Bartomeu resigns: Funniest memes and reactions from Barcelona's president departure

For years, Barcelona fans have blamed Josep Maria Bartomeu for the team’s struggles. In fact, even Lionel Messi and other former players called the controversial president out and claimed that he was the one responsible for the Argentine star’s desire to leave the club in the offseason.

However, Bartomeu had repeatedly assured that he had no intention whatsoever of stepping down as team president, even though he expected a vote of no-confidence to evaluate his future with the club.

Now, less than24 hours after saying that this wasn’t the right time to resign, Josep Maria Bartomeu surprisingly backpedaled and announced his immediate resignation, just one day before his team takes the pitch in Turin to face Juventus for the UEFA Champions League.

Bartomeu Said He Wasn’t Stepping Down, Then Resigns: Funniest Memes and Reactions

“It never crossed my mind to resign. The project is very interesting with young players and experienced ones, like [Lionel] Messi,” Bartomeu said, adding that they wanted to postpone the vote of no-confidence voting because of the pandemic.

“We put adequate mechanisms in place for the vote of no confidence,proposing November 1 and 2 in 13 locations in Catalonia. Last Thursday, our request to have 15 days to make the vote as universal as possible was not respected.The Generalitat [the government of Catalonia] did not accept to do it on November 15 and 16 in a decentralized way,” he added.

“The prime minister decreed a state of alarm and a curfew, establishing meetings of a maximum of six people, and Catalonia decreed a night-time curfew. We sent a letter to the Generalitat asking how we could guarantee the vote of members of over 65 and how we could guarantee the health of the 300 workers. We know that we live in serious situations that require exceptional measures; they are incompatible with partisan positions. We have decided that we will meet again when we have the answers,” Bartomeu said on Monday.

Now, the president has finally put an end to his infamous tenure in charge of the team, and needless to say, the internet wasn’t quiet about it. Here, we’ll show you the funniest memes and reactions about Bartomeu’s resignation.

This is definitely the dawn of a new era at Camp Nou and his resignation could even mean that Messi will stay with the team for good, but that’ll also likely depend on who steps up and how Ronald Koeman fares this season.