The president has hit back at his critics...
Josep Maria Bartomeu has defended his record as Barcelona president and says the board has no intention of resigning.
The 54-year-old took over from Sandro Rosell but has faced criticism over the way the club has been run although he hit back in speech to the Barcelona senate on Tuesday.
“To all those that have suggested the board and I are thinking of resigning, I tell them that we have no intention of doing so,” he said via Mundo Deportivo.
"From some sectors the ability of this board to run the club has been brought into question. We have been accused of not protecting the model and of only being administrators.
"We do not mind, given how football is nowadays, being considered good administrators, however, we are not losing the essence of the Barca model.
"I would prefer that we talk about the model of the club, something that develops, improves and enriches itself every day.
"We are still in the winning era that began with Ronaldinho and that [Lionel] Messi has consolidated. We have overcome the departures of Pep Guardiola and Xavi, the death of Tito Vilanova and the FIFA sanction.”
Bartomeu also refused to discuss Luis Enrique’s replacement, with Ernesto Valverde the hot favourite to take over at the end of the season.
"I'm not going to be able to give any names," Bartomeu added. "We've been working for a while on appointing a new manager with the intention of extending our era of dominance.
"You will hear a lot of names going around, but that's normal these days. All I can say is that the club have been working on the planning for next season for some time."
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