#BartomeuDimiteHoy: MASTER LIST
The best Barcelona in history - the Barcelona that became a reference for world football and became the only club to have ever won a sextuple - was under Joan Laporta and his model which emphasized Cruyff, La Masia, Catalunya, and UNICEF. Since Laporta was replaced on July 1st, 2010, this model has continuously decayed and as the campaign for the vital VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE approaches, I thought I would make an updated âmaster listâ of some of evident damage happening within our club since Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu have taken over.Â
Disrespectful/Mishandled Departures
Stripped of his honorary presidency and pushed away from the club
Cruyff confirmed in an interview with RAC1 that him/Rosell only spoke to him once (which was when they took his title as honorary president away) and that him/Bartomeu never spoke.
Bartomeu himself, in 2008: âWe need to say no to Cruyff. Voting yes to the motion of censure [against Laporta] is to vote no for Cruyffism at Barça.â
Left him alone to defend himself and our club against Mourinho and the lies published by Madrid based media due to the boardâs eagerness to avoid the media
Ex: the allegations that our players were doping/working with doctors of âquestionable reputationsâ (which we ended up letting go for only âŹ200,000), the allegations that we accepted refereeing favors, etc.
Was blamed by the board for Zlatanâs signing in front of the socis while Rosell called it the âworst deal in the history of the clubâ even though Pep wasnât the only person responsible for it
After all of this and more, they claimed to the fans that they did âeverything in their powerâ to make Pep stay after he decided to step away
Even after he left, Rosell said âEverything [Pep] says is false. There is no argument or evidence for his claims about us. I put it down to someone poisoning Pepâs mind, but he allowed himself to be poisoned.â after Pep went public with the fact that they crossed the line with him and werenât keeping their word of promising to leave him in peace after leaving
Forced out of the club in tears while lies were being told both to him and about him
Bartomeu, 2012: âAbidalâs contract is ready, and when he plays his first match, weâll sign itâ. He returned to play. They never renewed him.
Lied to the public claiming medical departments concluded that he wouldnât be able to continue as a player. Abidal went on to continue playing for the French NT and played over 30 matches for Monaco.
Publicly confirmed that during his final years, he would always hear âAlves was leaving,â but the directors never said anything to his face (to confirm the rumours or support/reassure him of his place in the club)
These were, apparently, among many leaks to the media which came directly from the board, who were trying to demonize him in the media, which is believed to go back to Daniâs personal problems with the board related to, among other things, their treatment of Eric Abidal
Has since been one of the most outspoken about how much he was disrespected, and in general how much this board doesnât respect their players
Destined/developed to be Xaviâs eventual replacement.Â
Forced to play the minimum amount of matches in his last season to keep his buyout clause at 18m instead of it going up to âŹ90m (to ensure a sale as Neymarâs transfer approached).Â
Was almost certainly leaving for NYCFC back in 2014.
Lucho and Zubi convinced him into staying another year because he knew the team needed him to
Still failed to sign a proper replacement after he left
Bought for âŹ40m, sold to direct league rivals for âŹ5m
Was our beloved kit man for 32 years. Has shared our dressing room with players from Maradona to Messi.Â
Described by Victor Valdes as âsomeone who is like a father to me and has always protected usâ
Was also the last person who tried to convince Valdes to stay, telling him âYouâll never be better off than you are hereâ in tears
After returning from his vacation in 2014, was fired by the board without warning, given no reason other than âhe wasnât necessaryâ.
Willful neglect of La Masia
Was kept and continued to renew his contract despite his disregard for actual player development because he was close with the board and his results with FCBB were âenoughâ for them until they were relegated to Segunda B.
Lead Juvenil A to 3/3 titles with only 3 defeats in 50 matches in his first season as coach and was chosen to replace Lucho at Barça B, but the board ended up signing Eusebio instead. Oscar stayed with the club despite this.Â
During his second season as Juvenil A coach, Eusebio would frequently call up Oscarâs top players to Barça B and not even use them. One of the most significant cases was when Oscarâs team lost the Liga on the last match of the season. Eusebio had called up Dongou for Barça Bâs match and never even used him. The team suffered all year and Oscar unfairly took the blame from the press, but stayed with the club as Zubi promised him the Barça B coaching position claiming that Eusebio would be leaving Barça B.Â
A month later, they renewed Eusebio, pushing Oscar out.
A good article for more about this can be found [here].
Thiago. Bartra. Grimaldo. Samper. Munir. Sandro. Eric Garcia. Adama. Mboula. The list can go on.
Graduates are increasingly being denied their chance and are shown the door while excessive amounts of money are being spent on players outside the club. They have shown that La Masia kids more of a way to make money for them and could not care less about developing them to have them on the first team.
Refuses to take any responsibility and actually blamed our players for the fall of La Masia
Bartomeu, July 2017: âThe problem is people like Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and those players. It is likely that there are other Messis, but they have to leave the club because it is impossible for them to play here.â
Has worked for years to gain the trust of the coach and become a starter, staying on the bench and refusing offers from other clubs for years to prove himself
Played out of position for 2 consecutive years and not only shined, but played a crucial role in many important moments
The year he was promised an opportunity in his favoured role, Paulinho is signed for âŹ40m with a release clause of âŹ140m (Sergiâs release clause is âŹ40m)
Had his contract renewal stalled by the board for months in 2014. It was Tito Vilanova, in his last days, who spoke with Messi and convinced him to remain calm and stay.
Launched the controversial #WeAreAllLeoMessi campaign during the tax fraud trial, with Bartomeu tweeting out âLeo, those who attack you are attacking Barça and its history. Weâll defend you to the end. Together forever!â âŠthen, as Laporta pointed out, refused to send any board members to support him when he went to testify in court.
Bartomeu has sent out private polls to socis asking how they felt about selling him
Reemergence of Ultras in Barcelona
Before Laporta, they were given free tickets to home matches, free transportation to away games, and storage facilities at Camp Nou for their flags and banners.Â
When Laporta was elected in 2003, he formally banned their presence at matches and fought so hard to keep them away from Camp Nou/distance the club from their conduct that he was almost killed (they painted death threats outside his house and tried to attack him on more than one occasion). Still, he insisted on âtalking less and acting moreâ to stop them.Â
When they went to Rosell/Bartomeu after he was elected, he was willing to compromise. They didnât just âsneak back inâ, he invited them back and gave them extremely cheap and sometimes even free tickets.Â
This is still happening. Weâve paid for tickets so they can attend UCL away matches. A couple years ago when two PSG fans were recently stabbed outside of Camp Nou in an area frequented by ultras, Bartomeu and his board wouldnât comply with Catalan police.
All of it happened due to the incompetency of the board.Â
FIFA warned the board about the problems related to the Masia players over A YEAR before taking action. The board said they would settle it, but they still did nothing.Â
They put the âLa Masia No Es Tocaâ banner up and initially lied about the situation, only to have Bartomeu later admit that it was actually due to âadministrative errorsâ.Â
Zubi himself even said: âMr. Bartomeu is the one who knew the situation better than anyone, as he was the sporting vice president during that time.âÂ
We were left with both a harsh punishment due their mistakes and we had to to step up to defend the credibility the academy that is part of why we are més que un club.
The club that wore and sponsored (not sponsored by) UNICEF with pride accepts a sponsorship deal with Qatar Sports Investments. âQatar Airwaysâ gets painted across Camp Nou while UNICEF got relegated to a spot on the back of our shirt.
Justified it by saying Qatar Foundation also were a philanthropy institution who were responsible for helping thousands of people around the world like UNICEF and that most socis welcomed the addition, brushed off the serious allegations against the Qatar Foundationâs founder as mistakes âmade in good faithâ
While Bartomeu fought to keep them as our sponsor until QSI gave up on the sponsorship, it was Piqué and Shakira who did the work in initiating and closing the new deal with Rakuten.
Bartomeu admitted this himself:Â âThe deal began at a dinner hosted by Gerard Pique at Hiroshi Mikitaniâs house in San Francisco in 2015. Shakira and Pique are good friends of Mikitani and they organised a dinner. We met there and we spoke about the future and Rakutenâs interest - Pique helped us a lot here.â
Scraped Laportaâs âForster Projectâ to renovate Camp Nou claiming it was too expensive. Cost: âŹ250m.
Replaced it with their project, Espai Barça. Cost: âŹ600m.Â
Has been unworkable so far due to the boardâs inability to get proper plan that the municipality agrees with
Neymarâs Arrival Fiasco
Rosell/Bartomeu lied and did everything they possibly could to make it the move that started the âRosell eraâ - A move he could call his own, one that he thought would pull him out from the shadows of his predecessorâs success and ensure his re-election.
This has since only damaged the reputation of this club and got us sued for tax fraud.
Rosell appeared on live TV and said âNeymar costed âŹ57.1 million. Period.â
Actual costs to date = âŹ10 million in 2011 to ensure the move (confirmed by Neymar Sr), âŹ86.2 million in 2013 for the actual transfer + bonus (confirmed by Bartomeu) and âŹ22 million for the tax fraud case = âŹ118 million, approximately.Â
A sum of that money was also dedicated to paying Neymar Sr and his company, N&N, every year so he could âscoutâ Brazilian players (ex: Douglas) for us. Multiple other unconfirmed rumours are connected to this deal as well.
Bartomeu has since said he would âdo it all over againâ regarding the Neymar contract, despite our club being first in Spain guilty of tax fraud
Neymarâs Departure Fiasco
Bartomeu was aware Neymar was leaving since July, but didnât prepare to sign players to replace him
Panicked after losing the Spanish Super Cup and publicly spoke about bringing Coutinho and Dembele WHILE STILL NEGOTIATING THE DEALS (which could still fall through) with BVB and Liverpool - who can now raise the prices and we wonât be able to do anything about it.Â
Even as they were jeopardizing the deals and revealing details about private negotiations, they still tried to claim âthey couldnât say anything about themâ (as they literally were speaking about them)
Make your voice heard - itâs more important and impactful than you might think.Â
Use the hashtag:Â #BartomeuDimiteHoyÂ
Our voices are already being heard: Weâve made it trend in not only Spain, but worldwide.
The pressure is already being felt: Theyâve had #BartomeuDimiteYa censored. They have publicly made claims that this hashtag is âonly being used by foreignersâ (which is not only untrue, but also a disgusting excuse considering our clubâs best ever player is a foreigner, the most influential person in clubâs history is also a foreigner, the clubâs founder is a foreigner, foreigners alter their sleep schedules to watch games, foreigners pay to buy jerseys/travel from all over the world to support their team, etcâŠ)
Support AgustĂ BeneditoÂ
He activated the process of the motion of no-confidence and will be leading the campaign for the upcoming vote.Â
Twitter: @agustibeneditoÂ
No-Confidence Campaign Website:Â votdecensura2017.cat
THE CAMPAIGN WILL START OFFICIALLY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2017.
His pressure is being felt too: They have tried to destabilize the No-Confidence campaign by claiming Benedito has owes them âŹ10,000 from his presidential campaign - this has since been confirmed as false.
Are you a soci, 18+, in Barcelona, and have been a soci for 1+ year? VOTE!!!
Socis that meet these requirements are the ONLY ones who can officially give their signatures in the first stage of the vote.Â
Benedito should have the forms by Friday, September 8th. He needs 16,500 signatures in 14 days to get past the VITAL first stage of the vote.Â
Watch [THIS] video for more in-depth information about Beneditoâs motion and SPREAD IT!
Iâm probably forgetting some things, and thereâs probably even more that we donât know, but hopefully the message here is clear.Â
I will say it again like I did before the last election - I always have and I always will love and stand behind FC Barcelona, no matter what. Iâm personally not one of those who wishes worse on the club just so the board looks worse, nor do I point at the board and over-exaggerate every single little shortcoming. I probably even try and balance the reasons behind their actions more than I should sometimes. But all of the things listed above are facts, and while we should never lose faith in our team, we cannot be blind to the mismanagement that is having such a damaging affect either. The calls for Bartomeuâs resignation are not because we donât have faith in our club; they are because we rightfully do not have faith in the current board. They have gotten away with too much and dodged responsibility for too long.Â
Please do what you can to spread the word. Give Beneditoâs motion a real chance of succeeding. TOTS UNITS FEM FORĂA.Â
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