Ferrer won't accept conditions Laporta

Speaking to Catalan radio station Ona FM, Barcelona director Jordi Torrent [picture, on the right], who is part of the candidacy of Barcelona assets vice-president Jaume Ferrer, has said that the support of Barcelona president Joan Laporta for Ferrer doesn't change anything to their initial project:

"Laporta has now decided to give his support to our candidacy and after the other candidate withdrew his project, Ferrer is at this moment the only board candidate left and he will not accept impositions.

Joan Oliver? He has a contract until 30 June and that's when we will see what we will do. But it's clear that the chief executive should be someone who has the full confidence of the president. Ferran Soriano? As every club member, he has the chance to collaborate with us."

Catalan sport paper Sport claimed last week that Laporta would only give his public support to the candidacy of Ferrer if four conditions would be fulfilled, although the paper later said that the vice-president didn't plan to accept any impositions.

The four conditions mentioned were: that Ferrer wouldn't close a deal with former Barcelona economic vice-president Ferran Soriano that would make the latter the head of the candidacy, that Joan Oliver would continue as chief executive, that all current directors who want to continue would be given a place in the board team of Ferrer and that Ferrer would accept the support of Barcelona treasurer Xavier Sala i Martín.

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Director Torrent will be right-hand man Ferrer

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona director Jordi Torrent will be the right-hand man of Barcelona assets vice-president and presidential candidate Jaume Ferrer during the campaign ahead of the elections for president of FC Barcelona.

If Ferrer would be elected as the new Barcelona president in the elections on 13 June of this year, Torrent, who has been part of the Barcelona entourage for several decades, would become the club's first vice-president when the new board takes office.

Jordi Torrent is a Catalan businessman, currently acting as chief executive officer of the Spanish branch of Italian lighting company Disano, that has its headquartes in Roda de Barà, a city in the Catalan province of Tarragona, south of Barcelona.

In the 1978 elections, Torrent was already involved in the pre-candidacy of Josep Pla. In 1997, Torrent was part of the candidacy of Angel Fernández and was later that year one of the founding members of opposition group 'Elefant Blau' that organized a vote of no confidence against then Barcelona president Josep Lluís Núñez.

In July 2008, after eight directors left the club as a consecuence of the vote of no confidence against Barcelona president Joan Laporta, Torrent was appointed as a member of the Barcelona board (read more here). He is currently a director of the marketing and media area and responsible for the roller hockey section.

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