Barcelona presidential candidate Xavi Vilajoana admits part of his project is securing a partnership with a MLS franchise.
Juan Velayos has been named as the ticket’s economic manager and he announced yesterday at their presentation the plans to twin with a MLS team.
He said, “We want to present (Lionel) Messi with a ‘USA proposal’ and link Barça with an MLS team.
“This would mean creating a training academy, women’s football and an MLS team with the aim that Messi remains linked in the long term as the club’s emblem and generates additional income for the club and the Barça as the brand spreads throughout the world.
“We want to be the largest sports club in the world, with relevance, but we compete with club-states and if we are not well organised economically we will not be. If we want the club to belong to the members, we must see well the proposals of the candidates, years of crisis come and we must have clear ideas.
“Transparency must be inalienable. I’ve been reviewing the Barça accounts for a few days and you should go to NASA to understand the numbers. Where we are today is not sustainable.”
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