• Ronald Koeman: A Difficult Balance

Josep Maria Bartomeu

has been living hell at Barça for a month.

It all started with the humiliating 2-8 against Bayern and then spread with

Leo Messi's

attempt

to leave the club and the difficulties in placing the discards of

Ronald Koeman

.

The conflict has reached the limit with the presentation of more than 20,000 signatures to bring a vote of no confidence to the polls and the denunciation of

Quique Setién

.

The president, despite everything, is reluctant to step aside and resign, no matter how much he already put that option on the table to ensure that the Argentine did not reluctantly stay in the entity.

The setbacks in this volcanic start to the season are exhausting for a club that does not get a day of tranquility.

Player discards

The traumatic elimination against Bayern showed that the team needs a deep remodeling.

For this reason, the board of directors chose to sign a strong-character coach, Ronald Koeman, knowing that his pulse would not shake when ruling out heavyweights.

And it did not disappoint.

He placed in his sights two Messi's proteges:

Arturo Vidal

and

Luis Suárez

.

But, for now, the club has been unable to close its outings.

In the case of the Chilean, the issue is especially bloody.

His departure to Inter came to be taken for granted to such an extent that he even said goodbye to his teammates on Monday.

But there it is.

The Uruguayan, meanwhile, after passing the Italian exam necessary to avoid occupying a non-EU position in Serie A, continues to find his destination.

The option of Juventus, now, seems to have cooled down in favor, precisely, of the

Neroazzurro team

, but there are still no movements and the coach, although he has left him out of the list in his first two friendlies, has already indicated that, if he remains, is willing to count on him.

Without money in the box, the possibility of signings seems, at the moment, a utopia.

Messi's anger

His attempt to unilaterally leave the club was the spark that lit the fuse of what can end with the first president in the history of Barça repudiated by the polls.

Bartomeu remained firm in the pulse that the Argentine raised him.

And, in the end, he got away with it.

Half.

Messi had no choice but to park his idea of ​​leaving with the freedom letter under his arm, an option contemplated in his contract if it was communicated within a certain period, but he did not hesitate to shoot with a bullet against the top leader.

He accused him of being a liar and blamed the board for the absence of a clear sports project.

Something that, in the end, made him feel uncomfortable in a club for which he had always proclaimed his love.

Many partners and supporters see a quick replacement at the top of the entity as a solution.

Many bet on

Carles Puyol

, be it a Barça One Club Man.

Vote of no confidence

Messi's coup has undoubtedly been tremendously decisive so that the vote of no confidence promoted by the

Més que una moció

platform

is ever closer to reaching the polls.

For now, in 15 business days, counting Saturdays, they were able to collect 20,687 signatures from members, as reported by the club after a first screening.

Now, a table must be set up, made up of two of the signatories of the vote request, two members of the board and a representative of the Catalan Federation, and proceed to validate it within a period of no more than 20 days.

If this phase is passed, the club also has a maximum period of 20 working days for the vote to take place, in which a 10% participation and a two-thirds majority of the total participants is necessary to cause the exit de Bartomeu and his board.

In that case, the elections, at the latest, would be at the end of January.

As long as there is no prior resignation en bloc.

«I don't think Bartomeu will resign, but I would like to.

It is necessary.

Not now, for fear of the shame of being cast in a vote, but it should have been a long time ago »,

Marc Duch

, one of the

Més

spokespersons,

stressed yesterday

, at a press conference taking stock of his initial phase.

"With regard to the partner, after the response he has given us, we are clear that we will not lose this vote," added

Ricard Faura

.

Coach fired

On the same day of the presentation of the signatures of the vote of no confidence, Quique Setién broke his silence to point out that the club, despite the fact that his time at the head of the Barça first team ended on August 17, did not officially notify him his dismissal until last Wednesday.

And he did it by burofax, the same method used by Messi to request his departure from Barcelona, ​​and without the corresponding settlement of his contract.

His assistants, meanwhile, received the communication that they would be relocated to the entity.

Given this fact, the Cantabrian announced that legal actions have been taken to defend his contractual rights.

Something that, for now, could cause Koeman not initially to have the necessary federation card to sit on the bench in an official match, which will arrive next week, with the debut in the League against Villarreal.

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