Screenshot of the Barcelona website.
China News Service, March 8th. In the early morning of the 8th Beijing time, the election results of the new chairman of the La Liga giants Barcelona Football Club were announced, and Juan Laporta was elected with a huge advantage.
Among all the candidates, Laporta is the only candidate who has served as the chairman of Barcelona.
After leaving office for 11 years, he will return again.
Barcelona’s official website wrote: “Because of his personal charm and experience, he stands out from all the candidates.”
Prior to serving as Barcelona’s chairman from 2003 to 2010, Laporta hired Rijkaard and introduced Ronaldinho, which became the key to the rise of the second team of the Barcelona Dream.
During his tenure, Barcelona has achieved a renaissance in the league and the Champions League.
The team won the second Champions League trophy in team history in 2006, and won six titles in 2009, creating a brilliance belonging to Barcelona.
This time when he takes office, Laporta is also facing considerable challenges. He has to improve the poor financial situation that has been hit by the epidemic, solve Messi’s future, and change the team’s unsatisfactory performance in the past two seasons. .
However, after being elected, Laporta's bold rhetoric seemed to indicate that he was ready.
In the first round of the Champions League round of 16, Barcelona defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1:4 at home. The second round will be held this Wednesday.
For this game, he shouted: “Let’s go to Paris and see if we can reverse it.” In addition, Laporta also said to call Messi’s father. He said: “The best player in the world. (Messi) brought his son to vote today. This is proof that Messi loves Barcelona. With the best players, we are a big family. The Barcelona family will overcome all the difficulties we face today. We hope that Bring joy and happiness back to this club." (End)