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Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta pledges to make You'll Never Walk Alone the slogan of La Masia as Spanish giants bid to end the demise of famed football academy by following Liverpool's lead

Barcelona presidential candidate Joan Laporta has pledged to make Liverpool's iconic anthem You'll Never Walk Alone the slogan of La Masia, if he is once again re-elected.

The 58-year-old former chief is bidding to return next year and take over at Barca in the aftermath of Josep Maria Bartomeu's controversial departure.

And Laporta insisted he will ring the changes throughout the club, stemming down as far as the famed La Masia school of football, which has started to perform poorly in recent years.

Joan Laporta will make You'll Never Walk Alone the slogan of Barcelona's football youth ranks
The iconic anthem is most widely associated with Liverpool and bellowed out on the Kop

The Masia academy is renowned for producing some of the world's finest footballers, including the likes of Andreas Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez and Lionel Messi.