Barcelona fans the world over may be about to get what they have been praying for!!!

What's the Story?

The rule of Josep Bartomeu as President of Futbol Club Barcelona has been rife with hullabaloo - right from the resolution to have a shirt sponsor for the first time in the club's storied history, to seeing Barcelona move away from their sacred tiki-taka style of play, to the final straw for lots of people, allowing PSG to walk-in & pay the buy-out clause for Neymar Jr... after allegedly failing to prize Marco Veratti away from the very same club.

With such turbulent changes happening across the board, one of Barcelona's members (remember, the club is owned by a collection of fans who are members of the club) Augusti Benedito has begun the process of no-confidence against the current President.

In case you didn't know

Even Xavi, that beacon of Barca PR speak, said earlier today -"The difference between Real & Barca is that when things go badly for Real Madrid, the players, the staff, & the management are one"

If the fact that Xavi is speaking about divisiveness in the club does not convince you that something's wrong at the Camp Nou, nothing else will.

Barcelona fans the world over may be about to get what they have been praying for!!!

The heart of the matter

Benedito, a former Presidential candidate himself, arrived at the Camp Nou to pick the pertinent papers for collecting signatures - 16000 of which are needed - & although the campaign to oust Bartomeu has been on for some time now, the task of physically collecting these 16000 signatures starts today.

"Bartomeu should resign, as he's out of control," Benedito said as he left the stadium's offices."We are looking at a very important institutional crisis."

What's Next

In order for the motion to be successful, it would not only need the 16000 signatures but also 66 percent support at the actual, physical, vote of no confidence. Benedito is confident, though, & showed that he already had the support of close to 50,000 fellow members!

My Take

While Barcelona's officials have been quick to criticize the social media outrage against their President as originating from outside Catalunya (forgetting that Barcelona are a truly global club now - bringing with it all that term entails - & the global fan's voice carries as much weight as the local ones) but this motion for no-confidence has been coming for quite some time.

Unless Barcelona spring a surprise on Deadline Day with a very major, signing to pacify their large fan base, & unless the club dramatically develops their playing style on the pitch it seems likely that this motion will go down to the wire & Bartomeu's Presidency could actually be at risk.