Barcelona presidential candidate Jordi Majo has claimed he was offered the chance to sign Sergio Ramos as an election "secret weapon," and also said former Barça star Michael Laudrup would join the club's staff under his leadership.

Majo is an outsider to the race with Joan Laporta and Josep Bartomeu the current favorites.

"Ramos offered himself to us a while ago as an election secret weapon," Majo said. "I do not know if he was offered to anyone else.

"But we are not playing that game. We will not be used by Sergio Ramos and his brother [agent] to lift his standing at Real Madrid. In our case, this is totally discarded."