The Catalan club’s number one leader has faced growing dissatisfaction in recent weeks as the coronavirus epidemic has worsened financially significantly and the team’s performance has fallen short of expectations, which suffered from Bayern Munich’s 8-2 final in the August quarter-finals of the Champions League. culminated in defeat.
The president has also been criticized by many for his handling of six-time gold ball Lionel Messi’s intention to leave and for the team’s emblematic figure reaching this decision at all.
Bartomeu took over the club in 2014 and, as a result of the current troubles, a vote of no confidence awaited him next month.
Twenty thousand of the supporting members signed a petition urging his departure. Along with the chairman, the board also resigned.
(Source: Source: sportrajongo.hu, mti / Photo: pixabay)