Crisis among Laporta's board already as vice president Giro leaves role

Crisis among Laporta's board already as vice president Giro leaves role

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Laporta will have to shuffle his pack after losing his vice president for finance

Joan Laporta is facing his first crisis since being elected as FC Barcelona's new president. Laporta cannot start the role until he's presented a guarantee of 126 million euros with La Liga. The guarantee is expected to be sorted out on Monday, but before then there have been some tough negotiations with different banks and investment groups.

Meanwhile, SPORT can also confirm the news revealed by ARA: Jaume Giro, who was set to be Barça's financial vice president, has resigned already. Official communication has since followed, suggesting Giro will not be on the board due to professional commitments in London taking up a lot of his time, but it seems there were discrepancies between Laporta and Giro in recent days over the management of the club's financial position and the measures needed to sort the cash problems at Camp Nou.

Sources close to Laporta's campaign team have said that Giro wasn't in agreement that the weight of the decisions would be left to the new CEO, Ferran Reverter, signed from MediaMarkt. Laporta, meanwhile, felt that his directors should be fully focused on their roles at the club, Given the disagreements, both parties decided it was best to end the relationship before it even got properly started.

Laporta's second spell as Barça president is expected to officially begin on Wednesday.

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