Barcelona have come under an astonishing attack from a presidential candidate looking to take over the club after he claimed the LaLiga giants are heading towards 'economic bankruptcy and moral decay'.

Victor Font is the leader of the Si al futur group seeking to take control of the Nou Camp boardroom. Barca have gone from one crisis to another during the coronavirus pandemic and on Thursday hit a new low when six of the current board members resigned.

Two of the club's four vice-presidents - Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas - as well as directors Silvio Elias, Josep Pont, Jordi Calsamiglia and Maria Texidor have all walked out. Barca have also been accused of paying money to a social media company that then planted negative stories about club figures at odds with the board an allegation denied by the club.

Barca have been in a civil war for many weeks now, with star player Lionel Messi having been in a bitter dispute with Bartomeu and his board over he and his team-mates taking a paycut. 

Even with Messi and his team-mates taking a 70 per cent pay cut the club has also said it will not cover non playing staff wages and has put them on furlough despite Bartomeu saying the club would earn £878 million this season.