The former president, hoping to return to power at Camp Nou, has fired a shot at Zinedine Zidane’s side ahead of the election.
If a foreigner came to the ground, they would immediately notice one thing, according to Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta – that VAR is in favor of Real Madrid.
Laporta, president of Barca from 2003 to 2010, is among the favorites to replace Josep Maria Bartomeu ousted at this month’s elections.
The 58-year-old apparently intends to continue the Catalan tradition of going against Madrid, after hanging a large campaign poster near the Santiago Bernabeu in December.
“The acceptable poster has humor and irony,” said Laporta Marca.
“It’s not encouraging; he wants to clarify my profile. I think they accepted it with humor and empathy. ”
Barcelona are sixth in La Liga, eight points behind Madrid and 10 adrift of Atletico leaders – but Laporta believe the officials have played their part.
“If Martian came down to earth and saw the VAR, they would quickly say he wants Madrid,” he asked.
Speaking orally to Barca’s rivals will not be enough to dig the club out of their current peninsula, of course, and Laporta say he has move plans to implement if elected. .
“I have my own sports project. I have three names for the technical secretary. I don’t fall into the trap of naming names.
“It’s not that I want to avoid the issue, it’s that the price of the player would go up and that our player in that position would suffer a fall in form.
“All the delegates are calling me. I know them all and they want me to be president again, but I’ve told them I’m not talking about players or coaches for now. “
When pressed for signing in the January transfer window – with just a week of the window running after the election – Laporta said: “The technical secretary had to tell us. All I can ask of the secretary is not limit himself into his work. ”
The Barcelona election campaign officially begins on January 15, with the actual election set to take place on January 24.