In June 2008, former Barcelona sports vice-president Sandro Rosell announced at a press conference that he would take part in the next presidential elections. Last month, he confirmed in an interview with Catalan radio station Ràdio Barcelona that nothing had changed since that announcement.Despite the fact that Rosell reportedly decided not to start campaigning before the end of this year (and maybe not even before the elections are called), he would be close to finishing his program. Several media have in the past weeks reported on his project. This blog will give an overview of what has been published so far.
Several names have already been put forward as possible board members. On Tuesday 6 October, Catalan television channel TV3 revealed ten names of people (Rosell included) who would be part of the next Barcelona board of directors if Sandro Rosell would be chosen as president.
Asked about the story, one of the people mentioned, Carles Vilarrubí, confirmed in an interview with Catalan radio station RAC 1 that this list was correct: "It's true that I am part of the project of Sandro Rosell. And the names that have been put forward are the correct ones."
Former board members who left the club in 2005, at or around the same time as Rosell:
- Josep Maria Bartomeu, would become sports vice-president.
- Jordi Moix, would become the director responsible for the assets administration.
- Xavier Faus, would become economic vice-president.
- Jordi Monés, would become the director responsible for the medical services.
New board members:
- Ramón Pont, chairman of the Borges Group, producers of, among other things, several varieties of olive oil.
- Jordi Cardoner Casaus, the grandson of the popular former Barcelona vice-president (for over 20 years) Nicolau Casaus. Cardoner, who last month confirmed he is part of Rosell's project during an interview with Catalan radio station Catalunya Ràdio, was reportedly wanted by several presidential candidates. He would become the director responsible for the social area, possibly as vice-president.
- Manel Arroyo, managing director of Dorna Sports, an international sports management and marketing company, that is among other things the exclusive holder of all commercial and television rights of the MotoGP World Championship since 1992.
- Carles Vilarrubí, financial entrepreneur involved in telecom, media, hotels and investment banking, vice-chairman of the Rothschild Bank Spain and president of the Jumping Owner's Club of the FEI, the international governing body of equestrian sports.
- Javier Bordas, hospitality and entertainment enterpreneur, chief executive of the Costa Este Group, among other things owner of the Sotavento Beach Club and the Opium Mar night club in Barcelona.
this is the third part of a four-parts series. the next and last part will cover the people who are rumoured to possibly also be part of rosell's board. you can read the whole series here.
Read the previous parts of this series:
The Rosell Project - Part 1: The Club
The Rosell Project - Part 2: The Team
Josep Maria Bartomeu
Jordi Moix
Xavier Faus
Jordi Monés
Ramón Pont
Jordi Cardoner Casaus, with his grandfather Nicolau Casaus(copyright picture: jordi cardoner casaus)
Manel Arroyo
Carles Vilarrubí
Javier Bordassources for this series:
el mundo deportivo, sport, el 9 esportiu, as, gol, pelikano, britcorner, intereconomía tv, tv3, rac 1, ràdio barcelona, radio marca, catalunya ràdio and own research
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Do they all have to be rich "privilegiados"
ReplyDeleteRP:
ReplyDeleteSince a new board will have to put down a considerable bank guarantee (we'll have a post on that later), you need to have at least a few people with very deep pockets.
I have two problems with Rosell:
ReplyDelete1. He will probably stop the Foster project.
2. He doesn't like Cruyff. (I believe Cruyff has some sort of influence on our club. If Rosell will be elected then this will change.)
Apart from these things his project looks promising.
chris809:
ReplyDelete1. He most probably will, mainly because he would consider the project to be too expensive, and certainly in this time of crisis. The fact that it's not his project could of course also play a role...
2. Rosell would plan to offer Cruijff some kind of ceremonial function (like Alfredo Di Stefano at Real Madrid). Which Cruijff of course won't accept, so it might be a smooth attempt to get him out of the way...
Yo diría trabajadores
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