Sandro Rosell has announced his irrevocable resignation like president of the Barça. In an appearance in front of the means in the Room Ricard Maxenchs of the Camp Nou, Rosell has valued positively the work done up to now, but has explained that plega eroded by the criticisms and not to prejudice to the rest of the board. Rosell has announced that Josep Maria Bartomeu, up to now first vice-president of the Club, will be the president to the end of the mandate, in June of 2016
In the press conference, Sandro Rosell has presented his irrevocable resignation. The president of the FC Barcelona has decided to resign of his charge mainly by the fact that the judge of the National High Court Pablo Ruz has admitted to formality the querella in his against by the signing of Neymar. This, however, is not the only appearance that has influenced in his decision.
Some supposed death threats directed against of his person and his family also have been able to have an important weight in his exit of the presidency. In the meantime, the club has the intention to ask that the judge Ruz inhibit of the case to be able to move the summary to a court of Barcelona.
Rosell arrived to the presidency of the entity on 1 July 2010 after winning the elections that celebrated on 13 June and in which it obtained 61,35% of the votes. Those comicios supposed a historical record of participation in the queries barcelonistas.
Bartomeu takes the relief like president of the Barça
Josep Maria Bartomeu will be from now the president of the FC Barcelona The before sportive vice-president will exhaust the mandate of the Board until the 2016 and will not summon elections to final of season. As they mark the statutes of the Barça, Josep Maria Bartomeu will occupy to the end of the mandate the charge of president.
Josep Maria Bartomeu is the person of confidence of the president of the FC Barcelona. This Thursday, accompanied of Javier Faus, has been gathered extensively with Sandro Rosell in his home address to value the current situation. Bartomeu is the first vice-president of the club since Sandro Rosell won the elections to the presidency in June of 2010.
Previously, Josep Maria Bartomeu already had occupied a place in the managerial board of Joan Laporta like manager of the section of basketball, from 2003 until 2005, but abandoned the club at the side of Sandro Rosell when this presented the resignation.
From his return to the Barça in 2010, Josep Maria Bartomeu has been the responsible maximum of the sportive plot of football of the club and, beside Andoni Zubizarreta, has represented to the directive in the different presentations of the new Barcelona signings. From now, it will have to represent to the FC Barcelona to the highest level.