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    'Barcelona chief forced to resign'

    Barcelona FC president Joan Laporta has been forced to resign from his post under a pressure from management committee, a repot says.

    The Catalan daily Sport reported Tuesday that Barcelona's management committee would hold an emergency meeting on Thursday following two years of lackluster results in the club with no major trophies.

    Laporta has been increasingly unpopular among Barcelona fans due to the recent drought in silverware.

    In a Sunday vote that was aimed at determining the future of the 45-year-old president, Laporta only got the backing of 37.37 percent of the 37,294 who took part in the vote.

    According to the report, Laporta needed to have the backing of two-third of the supporters to survive the confidence vote.

    Under the presidency of Laporta at Barcelona, the Catalan giants won back-to-back league titles in 2005 and 2006, along with the Champions League in 2006.

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    Its not Laporta's fault that Rijkaard lost his mojo. Fans in Spain are a fickle bunch.
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      for someone who picked a young Ronaldinho over a superstar Beckham, Laporta should be given club immortality.
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        Originally posted by PersianMadrid7 View Post
        for someone who picked a young Ronaldinho over a superstar Beckham, Laporta should be given club immortality.
        Beckham had snubbed Barcelona who were offering United more money than Real for the transfer

        Laporta wanted to sign Beckham, but Becks preferred Madrid because they were in Champions League rather than UEFA Cup as were Barcelona. Becks was their no.1 target for the summer, but as soon as he went to Real, Laporta picked Ronaldinho who had snubbed United incidentally.
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