Joan Laporta emerged as Barcelona president for a second time after winning the club’s election.

The 58-year-old, who oversaw the appointment of Pep Guardiola as head coach his previous spell at the club between 2003-2010, succeeds Josep Maria Bartomeu who resigned in October.

Laporta has pledged to keep Lionel Messi at the club after claiming more than 54% of the entire vote.

Victor Font was second with 30% of the vote, with Toni Freixa a distant third.

Barcelona said 55,611 of its 109,531 eligible members voted in the election, which was postponed from January because of coronavirus restrictions in Catalonia.

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