Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, temporarily paralyzed the Barça club’s Assembly of Committers to inform the members present of the death of a legend of Manchester United and football, Sir Bobby Charlton”, which is why immediately asked by leader of the culé that a minute of silence is carried out as a tribute to the myth of British and universal football.
Laporta quickly showed reflexes as the top leader of a world-class institution like Barça. Only eight minutes after Manchester United announced through their social networks the death of Bobby Charlton at the age of 86 old, The Barça club is already paying a heartfelt memorial to a figure in the history of football whose memory is the legacy of all lovers of the beautiful sport.
Charlton, one of the survivors of the tragic plane crash in 1958 that claimed the lives of eight members of that great group christened the ‘Busby Boys’. Matt Busby, the coach of that team, also survived the accident and built a Manchester United that a decade later won the first of its three European Cups with a front line consisting of three Ballon d’Or winners such as Denis Law and George Best. .
Charlton was shortly before, in 1966, the leader of the English team that was crowned world champion at Wembley.
Source: La Verdad
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