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Barça activates the fourth lever but it is still insufficient

Laporta applauds in the Camp Nou EP

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The club formalizes the sale of 24.5 percent of Barça Studios for 100 million euros but still needs more money to register all the signings

Sergio Font

Barcelona and its board of directors breathe slightly relieved after activating the fourth lever, which had been blocked due to legal problems. In fact, in the end the agreement with GDA Luma has not come to fruition and it will be Orpheus Media which will keep 24.5 percent of Barça Studios. The company, managed by Jaume Roures, will pay 100 million euros, which brings the Catalan club closer to the goal of being able to register its five signings (Christensen, Kessie, Raphinha, Lewandowski and Koundé) in addition to the two renewed ones (Sergi Roberto and Dembele). However, Barcelona still does not meet the requirements demanded by LaLiga for what it has until the match with Rayo starts to solve the problem. At this time, the salary reduction that will be applied to Piquethe salary deferral to Busquets or the transfer of Frenkie de Jongare the options that are considered.

It must be remembered that Barcelona had practically closed the agreement of the percentage of Barça Studios to the GDA Luma group, but the different legal and administrative impediments meant that an alternative had to be found. Given the seriousness of the situation, John Laporta He interrupted his vacation on the Costa Brava to hold a summit throughout this past Thursday with Mateu Alemany and Rafa Yuste. In the end, the club reached the agreement with Orpheus Media and has made it official with a statement.

«FC Barcelona announces the sale of 24.5% of Barça Studios to the company Orpheus Media, managed by the Mr. Jaume Rouresaudiovisual producer with extensive experience in the creation of audiovisual and digital content, for an amount of €100 million», begins by explaining the club, which continues: «This agreement complements the one that was already signed on July 29 with Socios.com and will serve to accelerate the growth of the club’s digital strategy, NFT and Web.3». Finally, he points out that «the sale has been carried out in accordance with the authorization of the General Assembly of Members of FC Barcelona held on October 23. With these investments, the strategic partners of Barça Studios They demonstrate confidence in the value of the project and the future of digital content in the world of sport.”


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