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Laporta overwhelming favourite among four candidates for Barcelona presidency

Joan Laporta and Victor Font are among four candidates who look set to do battle for the Barcelona presidency later this month.

Laporta, Font, Toni Freixa and Emili Rousaud all delivered signatures from enough socios on Monday to advance to the election on January 24.

Laporta, previously president for a decorated period between 2003 and 2010, presented 10,272 signatures, significantly ahead of Font's 4,713, Frexia's 2,822 and Rousand's 2,510.

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Validation of these signatures will begin on Tuesday, with confirmation of the final candidates announced on Thursday.

Jordi Farre, Xavier Vilajoana, Agusti Benedito, Luis Fernandez Ala and Pere Riera were unable to meet the threshold of 2,257 signatures.