Ex-Barcelona presidential candidate hits out at club over Camp Nou setback – ‘Making a fool of ourselves’ | OneFootball

FC Barcelona confirmed earlier today that the team will not return to the Spotify Camp Nou on 10 August to host the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Just three weeks earlier, on 25 June, the club had announced under the slogan “Tornem a casa, vibrem” (“We return home, we feel the thrill”) that the team would return to Les Corts to play the traditional curtain-raiser match.

That plan has now been scrapped after the Barcelona City Council denied the club the First Occupancy License required to use the stadium.

Victor Font lashes out at Laporta & Co.

Soon after the Camp Nou delay was confirmed, former Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font took to social media to hit out at the current club administration led by president Joan Laporta.

Font sharply criticised Joan Laporta’s board, accusing it of misleading supporters, as he wrote:

“Incredible that, being the best club in the world, we are making a fool of ourselves with constant unfulfilled promises.”

“We already knew that the Camp Nou is a major project, which is why it was very surprising to see an advertising campaign celebrating that we would return on August 10, despite no expert in the field considering it feasible.”

Continuing, Font added: “There’s no need to toy with the expectations of Barcelona fans in this way. The mildest way to assess it is that we are facing yet another case of improvisation, wishful thinking, and management incapacity.”

Criticising the administration for the lack of transparency, he further stated: “But the line between this and deception is very thin. We will demand transparency as many times as necessary.

“Why have so many impossible deadlines been given? Who takes responsibility for this? Why was the contract awarded to a company that was supposed to be cheaper and faster, when it’s proving to be neither?

“And where will we play our League and Champions matches starting from September 14, when we’re supposed to return to playing official matches at the Camp Nou?

Concluding, Font wrote: “The members deserve the truth, once and for all!”