They had been waiting for it for weeks, and finally the board members found out the final results of the forensic on Friday, coinciding with the meeting prior to the Espai Barça referendum. But weeks before, they had already learned some details from this report. From the club have wanted to maintain a very cautious speech, especially from the box, minimizing leaks. “Just because we don’t understand a bill doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sense; that’s why we have to wait to have everything tied up “, pointed out a member of the board. However, club sources say that the results show many aspects that “do not fit” in the management. “There are services that have been clearly paid for above market price. Now, how is it shown if it is due to incompetence or bad faith? We can’t prove that, “said a man close to the president.
For now, the legal measures that Barça will take have not transpired, if it is finally taking any steps in this direction. Beyond the Barçagate, which is already in court, there are other games that are difficult to explain. This is the case of split fractures or the hiring of the same service from different providers, as CEO Ferran Reverter had already announced during the presentation of the due diligence, a couple of months ago.
On the other hand, around 150 million (25% of the initial budget) have been spent on Espai Barça, but only 5% of the works have been carried out. And, of this money that has already been invested, as explained by ARA, it is not understood a package of 109 million for works that have a market price of around 50.
Months of work
Informs him forensic, a derivative of due diligence, will be published after several months of work. Initially, the task was to analyze the financial management of the outgoing board, which had closed the last full season with losses and which, in 2020/21, that of the resignation, was also headed towards the red numbers. In addition, the president of the club’s management committee, Carles Tusquets, had also publicly explained that some bills had been left unpaid because “he did not see them clearly.” After the elections, Laporta commissioned this report to analyze in detail the economic situation of Barça and, in the face of “incomprehensible or suspicious bills”, as the board argued, they had started the forensic to know if any could be reason enough to take legal action. Doubts will be raised this week.
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