Joan Laporta gathered the Friday with Jorge Mendes

The newspaper "Marks" desvela that Joan Laporta kept the past Wednesday a meeting with the agent Jorge Mendes, the one who put him to the day on the market of signings. This movement seems to anticipate that the ex president of the Barcelona is posing seriously his return

The past Wednesday, day 12, took place a meeting between the ex president of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, and the agent of footballers Jorge Mendes. An information published by the daily "Mark" ensures that both quoted in a restaurant of Madrid with the aim to review the current state of the market of signings. This movement seems to anticipate that Laporta poses seriously present like presidential candidate of the Barça in the next elections, foreseen initially for 2016.

The one who went president of the Barça between 2003 and 2010 ensured the past week in an interview in the program "Efectivament", of the channel Esport3, that each day that happens is more motivated to present to the elections of 2016. "No it descarto but the heat and the support received does that each day that happens was more motivated to go back and do a project that give back to the Barça to his place. I do not am obsessed and it is not my priority, but each day that happens am more motivated". Besides, this same day advanced that sometime it would have to begin to do clear movements in a direction or another. "It will arrive a moment in that I will have to take a decision".

According to the newspaper "Marks", Joan Laporta would have begun to move in front of the possibility of an advance of the elections. After four years moved away of the world of the football, the ex Barcelona president wishes to be to the day of the situation of the market of signings and for this contacted with the Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes, with the one who negotiated the possible signing of José Mourinho like trainer of the just Barcelona before deciding by Pep Guardiola.

It is favourite in all the surveys

Agustí Benedito, the second more voted candidate in the last elections, ensured does some days that according to a survey commissioned by him same to the company Amber, 76% of the partners do not feel represented by the current directive of the Barça and would want elections next summer. But the numbers presented by Benedito were further. According to this survey the candidature continuista, embodied by Bartomeu but that in 2010 led Sandro Rosell, would happen of 60% of supports to less than 20% in the actuality.

The survey signals besides that the candidate preferred by the partners to these heights would be Joan Laporta, with 33,8% of supports, followed of the own Benedito, with 23,9%. Bartomeu, the current president, would remain with 17,9% while the rest of respondents avoided to pronounce on a concrete name.

But the next elections to the presidency of the club are not foreseen until the summer of 2016, and this does that the ex Laporta, although every time it has more temptations, still have not decided if it will present : "I Am to the expectation of the events. Now it is too prompt to decide at all. At the beginning of 2016 I will decide it", it said in an interview to Catalonia Ràdio does some days.

Laporta Also spoke of an eventual return of Pep Guardiola to the Barça, denied recently by the same protagonist. "I see to Pep Guardiola like president of the FC Barcelona in a future, but these are decisions that has to take he".