Breaking: Barcelona president Bartomeu resigns
Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, has offered his resignation, according to reports.
Bartomeu is understood to have handed in his notice on Tuesday afternoon before a vote of no confidence expected to boot him out.
According to Sport in Spain, a number of the directors on the board followed him out of the Nou Camp exit door following an urgent meeting just three days after Barcelona lost 3-1 at home to Real Madrid.
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The Spaniard, 57, was particularly damaged by his handling of the Lionel Messi saga this summer.
He refused to budge on his stance, almost causing the six-time Ballon d’Or winner to quit his boyhood club after 20 years.
Fans – who together own the club – came together and got the required number of signatures to initiate a no-confidence vote.