Joseph Maria Bartomeu Steps Down as President of Barcelona After a Feud With Lionel Messi, Happy Netizens Celebrate with Tweets on Social Media

Joseph Maria Bartomeu has stepped down as the President of Barcelona and the official account of the Catalan Giants posted a tweet on social media informing the fans about the same. Maria resigned along with the entire board of Barcelona. For a while now, Lionel Messi has had issues with the board of the Catalan Giants. Lionel Messi, Gerard Pique and others have slammed the Barcelona board and the players have made sure to not minced their words while criticising the board. However, the board has now resigned. Josep Maria Bartomeu Resigns as FC Barcelona President! Entire Board Steps Down.

In the statement, he said that the decision was a well-considered, calm, consensual and collective decision by my fellow directors who have accompanied him. He further wished the Barcelona board a bit of good luck for their future. "I just hope to be able to continue enjoying our Barca, but now from a distance. They shall always have my respect and my support whenever they feel they need it," he said in a statement. Now, let's have a look at the tweets below:

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No longer our President

Bartomeu is gone

Last one

It was due to the board members of Barcelona that Messi was contemplating to move on from Catalans. He was supposed to sign a deal with Manchester City but that couldn't happen due to the clause by Barca.

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