Barcelona president Bartomeu submits resignation: report
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has submitted his resignation from the club, Spanish newspaper Sport reported on Tuesday.
Bartomeu has been facing growing resentment within the last year as a result of club's worsening finances and the team's decline on the pitch, which found a head with their 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals in August.
Bartomeu, who in addition has been widely criticised after talisman forward Lionel Messi requested a transfer following a Champions League humiliation, was facing a vote of no confidence from the club's 'socios'.
He took over from Sandro Rosell in 2014.
