Barcelona presidential election postponed over Covid-19 fears

ByReuters

Updated 15/01/2021 at 13:13 GMT

Barcelona's highly-anticipated presidential election has been postponed. Ronald Koeman hoped a new president would be in place before the winter transfer window shut in order to make some last-minute additions to the squad, but that looks very unlikely with the election now set to take place at a later date.

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FC Barcelona has postponed its presidential election originally scheduled for January 24 due to a spike in coronavirus cases in the region of Catalonia, the Catalan government said on Friday.

The regional government, who met with Barca representatives on Friday, had extended restrictions a day earlier to fight the spread of the virus, preventing people from leaving their municipality unless for work, education or medical reasons.

Former president Joan Laporta, entrepreneur Victor Font and former director Toni Freixa are the final three candidates for the election, which is being held to choose a successor after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned last October.

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