After losing a non legally binding vote of no confidence earlier this week, Joan Laporta has managed to remain as Chairman of Barcelona CF, despite the resignations of eight of his board members.
Only five board members chose to support Laporta, including the club president Alfonso Castro, which may have helped his cause, I don’t know.
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The future of Joan Laporta as chairman of Barcelona CF will be decided at an extraordinary board meeting tomorrow.
The board met last night to discuss the future of Laporta after he lost a vote of no confidence against him earlier. However the vote was not binding as it recorded a 60% vote against Laporta and [...]

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The protracted transfers of Peter Crouch and Steve Sidwell have at last been agreed, with both players awaiting medicals with their respective new employers before being officially unveiled.
Crouch will join Portsmouth for a fee somewhere around £10million in a move that will see the striker back at Fratton Park for a second spell. There is [...]

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New Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has officially been unvieled by the club today. In his first press conference in his official capacity he confirmed that the trio of stars Eto’o, Deco and Ronaldinho would be leaving the club this summer.
Guardiola also said that his club would not be interested in hijacking Real Madrid’s attempt at [...]

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Former Chelsea target Dani Alves has confirmed that he as joined Barcelona, ten days after it was reported that the club had agreed terms with Sevilla for the Brazilian.
A transfer fee of 32million Euros is reported to have been agreed with an extra few million thrown in if Barcelona win the Champions League.
Curiously, neither Sevilla [...]

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