Former presidential candidate claims Barcelona would have won the treble under him

Responding to a fan question on Twitter, former Barcelona presidential candidate Toni Freixa has made an outlandish claim, stating that the club would have won the treble if he had been elected.

Freixa was one among the three candidates that contested the FC Barcelona presidential elections last year along with Joan Laporta and Victor Font.

Laporta won the elections with an overwhelming majority of 54.28% of the votes, while Victor Font came in second with 29.99%. Freixa finished last with a vote share of just 8.58% only.

Having failed to win the elections, Freixa has never shied away from taking a dig at the current administration under Laporta.

And he has done so again on Sunday, when he claimed that if he were in charge of the team, Barcelona would have gone on to win the treble in the ongoing campaign.

“If I was the president, we would have won the treble this season,” he wrote in response to a question from a fan.

The Catalans have endured a difficult 2021/22 season marred by financial issues due to the mismanagement from the previous regimes. As a result, the club’s hands were tied up in the summer transfer window, as they saw Lionel Messi leave as they could not renew his contract.

The team struggled in the early parts of the campaign as well, leading to Ronald Koeman’s sacking. However, things have improved under Xavi Hernandez to a certain degree.

Having looked like they would not be able to play European football next season, Barça sealed qualification for the UEFA Champions League for the upcoming campaign with their 2-1 win over Real Betis this Saturday.

Given the situation that they found themselves in early in the season, a second-place finish in La Liga and Champions League qualification can be seen as a success for the current campaign.