Josep Maria Bartomeu has finally resigned. It only took the club’s best player ever denouncing him, massive financial losses, several humiliating exits from the UEFA Champions League, strange scandals, and an unprecedented revolt from the members. But it finally happened.
The latest defeat, against Real Madrid, was a nail in the coffin. But really, it’s not as if a bad start to the new season was not survivable, by a different president in a different situation. With Bartomeu, he was already on borrowed time. This start simply sealed his fate.
He only ascended because he was Sandro Rosell’s second, and the latter resigned.