Víctor Font: Messi Will Be the First Call if He Wins the Barcelona Elections
The Barcelona presidential candidate, Víctor Font, has stated that Lionel Messi will be the first person he will call if he wins next year’s elections. The presidential elections at the Catalan club are scheduled for 2026, and the Spanish businessman is once again emerging as the main rival of the current president, Joan Laporta. Font, who lost to Laporta in the 2021 elections, has expressed his firm intention.The first call I will make when we win the elections will be to Leo Messi
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Laporta stated before the 2021 presidential elections that he believed Messi would leave Barça if he didn’t win the elections and would guarantee the continuity of the club’s all-time top scorer.Personally, as a Barça fan, it gives me goosebumps, but obviously this depends on him, and what we should not do is try to use him. I think Laporta has done it, and he has done it many times, and I think he has done it wrong; the most flagrant example was during the elections.
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Font added:That was another broken promise
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Regarding whether he has contacted Messi or his entourage, Font stated:I don’t think Messi should be used, but Messi needs to know that the first thing I will do if I win the elections is pick up the phone and call him. We need to embrace Leo Messi and do everything possible to ensure that, as soon as possible, he has the role at Barça that, as he said last week, he wants and that all Barça fans would love.
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Recently, Laporta announced that he plans to erect a statue of Messi at the Camp Nou as part of a tribute to the legendary player.Our duty is to speak with everyone who can contribute to the future, and it is important that we understand their intentions. But what I also say is important: we need to know that these are club assets.
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Having a statue of him doesn’t even begin to cover it
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