Analysis: Barca presidential election holds key to club's future

FILE PHOTO: A giant electoral poster of FC Barcelona presidential hopeful Joan Laporta is seen on a building next to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain - December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Five months after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned, FC Barcelona will finally elect a new president on Sunday, with more than 110,000 of the Liga club's members expected to vote in polling stations in Catalonia, across Spain and via post.

The election has taken on new significance since Bartomeu, who resigned in October to avoid a vote of no-confidence, was arrested on Monday while the club's offices were raided in a probe into allegations of improper management and corruption.