The Pundit: Lluis Simon on board of 2003

« With the pre-election marathon still going on I've remembered the first phrase that I heard Joaquim Maria Puyal [catalan journalist] say when asked in 2003 what he thought of Laporta and the new board that had just been elected, with the shiny Sandro Rosell, Ferran Soriano, Alfons Godall and Marc Ingla up front. "You can see they are very intelligent and, above all, very, very clever." He stopped for a second to clarify the message: "Maybe even too clever." »

Lluís Simon,
El 9 Esportiu

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The Pundit: Lluis Simon on press relations Rosell

« At a breakfast with Sandro Rosell and twenty journalists, the presidential candidate asked all the guests for discretion. That's an exercise in faith. Journalists are, by definition, the biggest chatterers on earth and therefore - without anything having been written - everyone already knows everything that was said at the meeting. »

Lluís Simon,
El 9 Esportiu

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The Pundit: Joan Vehils on electoral break

« The Easter break has caused the candidates for the presidency of Barça to take some time off. It would be nice if they could extend this break a little more and give us the chance to only focus on football during this very important week. »

Joan Vehils,
Sport

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The Pundit: Alex Santos on re-election Laporta

« If Laporta could be re-elected, I think there would be no chance to take the presidency away from him, just like when Josep Lluís Núñez ran for a new term. »

Alex Santos,
El 9 Esportiu

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The Pundit: Enric Baneres on election role Laporta

« The interventionism of Laporta in the appointment of his successor, in the setting up of a continuity candidacy, starts to produce episodes of absurdity and is close to shameless, in addition to highlighting at the most inopportune time another shortcoming of the still president: that his ability to divide is far bigger than his ability to unite. »

Enric Bañeres,
La Vanguardia

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The Pundit: Dagoberto Escorcia on election face-offs

« If we could choose a showdown for the presidency of Barcelona, the most attractive one would have been that of Joan Laporta against Sandro Rosell. Given the fact that the current president could not take part, the second major electoral battle would have been that of Sandro Rosell against Ferran Soriano. To our misfortune, none of these face-offs will take place. They were interesting encounters, with enough incentives, full of intrigues and personal grudges. But it won't happen. »

Dagoberto Escorcia,
La Vanguardia

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The Pundit: Antonio Franco on weak points Laporta

« As a leader, Laporta has shown two weak points: he hasn't been able to keep his board team united nor to organize his succession in a proper way. »

Antonio Franco,
El Periódico

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The Pundit: Xavier Bosch on support Laporta for Ferrer

« As the candidate of the laportism, Ferrer should now be very careful. The hugs of the bear can give more shelter than anything else, but sometimes they leave you without the air that is necessary to breathe. »

Xavier Bosch,
El Periódico

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The Pundit: Santi Nolla on Jaume Ferrer

« They say that Ferrer is a diesel. »

Santi Nolla,
El Mundo Deportivo

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The Pundit: Josep M Fonalleras on strategy Rosell

« The discrete strategy of Sandro Rosell seems to be the winning one even before he presents his candidacy. I don't know if it's arabic or chinese, but the saying seems to be perfectly valid: "Sit down on the doorstep of your house and watch the corpse of your enemy pass by." »

Josep M. Fonalleras,
Sport

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The Pundit: Dagoberto Escorcia on board battle

« At this pace, the fight for the presidency of Barca will have led to more bloodshed inside the club than out on the street. »

Dagoberto Escorcia,
La Vanguardia

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The Pundit: Tomas Guasch on easy victory Rosell

« The late Helenio Herrera, called The Wizard, made Barça great in the 1950s and Inter after that, and left us memorable quotes like "we will win without getting off the bus". This could be applied to Sandro Rosell in these elections. »

Tomás Guasch,
As

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The Pundit: Lluis Mascaro on Rosell-Soriano duel

« In the end, the elections will be decided in a one-on-one between Sandro Rosell and Ferran Soriano. The former sports vice-president will unite all the 'anti-laportistas', while the former economic vice-president will include in his candidacy all the supposed 'continuistas' of the laportism, among which Godall y Ferrer. »

Lluís Mascaró,
Sport

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The Pundit: Alex Santos on the club member

« The club member of Barça is rather conservative, and if things are done fairly well and there is a sense of peace and stability, the bag of gained votes lasts for a while. »

Alex Santos,
El 9 Esportiu

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The Pundit: Josep Maria Minguella on directors

« The current directors of Barca are first-class actors. Better than Nicholson or Newman. You see them in the president's box, greeting each other, hugging each other, they have dinner together and they seem like a unique group of friends. While, apparently, they are betraying each other, stabbing each other in the back, spying upon each other... Although, it has to be said, always for the good of the club and to "safeguard the neutrality of the institution". »

Josep Maria Minguella,
El Mundo Deportivo

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The Pundit: Alex Santos on chances Ferrer

« If I would have fifty euros too much, I wouldn't put them on Ferrer winning the presidential elections of Barça. Not now. Who has not buried Ferrer in recent months? Who has not heard that he would join the team of Sandro Rosell, or that of Alfons Godall, or, more recently, that of the duo Soriano-Godall? Who gives a dime for Jaume Ferrer? Not even god. »

Alex Santos,
blog

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The Pundit: Joan Vehils on Soriano-Godall deal

« Soriano and Godall will close a deal. The private polls will help to make the final decision on who of the two will be the leader. »

Joan Vehils,
Sport

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The Pundit: Joan Josep Pallas on effect on Guardiola

« It is true that Guardiola knows how to shield the squad but the question is who shields him, who is too culé not to get indignant (in private) or not to let him be influenced by the insults that some pre-candidacies are already exchanging, also those who belong to the current board of directors. And who knows what's to come. »

Joan Josep Pallàs,
El Mundo Deportivo

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The Pundit: Jordi Evole on the election process

« I am still unable to understand how after the most brilliant era of the club, the dream of social peace hasn't been realized. It might have been more boring, but we wouldn't have to go through elections that only bother. »

Jordi Évole,
El Mundo Deportivo

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The Pundit: Josep Maria Casanovas on role Soriano

« If Soriano in the end takes part, you shouldn't doubt that he will head a candidacy. »

Josep Maria Casanovas,
Sport

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