The shirt with the number 8 of the Barça first team captain Víctor Tomàs will be withdrawn on November 30, in an act that will be held after the Champions League match against the German THW Kiel at the Palau Blaugrana, according to The club confirmed this Wednesday in a statement.
The withdrawal of his number will take place two years and ten months after the Barcelona left-handed winger announced his retirement due to heart problems. The COVID-19 pandemic and the change in the club's presidency have slowed down the process.
"As a result of the presidential announcement during the 50th anniversary of the Palau, the Club and the former player looked for the best possible date: a duel in the culé fiefdom against one of the most emblematic rivals in Europe", explains the Barça entity, which has advanced that "At the end of the game, there will be a series of events so that the fans can share this moment with the player", but without specifying which ones.
The left-handed Barça winger, after 23 years at the club and 17 in the first team, left the competition with 69 titles to his name, the club's third most successful after goalkeepers Aitor Egurrola (roller hockey), with 78 titles and David Barrufet (handball), with 71.
Víctor Tomás made his debut with the Barça first team in the Asobal league on April 6, 2002. He was captain of Barça since August 21, 2012 and the captain who lifted, in the 2014-2015 season, seven out of seven titles in one campaign something that only Valero Rivera's 'Dream Team' had achieved in the 1999-2000 season.
Today, at the age of 37, Víctor Tomás has been, since September 2020, Barça's professional sports manager and commentator for Barça's Champions League matches for the 'Esports 3' channel of Televisió de Catalunya.
The shirt with the number and number of Tomás (8) will share the space in the Palau reserved for club legends, 13 at the moment: Òscar Grau (2), Xavier O'Callaghan (4), Enric Masip (5), Iñaki Urdangarin (7), Joan Sagalés (14), David Barrufet (16), from the handball team; Andrés Jiménez (4), Nacho Solozábal (7), Roberto Dueñas (12), 'Epi' (15) and Juan Carlos Navarro (11), from basketball, Alberto Borregán (21) from roller hockey and Paco Sedano (28 ), of the futsal team.
