Barcelona is in debt of €1.35 billion, the club’s president Joan Laporta confirmed on Monday.

He revealed the numbers, as he defended his brief tenure from criticism, pointing fingers at his predecessor, Jose Maria Bartomeu.

Laporta came into office in March, after winning the elections which followed Bartomeu’s resignation in October 2020.

“As of March 21, 2021, the debt was €1.35bn. Bartomeu was plugging holes in the short term and mortgaging the club in the long term. That leaves us a dramatic inheritance.

“To the initial debt of €617m, you have to add €389m on players, €90m in litigation, €79m in advance television rights and €56m from the ‘Espai Barca’ project. In total, it’s €1.35bn,” Laporta said in a news conference.

It comes almost a week after Lionel Messi left the club to sign for Paris Saint-Germain.

Messi departed after Barcelona were unable to register a new contract for him within the strict LaLiga imposed salary cap.

Last weekend, only Gerard Pique’s accepted a last-minute pay cut, allowed Barca to field new signings Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia against Real Sociedad.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2021/08/16/barcelona-in-debt-of-e1-35-billion-after-messis-departure/

Barça's board of directors should go for one year crash course at Chelsea to learn how to manage a club successfully

This Jose Maria Bartomeu Is One Of The Worst People To Ever A Manage, He Is One Of The Reasons Barca Are Into This Mess.

Signing Players Anyhow with outrageous fees.

Anyway, Good Luck to them.

Fahdiga:
Barça's board of directors should go for one year crash course at Chelsea to learn how to manage a club successfully

You gat it....

Laporta : Extending Lionel Messi's contract would have made the wage bill accountable for 110% of revenue, which La Liga refused to accept.

Messi announced an emotional exit from the Nou Camp last week and signed for Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract.

"Our salaries represent 103% of the club's total income, that's 20-25% more than our competitors," said Laporta, now in his second term as president after winning March's election.

"The first thing we had to do when we arrived was to ask for a loan of 80m euros because, otherwise, we could not pay the salaries. The previous regime was full of lies.

"Barcelona has a negative net worth of 451m euros - it is a terrible inheritance. What has been happening is very worrying."

ok

Paulolee Ojeemah Sammy07 somtochukwu95

Ghen Ghen...

Just to remind us that the vegetable is still in Aso rock

Thank you don't :mention









Disclaimer: Any misyarn was done under the influence of Ekyette's honey pot.





Signing out

selfish greedy Messi drained Barcelona dry before dumping them like trash.
when I told them that footballers are like ashawo or mercenaries with no permanent loyalty them no go gree
there's no sentiments in business and this is what Barcelona management failed to understand.
they used fans sentiments to keep Messi and be paying him massive wages at the detriment of their purse.
just like when you're making money but making more expenses
Barcelona board failed the club, they projected Messi above the club and it's now affecting them.
there was Barcelona before Messi and there will be Barcelona after Messi.
no player is above the club, something they failed to realize.
reason I like Perez of RM, he understands football business perfectly and knows when to dispose and hire a player.
call him anything but he understands football business perfectly.

I don't blame Messi
he didn't come all the way from Argentina to Barcelona to look bridge.
it's strictly money making after all he pays tax
no hard feelings
Barcelona should lick their wound
they had the opportunity to cash out from Messi and rebuild their team without Messi but they blew it.

Messi the fraud destroyed Barcelona then left it for ruins.

He pretended to be crying for Barca but 30 mins in Paris and my guy start to shayo

That's why Ronaldo will always be the real GOAT

The trophy drought is really killing that team.

What is Messi doing in the headline?

Is Messi the management dishing out thousands of pounds to average players? Blame that unfortunate Bartomeu!

As expected

All I know is that CR7 remains the best

My humble opinion

Fc Barcelona is a great club and they must find a way to move along without the imp

Wahala

Bartomeu really left Barcelona in shambles !!!

OP, it's better to bring the whole transcript...before Nairalanders will start thinking Messi's wages was the cause of Barcelona's wahala...

That's not correct, the huge wage bill, according to Laporta, was from bad investment of huge transfer fee received from Neymar's sales on players that were not carefully studied. Hasty investment..bad investment and giving them huge wage

What do we call this now? Messi came to play, score and destroy?

Sell the club then

fergie001:
Paulolee Ojeemah Sammy07 somtochukwu95

Fergie, what do you want

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This club is dying

finished club

Ok