FC Barcelona as a club have gone through a lot in the past couple of years. Their former president was kicked out and replaced after it was made public that he was messing with the financials of the club and had put the club in a position of debt of $1.52 Billion.
On Tuesday, Barcelona and lawyers appointed to research the Bartomeu activities revealed in the forensic report that “payments without cause, payments with a false cause or disproportionate payments were found”.
Laporta added that “it could not be ruled out that there was unfair reward for those people responsible for these payments”.
“It’s not about pointing fingers or describing the management of the previous board as better or worse, that’s not it.“It is about transferring information to the authorities that investigate crimes and clamp down on this sort of behaviour, which is very serious criminal behaviour. If I had to define it all in one word, it would be: disloyalty. Because it is money from the members of FC Barcelona. That money cannot be abused or given away as if it was yours.”
The report also revealed irregularities such as lawyers being paid €7 Million for “supposed signings”, agents being paid not 5% but 33% in fees and €15 Million for refusal of young players which wasn’t even needed.
The club’s new management has done some changes and has even reduced the wage bill by €159 Million post the new Presidential elections. Barcelona have also managed to reduce their €1.5 Billion debt to almost something near €700 Million trying to get back to the Barcelona of old undr the Laporta and Xavi era.