The Quotes: Benedito, Ingla, Ferrer, Rosell

"50% of the voters didn't yet make a decision. And I think the vote of the other 50% could still change."

Agustí Benedito


"We've received information regarding Wayne Rooney and we've passed that through to Txiki."

Marc Ingla


"You have to stand up to the hooligans and not make pictures with them, as some have been doing."

Jaume Ferrer


"I expected some rumours or some little lies but it seems people have invested quite a bit of money in investigations. But I guess in the end it's good people talk about you, for good or for bad."

Sandro Rosell

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The Quotes: Benedito, Ferrer, Bartomeu, Ingla

"The weak point of Rosell? Let me ask you a question. What's the strong point of Rosell?"

Agustí Benedito


"It seems difficult that the campaign will be a clean one."

Jaume Ferrer


"It should be easy to sign Cesc after he has publicly said that he wants to join Barça."

Josep Maria Bartomeu


"We have a note from a Brazilian law firm that confirms that a company of Sandro Rosell is involved in a judicial investigation for possible fraud, so in this case Sandro Rosell has been and is lying."

Marc Ingla

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The Quotes: Rosell, Ingla, Ferrer, Benedito

"We're all again starting from zero."

Sandro Rosell


"We've come out from the first minute trying to win this game and we've only played the first minutes."

Marc Ingla


"I feel that a lot of people are changing their voting intention now that they start to know all projects better."

Jaume Ferrer


"The feeling I have is that Sandro Rosell won't win these elections. The member doesn't like it that others decide in his place."

Agustí Benedito

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The Quotes: Plaza, Benedito, Rosell, Laporta, Ferrer

"I've never believed in a pact between Ferrer and Ingla. I would think that a deal between Ferrer and Rosell is more likely."

Alexis Plaza


"I will not use private jets if I'm elected as president."

Agustí Benedito


"We cannot have agreements with a country like Uzbekistan."

Sandro Rosell


"If mister Rosell want to act in a populist way, he might start to stop his relationship with Scolari, who has been a coach in Uzbekistan."

Joan Laporta


"When in the past the outgoing president didn't take part in the elections, the favourite has never won."

Jaume Ferrer

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The Quotes: Ferrer, Ingla, Benedito, Rosell, Plaza

"I want to challenge mister Sandro Rosell for a face-to-face debate. Him against me. One on one. If he doesn't accept the proposal, that's maybe because he has things to hide."

Jaume Ferrer


"Whatever price the current board agrees for Cesc, if we're elected, we will and can pay it."

Marc Ingla


"They've told me that during the last league game at the Camp Nou, key members of the Boixos Nois were distributing propaganda for Sandro Rosell."

Agustí Benedito


"The signing of Mourinho is great for the Liga and for Madrid. It will again be a tough league but Barça will keep on winning trophies."

Sandro Rosell


"For who will I vote if I don't pass the cut? No one. Blank ballot."

Alexis Plaza

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The Quotes: Ferrer, Perrin, Salvat, Rosell, Plaza

"There are 30.000 new club members who joined during this mandate, who never go the stadium and who are difficult to control."

Jaume Ferrer


"The lawyers of Alexandre are the same ones who for years have launched claims against the club."

Albert Perrín


"In the coming days we will make things public that will change the balance."

Santiago Salvat


"When I was born, they gave me the name Alessandro, but when they wanted to register the name, the government only accepted names included in a list of saints. So they had to change it to Alejandro, although in the end it became Alexandre."

Sandro Rosell


"Sandro Rosell has already copied two of our proposals, a youth stand and an own travel agency. Nonetheless, the media have claimed the ideas were his."

Alexis Plaza

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The Quotes: Ferrer, Benedito, Laporta, Rosell, Salvat

"Let's be honest, not all candidates believe in the youth academy. If they believe in a project based on transfers, they should dare to say it."

Jaume Ferrer


"Today, we have 1.300 signatures in our hands."

Agustí Benedito


"A company of mister Alexandre Rosell is linked with a presumed case of corruption by five public prosecutors in Brazil. I think that he should give an explanation, because this is very serious and the club member should have all elements needed to make a choice in the elections."

Joan Laporta


"My company had a contract with the government of Brasilia, who is involved in irregularities. There is no investigation against us, we have only been asked to provide information, which we did."

Sandro Rosell


"If the club needs more revenues, we should analyze if we will look for a shirt sponsor."

Santiago Salvat

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The Quotes: Guixa, Minguella, Soriano, Salvat, Rosell

"We will all have difficulties to get the 2.095 signatures. The decision of Laporta that didn't allow us to collect signatures at the last league game has hurt us. We'll have to wait and see what happens."

Jaume Guixà


"The only thing I would ask Txiki if he wants to continue is that he would clearly explain me how and why Henrique and Keirrison have been transferred."

Josep Maria Minguella


"I don't understand why Sandro Rosell goes to Madrid and declares there that we have a catastrophic debt while that's a lie. We have a debt of around 240 millions, which is less than our opponents."

Ferran Soriano


"Barça should not have links with countries that seem to be a dictatorship."

Santiago Salvat


"I am not against the collective sale of the television rights but only if it doesn't hurt our interests."

Sandro Rosell

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The Quotes: Salvat, Ferrer, Ingla, Rosell, Laporta

"We will reduce the price of the season-tickets by 40%."

Santiago Salvat


"Now is the time when the club members are starting to get interested in the candidates and their program."

Jaume Ferrer


"With more than 400 million fans worldwide, Barça is a global feeling."

Marc Ingla


"I'm not against the collective sale of the television right, but only in case it doesn't harm us."

Sandro Rosell


"Sandro Rosell will put in danger the current sports model."

Joan Laporta

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The Quotes: Soriano, Perrin, Salvat, Rosell, Ferrer

"A youth player who arrives at the first team has cost us 2 to 3 million euros."

Ferran Soriano


"Sandro Rosell is a balloon that is deflating."

Albert Perrín


"We will pass the cut. We have already around 1.300 signatures."

Santiago Salvat


"The figure of an honorary president doesn't exist in the club statutes. So the members will first have to decide if they want this and then if they want Johan Cruyff."

Sandro Rosell


"Our campaign will cost around 1 million euros."

Jaume Ferrer

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The Quotes: Godall, Ferrer, Salvat, Soriano, Rosell

"Both Ferran Soriano and Marc Ingla, who got to know agents and other people in the world of football when they were economic and sports vice-presidents, have received phone calls with suggestions and offers regarding players. We will contact Txiki and transmit him all the information we received."

Alfons Godall


"We want to collect around 10.000 signatures."

Jaume Ferrer


"We have carried out a poll in the surroundings of the Camp Nou that indicated that we would win with 42% of the votes"

Santiago Salvat


"It's ridiculous that a candidate thinks that he has more possibilities than the club to sign players."

Ferran Soriano


"Pep shouldn't have total control. He only needs the power that the coach of Barcelona should have."

Sandro Rosell

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The Quotes: Benedito, Ferrer, Salvat, Ingla, Rosell

"One of our ideas is to introduce voting by mail."

Agustí Benedito


"If Laporta would run, I would vote for him."

Jaume Ferrer


"Unicef is a good thing but if Barça needs more revenues you will have to look at the option of finding a shirt sponsor."

Santiago Salvat


"Both Rosell and Laporta are impulsive people who like to be the star."

Marc Ingla


"The fans now feel more like a customer than like an owner of the club."

Sandro Rosell

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The Quotes: Benedito, Rosell, Laporta

"As happened with Villa, Cesc will sign before the elections. These transfers have electoral motives."

Agustí Benedito


"Villa has been signed for 50 million euros when you count the transfer fee, the fees of the agents and the incentives."

Sandro Rosell


"For Barça, it would be good if we can sign and present another player before the World Cup."

Joan Laporta

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The Quotes: Plaza, Salvat, Rosell, Ingla, Ferrer

"None of the candidates can claim the successes of the team."

Alexis Plaza


"We have received information that Marc Ingla and Jaume Ferrer will end up making a deal."

Santiago Salvat


"Henrique and Keirrison? We will see what the audits say about the transfers of those two players."

Sandro Rosell


"It seems a contradiction that mister Rosell talks about financial austerity while his campaign headquarters are almost as big as two football fields, including television studios and hair dressers."

Marc Ingla


"In our polls we have three times the percentage of votes than in the poll of El Periódico and Sport, we're ahead of Ingla and the percentage of Rosell is dropping."

Jaume Ferrer

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The Quotes: Perrin, Minguella, Ferrer, Ingla, Rosell

"Ferran Soriano tried a coup. Someone like that shouldn't return to the club."

Albert Perrín


"Someone has a paper that allows him to negotiate the transfers of Xavi and Ibrahimovic."

Josep Maria Minguella


"Rosell would probably prefer to be sports director instead of president."

Jaume Ferrer


"The poll of El Periódico? It will make our win more epic."

Marc Ingla


"There are 300 fan club who have only been created to get tickets. we will clean that up."

Sandro Rosell

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The Quotes: Benedito, Rosell, Salvat, Ingla, Plaza

"Since there are still 70% of the voters undecided, I'm sure the elections will be decided in the last week and maybe even on the last day."

Agustí Benedito


"In 2016, the vote will be online or people will be able to vote in Tarragona and the other Catalan provincial capitals."

Sandro Rosell


"Not all club members without a season ticket want to have one."

Santiago Salvat


"It's very contradictory that after having tried to kick out Rijkaard and Begiristain, Rosell is now trying to hug everybody."

Marc Ingla


"We continue to be independent and we don't plan to become a part of another candidacy."

Alexis Plaza

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The Quotes: Ferrer, Salvat, Godall, Rosell, Ingla

"99% of the program is Rosell is the same as what the club is already doing right now."

Jaume Ferrer


"The Camp Nou should have some 19.000 more seats."

Santiago Salvat


"I think it's possible that we will have four or five candidates at the final vote."

Alfons Godall


"The Boixos Nois had a more violent faction and one that wasn't violent. Not all Boixos Nois were what the people thought. There are good Boixos Nois who love the club and who support the club in the stadium, and who are now part of other groups. We will unite all the non-violent animation groups in one part of the stadium."

Sandro Rosell


"I don't have the natural leadership of Ferran Soriano but I do have the same way of thinking."

Marc Ingla

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The Quotes: Oliver, Ingla, Salvat, Rosell, Plaza

"118.663 club members will be able to vote."

Joan Oliver


"Rosell was the first element of destabilization in our first season at the club, which was a critical year for us at a financial and sporting level. He acted immaturely."

Marc Ingla


"As a boy, I wanted to be a player. Laureano Ruiz [former coach of the youth academy] came for me twice when I was playing at Escolapis de Sarrià, and my father each time asked him: 'Will he become a Maradona?' And after the reply that you cannot predict that, my father always said: 'Well, then he should continue to study'."

Santiago Salvat


"The club has a debt of 489 million euros."

Sandro Rosell


"The only continuism possible is that of the team."

Alexis Plaza

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The Quote: Sandro Rosell

"My youth idol was Johan Cruyff. Together with Cholo Sotil."


Sandro Rosell,
Barcelona presidential candidate

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The number: 14.000-15.000

Barcelona presidential candidates Santiago Salvat and Jaume Guixà respectively want to add 14.000 and 15.000 seats to the Camp Nou stadium.