Overview
- Joan Laporta was inaugurated as FC Barcelona president and unveiled a largely continuous board that keeps Rafa Yuste as sporting vice‑president and adds five new directors.
- Laporta set infrastructure and finance as the mandate’s top priorities, naming completion of the Spotify Camp Nou and construction of a new Palau Blaugrana as central to restoring revenue and meeting league rules.
- He called an extraordinary socios compromisarios assembly to present Espai Barça accounts and to propose statutory changes on member participation tied to the stadium plan.
- The ceremony mixed a push for internal unity and institutional defense with public jibes at Real Madrid, while LaLiga president Javier Tebas attended and publicly praised Barca’s stadium reform.
- Laporta framed the handover from Rafa Yuste as successful after a 141‑day interim that produced eight titles, and Yuste said he may consider running for president in 2031.