October 29 – Fresh from a morale-boosting Champions League win at Juventus on the field, off it Barcelona have named Carles Tusquets as their acting president in the wake of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s resignation in order to avoid facing a vote of no confidence.
Barca said in a statement that Tusquets, chairman of the club’s economic commission, would lead the acting board of directors until a new president and board is elected.
The board’s main objective is to organise elections within the next three months, meaning the next one must be held before the initial date of March 2021 when Bartomeu would have stepped down having served two terms.
According to agency reports, there are seven candidates to replace him including Joan Laporta, who led the club between 2003 and 2010 and oversaw two Champions League titles.
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