Joan Laporta has had enough and doesn't plan to attend the board's lunch with Florentino Pérez. The president of FC Barcelona won't be present at the "pre-match" for El Clásico at Bernabéu. He decided to decline the invitation due to "agenda reasons". This could be taken as an excuse, considering that the relations between the two boards are very deteriorated.
This deterioration in relations has been brewing in recent months. Joan Laporta wasn't happy at all that Real Madrid appeared in court for the Negreira case. He wasn't happy either regarding their absence from El Clásico at Montjuic. Florentino alleges a tweet by Barça director Mikel Camps against Vinícius.
However, last classic Joan Laporta buried the hatchet and did attend the board's lunch. The next day, however, the "bad vibes" returned when he asked for the game to be replayed due to a "phantom goal" by Lamine Yamal.
Although Laporta won't attend the board lunch, he'll meet Florentino Pérez face to face in the Bernabéu box. The Barça president will be present at the classic, closely following the match against Real Madrid. He has also suggested that they meet face to face at the board lunch for the match that will be played in Barcelona.
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What wasn't planned was that Barça, officially on Florentino's side in regard to the Super League, would show itself to be a collaborator with UEFA. The offer of Camp Nou to host the final of Women's Champions League in 2027 confirms this.
That has hurt Florentino Pérez more than the reopening of the Slaughter case. The reason for his is that, in his Super League project, the presence of Barça is essential. With this strategic move, Joan Laporta is distancing himself from Florentino Pérez and his project and is beginning a move to get closer to UEFA.
There's no good relationship between Joan Laporta and Florentino at the moment, which is shown constantly. Barça is distancing itself as much as possible from Real Madrid. All this can be noticed in the latest decisions, especially the one to leave him before the Clasico.