subject: A Stab In The Back [print this page] The resignation of 15 officers forced to call elections in the Catalan federation
Jordi Casals, President of the Catalan Football Federation, went to bed happy Tuesday night after 30,000 fans witness the Wholesale Football Shirt Shop rout of their selection of Honduras in Montjuc. Instead, yesterday, after getting up, was found in his desk a letter to the resignation of 15 of its executives, over 50% of the board, which forces him to call elections within three months.
"It was a stabbing," Casals said, "I did not expect." In any case, said the two leaders of "treachery", the historic World Cup Football Shirt and Josep Andreu Subies Llao, and was baffled by the presence among the quitters from the representative of Barcelona, Jordi Mestre: "I do not think that the club is involved in all of this or that by Catalan coach Johan Cruyff had anything to do. Mestre should have declined. "
The resigning say in his note that they have lost confidence in some of his colleagues - "with a fait accompli and Football Shirt Thailand unilateral decisions" - and also differ in economic management.
Casals, elected in June 2009 and had expected a government crisis meeting in January, has been in the minority and will now chair a management board after announcing he will return to stand for elections.
"We did the cleaning we had to go," concluded regarding Subies Casals, who will likely articulate another candidate. The New Zealand Jersey Catalan federation is virtually ungovernable since the departure of John Roche in 2008.
