Six Barcelona board members resign as Josep Bartomeu restructures club hierarchy

decision to suspend competitive football across Spain was taken last month in light of coronavirus pandemic that has gripped nation in recent weeks. A number of clubs have been hit by major losses due to suspension of LaLiga. re are  tickets sales, commercial deals and or forms of revenue coming in on a regular basis which is making it difficult for clubs to operate in ongoing lockdown situation. Barcelona seem to have been hit badly by coronavirus crisis after six board members stepped down from ir respective positions this week.

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Maria Teixidor, Jordi Calsamiglia, Enrique Tombas, Silvio Elías and Josep Pont were some of big-name officials who stepped down from Barcelona board. club statement read " Board of Directors have approved appointment of Jordi Moix, as Vice President for Ecomics and Equity; Pau Vilava, as institutional vice president; Oriol Tomas, as Vice President of Commercial Area; Marta Plana, as Secretary of Board of Directors; and David Bellver, as treasurer. Javier Bordas will be manr responsible for football first team, while Xavier Vilajoana will be in charge of Barca B, youth teams and women's football. executives responsible for Compliance Committee will be Secretary of Board, Marta Plana, and treasurer, David Bellver, while Joan Blade in addition to continuing to be responsible for basketball teams, will be responsible for Control and Transparency Committee."

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In addition to this, Barcelona also released an official statement stating that y will take legal action against former vice-president Emili Rossaud (also resigned) who made some controversial allegations against club in a recent interview. Rossaud accused Barcelona board of stealing money and accepting bribes in interview. club was quoted as saying "In face of serious and unfounded allegations made by Mr Emili Rousaud, FC Barcelona categorically denies any action that could be described as corruption."

Barcelona board members who handed in ir resignations in past week

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