Barcelona presidential candidate Agustí Benedito has announced on Facebook that he has signed on Tuesday morning a deal with Catalan consultancy agency Xavier Roig i Associats to take charge of his campaign ahead of the elections for president of FC Barcelona.
Spanish news agency EFE reports that Xavier Roig (picture) was the campaign director of current Barcelona president Joan Laporta during the 2003 elections and that his agency also assisted Laporta in the vote of no confidence in July 2008. Natalia Rodríguez, one of Roig's collaborators, will lead the day-to-day campaign of Benedito.
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