One of the rival candidacies of
Joan Laporta
in the last electoral process, questioned by what has happened in the last hours regarding the agonizing presidential inauguration, defined the situation with extreme harshness on Tuesday: "It is being nonsense." quarrels that seemed little after seeing the embrace between the presidential candidates the night in which Laporta won the elections, the dawn of the new project of the lawyer at the head of the club is not temple
not nearly as placid as his triumph at the polls.
In fact, if the former Barça president does not send LaLiga a guarantee of 124.6 million euros before the agency's offices close on Wednesday afternoon, Laporta will not be invested as president.
The statutes of the Barça club are clear in that sense.
The time limit to take possession is ten calendar days, a period that ends this Wednesday.
If not, a Manager would have to lead the club again and call new elections. "It is not going to be like that," they insist from the Laporta environment.
The president-elect's sister, Maite, by the way, already sent invitations today for the inauguration, scheduled for this Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. at the Camp Nou.
Some managers, in fact, had already been summoned on Tuesday afternoon for the final signature of the guarantee. The mess has revealed that the candidacy of Joan Laporta, despite the long electoral process, had neglected to ensure the structure of the monstrous guarantee that it requires the Sports Law (15% of the spending budget) for clubs that are not public limited companies (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic and Osasuna).
In these four entities, managers have to respond with their equity to losses.
Everything went wrong for Laporta when
Jaume Giró
, former CEO of the Fundació La Caixa, resigned from the board of directors last Saturday.
Who should be the economic vice president had led the negotiations to obtain the guarantee, being himself one of those who could offer the greatest guarantees.
Giró, however, chose to resign at the last corner (officially for "work reasons"), so the Laporta team was left at the expense of finding new pieces for the puzzle. Banco Sabadell is the one who will take charge of a section of the guarantee, although the managers, without Giró, could not contribute more than 55 million euros as equity.
For this, several options were opened, with the counter-guarantees as a solution through the intervention of
Vulture funds
to cover the remaining amount.
With a major setback: the interest to be paid by managers, over 7% per year, would force them to pay out of pocket an amount that would be around six million euros a year.
Audax and José Elías
Hence the beginning of a frantic race to incorporate new managers who could contribute assets to the required guarantees.
Or the irruption of a newly minted tycoon,
Jose Elijah
, and its Audax energy generation and marketing group.
Elías, who last March already tried to get closer to the candidacy of
Victor Font
With the aim of taking positions in Barcelona, he cannot be a manager because he does not accredit enough years of membership in the club.
However, he offered the possibility of completing the endorsement through his right-hand man and vice president of Audax, Eduard Romeu.
A complicated negotiation that should lead Romeu himself to one of the most responsible positions in the club, the economic vice presidency.As for the role as intermediary of JB Capital, the entity owned by Javier Botín, according to the sources of the negotiation consulted , He had already been working with Barcelona advising him on the restructuring of his debt. Laporta is clear that he will reach the goal and will take the presidential seat this Wednesday on the Camp Nou pitch.
The foreword to his legislature, however, has put some of his companions on notice.
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