Victor Fontformer presidential candidate FC Barcelonahas expressed its concern about the information published by EL PERIÓDICO about the financing of the interests of the guarantee that allowed John Laporta become president of Barça more than three years ago. She did it in an interview in Catalonia Radioin which he has not ruled out a motion of censure if “crossed red lines“.
Font explained that “now there is evidence that a club supplier has made payments to cover expenses that would go to an account of the directors. I hope and wish that there is absolute transparency and an explanation of what this is about, because it is very easy to add two and two and think that in exchange for this payment a business has been provided, which would be very serious.
In the information in this newspaper, signed by Toni Frieros, it is stated that only six months after the deposit of 350,000 euros from the American company ISL into the board’s joint account to pay the expenses of the Barça board’s guarantee, Barcelona granted the organization of two friendly matches in North American territory.
“It will have to be explained very well and ensure that a red line has not been crossed. It does not look good, nor does it smell good. I know that the directors have asked for explanations at the board of directors, but they have not been given them,” said Font. . For the former candidate, this information “is one more symptom of the reality that the club suffers. It is the tip of an iceberg that we know thanks to journalistic investigations. Imagine what we don’t know.”
Red lines
Font has drawn a parallel with ‘Barçagate’, “when club resources were used to discredit rivals.” Now, the club’s assets, such as the organization of friendly matches, would come from having helped the interests of a guarantee that would correspond exclusively to the directors. The beneficiary company, ISL Futbol LLC, has denied any connection. It has a contract with FC Barcelona for the marketing of the Barça Academy, as well as numerous campuses.
Font did not want to rule out a motion of censure. “The motion of censure should never be ruled out.” And he added: “I have always explained the same thing: stability is key and motions of censure should be prohibited in the club’s statutes when they are due to management errors by whoever governs the entity. Where things change is when red lines are crossed. “We ended up giving active support to the motion against Bartomeu because those red lines were crossed with Bartogate.” And this is where he has demanded explanations to ensure that in the case of the guarantee, “a red line has not also been crossed.”
Who runs the club?
The erratic course of the entity has been the other axis of Font’s interview on Catalunya Ràdio. “You just need to see the number of talented people who have left. There is no one left. Only friends, acquaintances and family of the president.”
This is a point you have emphasized. “Who makes the decisions? A former brother-in-law without any position who intervenes in all the decisions but it has not been explained to us what he does. Deco, a friend and partner of the former brother-in-law and friend at the same time of Laporta. Rafa Yuste, a beautiful person but who has no football knowledge or preparation for the position. And a Laporta who loves the club very much, like me, but who is a lawyer who lacks the training to make the decisions he makes.” In this sense, he has indicated that in the previous term he was a Laporta who knew how to delegate, who had the advice of Johan Cruyff and a talent like that of Txiki Begiristain. Who does he have now? To friends, acquaintances and family.”
Font has repeated the message that the club is worse than when Laporta took office in 2021 because management has not been professionalized as it should be. “I’m not saying it, the numbers say it. In three and a half years there have been a billion operating losses.”
As soon as the season ends, the financial balance of the season is closed, Font will appear at a press conference. “The next three or four weeks are crucial for the future of the club. The mess of the levers is not resolved. We must fix the issue of Barça Studios, a hitherto fictitious agreement that has to become real or we will have a problem of 400 millions in the accounts.”
2024-05-15 09:15:49
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