While

Josep Maria Bartomeu was

still with his faithful squire,

Jaume Masferrer

, in the premises of the Ciutat de la Justícia before the judge who instructs

Barçagate

, the three applicants to succeed him in the Barcelona armchair were arguing in the candidate debate organized by the Godó Group and moderated by the journalist

Jordi Basté

.

Four months after the resignation of Bartomeu and his family, and after an unbearable electoral period, both due to the elapsed time and the reiteration of the arguments, nothing seems to change in terms of expectations for the elections next Sunday.

Joan Laporta

defends his favoritism with conviction.

You rarely need to get into the rag.

Víctor Font

, still perched on the back of the absent

Xavi Hernández

, in addition to waving the papers of his project, tries to raise the tone.

Although aggressiveness does not hit him too much.

While

Toni Freixa

, whom his two opponents try to make the void, continues in that

neonuñista

line

for which a good part of Barça's problems, of course, have an external black hand as their origin.

Freixa, precisely, was the most explicit when he was questioned about the latest arrests of Bartomeu and his executive leadership.

Not only was he left with the presumption of innocence of those arrested, but he also wondered why the police action, "a

performance

", occurred "precisely in the week of the elections."

"Surely there is a purpose. With Sandro Rosell another

performance

was also carried out

to imprison him. And the environment and public opinion believed what he was not too. We are in the same way. The three presidents that we have had who have been independent have passed By this situation".

"Independent" Presidents

By "independents" Freixa should refer, in addition to Bartomeu, to

Josep Lluís Núñez

, imprisoned in his day for bribing Haciencia inspectors, or to

Sandro Rosell

, accused of laundering commissions for the audiovisual rights of 24 matches of the Brazilian soccer team , and acquitted after spending 643 days in preventive detention.

Rosell and Bartomeu still appear in the second folder of the Neymar case as investigated, a case still pending trial.

Laporta did not want to know anything about conspiracies.

He asked for "maximum respect for judicial and police actions", but also warned: "If there are responsibilities, they must be purified. But this has nothing to do with the club model, but with the ethics of the people."

A moment that Font took advantage of to attack his main rival with virulence: "At the time of Laporta, money was already used to investigate members of the board of directors and opponents. These things have happened for many years. That is why we have to turn the page. Members' money has been used to smear me. "

The "friendly fire"

Freixa was able to join the pack for a while, blaming the members of the club itself for helping the supposed foreign enemy: "Many of the things that happen in this club are due to friendly fire. In his day he was already a member of Barça at the National Court to file a complaint that opened the Neymar case. There are interests that seek to wear us out. "

Discussions give candidates an opportunity to tinker with phrases that they themselves know will have a deterrent effect.

Few things differentiate the politics of football.

So while Font tried, once again, to resort to his wise government program, Laporta took out the fly swatter: "When Víctor Font was with Power Point and organization charts, we were winning Champions. And in the 21st century, in this one, we were not I know if this is also the case in Dubai, Barça won four. Two under my presidency, and the third under my model. "

What Font and Freixa may not have expected is that Laporta could be so categorical about the future of

Leo Messi

, whom the three candidates intend to retain in exchange for a pay cut.

"I have a very good relationship with him. I am convinced that my offer will please him. But I am also convinced that if either of the other two candidates wins, Messi will not stay."

"Jan, I don't know what you're talking about," Freixa reproached him, who also boasted of having an "excellent" relationship with the Argentine's family.

Although Laporta made him ugly again: "Messi was not very happy with your performance as a manager. In his day some comments were leaked to the media in which it was implied that for that board [with Sandro Rosell at the helm] Messi was expendable. "

Victor Font chose to maintain that what he will present to Rosario will be a "life contract."

And he returned to cling to that figure who waits in silence from Qatar: "With the credibility that Xavi has for Messi, imagine the possibilities for the future.

Next Friday, and after more than 20,000 members have already exercised their right to vote by mail, the three aspirants to the throne of Barcelona will meet for the last time on TV3.

And it doesn't look like there are many more cards left to show.

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