{"id":4557,"date":"2026-02-20T00:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:25:51","slug":"we-want-to-consolidate-a-modern-high-level-governance-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/we-want-to-consolidate-a-modern-high-level-governance-model\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe want to consolidate a modern, high-level governance model\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Laporta meets with members in Matar\u00f3 to outline the key pillars of \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d: stability, economic consolidation, completion of Espai Bar\u00e7a, and continuing to uphold a successful sporting model.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matar\u00f3, February 19, 2026<\/strong>.\u2013 Joan Laporta met this afternoon at the Bar Capgrossos in Matar\u00f3 with club members from the city and the Maresme region at a campaign event as part of the \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d initiative, a call to continue the project launched in 2021. The pre-candidate stated that the Club is \u201cobjectively and indisputably better\u201d than at the beginning of the mandate, having overcome a \u201ccritical\u201d situation, and highlighted the reduction of debt, increased revenues, record sponsorship deals, and digital growth. Laporta defended a clear vision for the future, based on institutional stability and strong leadership, to consolidate a member-owned club model that is more efficient, modern, and competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laporta also referred to the recovery from a sporting perspective, \u201cwith a model of sporting success recognized and admired worldwide and based on La Masia,\u201d as well as in the social, institutional, and governance spheres. Regarding the latter, he explained that \u201cwe want to consolidate a high-level model that the world\u2019s leading business schools have already shown interest in studying from an academic perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the pre-candidate shared the core idea of the campaign with members: \u201cloving Bar\u00e7a means defending Bar\u00e7a against everything and everyone\u2014against those who would like to see the Club sidelined, subdued and dominated, by inexperienced individuals or by those who understand the Club solely as a business,\u201d adding that \u201cwe want to defend it in order to keep building and winning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Defending the model and identity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the central themes of Joan Laporta\u2019s speech to members in Matar\u00f3 was the defense of the Club\u2019s institutional independence and the preservation of the principles that have made it \u201cmore than a club.\u201d Laporta explained that \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a\u201d is the candidacy that \u201cguarantees the continuation of the associative club model, with ownership remaining in the hands of its members, rooted in Catalonia and committed to freedom, the Catalan language, and Catalan culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the slogan \u201cDefensem el Bar\u00e7a,\u201d the candidacy led by Joan Laporta presents itself as a proposal of continuity, stability, and ambition to consolidate a strong, sustainable, competitive Bar\u00e7a that remains true to its core values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laporta meets with members in Matar\u00f3 to outline the key pillars of \u201cDefensem&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joanlaporta.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}