Historical snowfall in Barcelona

Barcelona is today having the heaviest snowfall in 25 years.

picture taken at the centre of Barcelona in front of the campaign headquarters of Barcelona first vice-president and presidential candidate Alfons Godall at the beginning of the snowing yesterday afternoon.

Another Rosell could take part in the elections

Catalan sports weekly paper Gol claims that Catalan businessman Joan Rosell might take part in the elections in June after former Barcelona president Joan Gaspart could have recommended to possible candidate Ferran Soriano to include Rosell in his candidacy.

Joan Rosell is a 62-year old businessman who is most known as the president of the 'Foment del Treball Nacional', the federation of Catalan employers. Rosell, who has in the past several times been rumoured to run for president himself, is also a board member of the club's foundation.

Read more:
All options are still open for Soriano
Masfurroll cautious about election involvement
The three areas and vice-presidents of Rosell

Laporta wants exemplary elections

Speaking at a fan club meeting in the Catalan town of Sabadell, Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said that he hopes for a model elecion process and repeated his support for the candidacy of Barcelona first vice-president Alfons Godall:

"We are starting an election process in which I cannot run and all we want is for the elections to be exemplary, that all those who run can compete on equal terms. We want elections that have the highest participation possible, in which the club member should decide.

The only thing I ask those who take part is to maintain the values that, in my opinion, the president and his board should have, namely experience, consistency, honesty and responsibility.

I think that I don't violate any rule when, as a club member, I say that in my opinion Godall has all the values I just mentioned and I can know this because being the president is not easy, it changes your life.

Godall, Sala i Martín and their team have the expertise that is needed to continue with this model, that we cannot squander. A model that has given us the current successes, and we're only a half-way.

We have a great ride ahead, in all aspects, and especially regarding the football team, since most of our players have a lot of years left. They are playing the football we love and which should be continued for a long time."

Read more:
In our model, the coach coaches (by Alfons Godall)
Sala wants to attract sponsor for Unicef logo
Could president Laporta become vice-president?

Most read of the week

these were the three most read blog posts of the past week:


1.
This blog involved in the election campaign

2.
The Catalan Cave: Cristian Pulina (Eurosport)

3.
Guixa asks president Laporta to resign

Soriano dines with former board colleagues

Several Catalan media report that former Barcelona economic vice-president Ferran Soriano has on Thursday evening held a dinner at his house in Barcelona to discuss his participation in the elections for president of FC Barcelona in June.

Catalan newspaper El Periódico claims that all seven board members who left the club together with Soriano in 2008 were present: former vice-presidents Albert Vicens and Marc Ingla, and former board members Xavier Cambra, Antoni Rovira, Clàudia Vives-Fierro, Evarist Murtra and Josep Lluís Vilaseca. Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Murtra didn't take part.

Read more:
What will the original 2003 board members do?
The Board Movements (2003-2009)
What will Evarist Murtra do?

on the picture (front row, from left to right): marc ingla, antoni rovira, ferran soriano, clàudia vives-fierro, josep lluis vilaseca, evarist murtra, xavier cambra

Nunez takes distance from candidate

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that former Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez distances himself from Catalan businessman Juan Manuel Alcaraz [picture], who would be seriously considering to be a candidate in the upcoming elections for president of FC Barcelona (read more here).

The entourage of the ex-president would have made clear to the paper that there's no link at all between Núñez and Alcaraz after reports in the press suggested that Alcaraz would be the candidate that could get the support of the Núñez family. The former president would not plan to take part in any way in the elections.

Read more:
Businessman linked with Nunez to run for president
New candidates getting ready to appear on stage
Former director Castells considering election role

Rosell continues to be favourite for the gamblers

Madrid sports tabloid Marca reports that former Barcelona sports vice-president Sandro Rosell is for the gamblers at online betting site 'Betfair' still the favourite to be chosen as president of FC Barcelona later this year (read more here).

Rosell was on Friday noted at 1,22 euro for each euro input, with Barcelona first vice-president Alfons Godall at this moment being seen as his biggest rival, with a rate of 4,00.

Former Barcelona economic vice-president Ferran Soriano and current Barcelona assets vice-president Jaume Ferrer are currently ranked third and fourth with rates of respectively 8,00 and 8,22.

The ranking
Sandro Rosell: 1,22
Alfons Godall: 4,00
Ferran Soriano: 8,00
Jaume Ferrer: 8,22
Francesc Mañé: 13,00
Agustí Benedito: 16,00
Jaume Guixà: 16,00

Read more:
Rosell favourite for the gamblers
Poll result: Who will you vote for?
Ferrer feels backed by own poll