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Font's Barcelona vision

Barcelona presidential candidate Vincent Font has been interviewed by off the pitch.com.  Businessman Font wants to restructure the club's considerable short-term debt and cut costs. According to Font, the classic income streams have limited growth so innovation is needed to boost commercial revenue.

The presidential candidate believes that the current version of Uefa’s Champions League must improve – but national competitions should be protected.

'The leadership style has been very presidential, individualistic, very much the chairman and the board acting as if they were the owners,' says Font, who is known as a leader who builds a progressive working culture.

Font has pledged to bring former player Xavi Hernández back to the Nou Camp and keep current star Leo Messi. He would also give Barcelona's more than 140,000 members more opportunities to give their opinions.

The other candidates in the election, which takes place on March 7, are former Barcelona president Joan Laporta and former club board member Toni Freixa.

To me, for all the promises of greater member involvement, this sounds like a more business oriented strategy.  Nothing wrong with that, but it may not sit well with Barcelona's status as an icon of Catalonia. However, in an earlier interview he said the club could not go back to the past [Laporta was president from 2003-10): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9129339/Victor-Font-urges-Barcelona-pick-new-president-instead-rival-Joan-Laporta.html

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