Laporta criticised for drunken disco dancing

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has blamed anti-Catalan press for publishing pictures of him dancing in a drunken state on the dance floor of a Barcelona night club following the victory over Real Madrid on Sunday.
Laporta has courted controversy throughout his time as president due to his often arrogant attitude of for example behaviour which is not considered acceptable for a president representing Barcelona. Stories range from him taking his trousers off after being stopped by security at Madrid airport to employing a Brazilian lover, who had caused the end of his marriage, at the Nou Camp.
Now in the latest example photos showed him covered in Champagne and dancing with a bottle.
“They cannot stand the fact that we are leaders and that Barca beat Madrid,” he said as he tried to excuse himself, “look at the way they have to take some hidden photos so as to try and embarrass us.
“It is one more case of the greater Spanish block that through this individual and hidden cameras make these photos. It is an attack on intimacy and integrity and shows a lack of professional etiquette. They put all their effort into trying to muddy the image of Barcelona, something they have been doing for a while, long before we arrived, but they are not going to succeed. They follow me personally for the ideas that I have with the reason to divert attention from a bad result for them.”
However this opinion is not followed by many Catalans and Barca fans who feel that Laporta has used his position for his own gains, like a trip through central and southern America on the grounds of meeting fan groups, but the need for such an expensive and extensive trip have been called into doubt.
With elections coming up at the end of this season, Laporta will have to stand down after having served two terms and it is unlikely that the future president will come from the present board as Sandro Rosell, a former vice-president the favourite.
Meanwhile professor Jaume Guixa has offered himself as an alternative to Laporta . he tried to stand in 2006 but without sufficient votes to launch a candidacy.
“We will propose stability and efficiency. I will listen to the members – the true owners of the club. I am a clear change from Laporta. Now Barca is doing well sports wise but Laportismo has to end with Laporta because we do not want a puppet or someone imitating him,” he said, while clear to point out he would keep Guardiola but not Txiki Begiristain or the director Joan Oliver.