"WE DIDN'T WANT TO ASK FOR MONEY..."
Laporta explains the reason why Barça activated the economic 'levers'
Published:1/10/2022 - 01:04h
Updated:1/10/2022 - 09:21h
From Mallorca, the president of FC Barcelona has spoken about the reasons that led the Barça Board of Directors to sell the club's assets during the summer. Joan Laporta highlighted that it was the only alternative
The FC Barcelona lived a pleasant market of signings estival in which they arrived to the Spotify Camp Nou seven new reinforcements. Four arrived with the letter of freedom after culminating his agreements with his previous clubs or terminate the same, whereas the Barcelona did three big outlays to pay the traspasos of Raphinha (€58m), Robert Lewandowski (€45m) and Jules Koundé (€50m), in addition to generating profits to be able to include them in the limit salarial.
The party of the summer was preceded of a complicated decision that took the Managerial Board and reaffirmed the Assembly of Partners Compromisarios: sell heritage of the club. The Barcelona, to go out to float of the debts and resolve the subjects of the 'fair play' financial of LaLiga, saw forced to give off of 25% of his television rights by the next 25 years, as well as almost 50% of 'Barça Studios'.
Now only they remain to see the 'consequences' that they could have in the future with the 'loss' of heritage, but the reality is that the famous 'crowbars' economic were the only possible formula so that the Barça went out to the market and lived a necessary revolution in his staff to be able to compete by the titles from this season. The Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, like this has explained it.
In a meeting with the 'penyes' Barcelona in Mallorca, the maximum mandator of the club left clear that, if they did not sell heritage, had to see forced to ask money: "Alas, with reason of the legacy that have received only had two options: or sell crowbars or begin to ask money to the people. In a moment of pandemia and economic difficulties, neither my mates of managerial board neither I wanted to do this to ask money. They have had to sell active to consolidate this recovery".
The future is not engaged
Laporta Has recognised that the negotiations have been positive for the economic interests of the club and that the next exercises do not run danger: "you Can be calm because in a moment of maximum difficulty have sold to very good price and without prejudicing excessively the account of results of the next years. We have gone to the market and have sold properly".
