125 million guarantee required for Laporta’s board of directors to access the position.
However, the underwriting will be signed next Sunday and presented to LaLiga on Monday morning. Once satisfied and handed over to the board of directors chaired by Carles Tusquets, the inauguration, which was initially scheduled for Tuesday, could be postponed until Wednesday, the last working day in the club’s bylaws, which is ten days to take possession of Election Day.
Giró was considered one of the strong people on the new board of directors, in the position of economic vice president, but expelled from the first vice president that Rafael Yuste (responsible for the sports field) will occupy, a scenario that Giró himself did not like, so dissatisfied with the division of positions, in which Elena Fort will also have a specific weight as head of the social realm, as in the sparse day-to-day direct intervention that Laporta understands must be in the hands of the executives.