A vote of no confidence against Barcelona ’ s beleaguered board was launched by a disgruntled member of the club on Friday with the aim of removing president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Agusti Benedito , who lost out to Bartomeu in club elections in 2015 , attended the club’ s offices at the Camp Nou stadium to request the ballot papers necessary for his censure motion.
“ The crisis at Barcelona is social , institutional and economic , ” said Benedito.
“ I believe that ( the motion) is viable because Bartomeu has been out of control for weeks .”
Benedito needs the backing of 16, 500 members , 15 percent of Barca ’ s 110 , 000 ‘ socios’ , in the next 14 working days for the motion to proceed .
If he is successful , all members will be called to vote on the motion which could remove Bartomeu if two - thirds of the fanbase vote in favour of Benedito ’ s campaign.
“ Now is not the right moment to do this, ” said Barca vice - president Jordi Cardoner.
“ From our perspective , we believe these actions are more adequate at the end of the season .”
Neymar ’ s world record 222 - million -euro ( $264 million ) move to Paris Saint- Germain piled extra pressure on Bartomeu following a disappointing campaign last season in which Barca only won the Copa del Rey.
The Catalan giants ’ haphazard attempts to rebuild without the Brazilian have also attracted criticism .
French prodigy Ousmane Dembele , 20 , was signed from Borussia Dortmund for an initial fee of 105 million euros that could rise to 145 million depending on bonuses.
However , even at Dembele ’ s presentation in front of 18 , 000 fans at the Camp Nou on Monday, there were calls for Bartomeu to resign .
Barca have also failed with a series of bids to land Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool .
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