The war between factions in Barcelona is once again bloody.

Josep Maria Bartomeu

, former president of Barcelona and one of those investigated for the 'Barçagate' plot, has reappeared on the public scene. Although it was through an extensive letter sent to the EFE agency. In the same, in addition to defending his management, he accuses his successor in the armchair,

Joan Laporta

, of "inaction" and warns him that, according to the statutes, the new board is responsible for those announced losses of 487 million euros compared to last year.

Bartomeu tries not to leave anything in the inkwell. He points to Laporta for not having applied economic measures that, according to the former president, he himself could not take due to having resigned from his post on October 27, 2020. An exit, according to him, "caused by the intransigence of the Procicat (Territorial Plan Civil Protection of Catalonia). "As a direct consequence of our dismissal, we were not able to apply the economic and financial measures (Barça Corporate, reduction of the wage bill, possible bonus from the Super League and / or bonus from the LaLiga-CVC agreement) provided for against the 375 million euros of reduced income due to the impact of Covid. Measures that your new board would have had to apply ".

Bartomeu says he feels "surprised" by those losses of 487 million euros announced by Laporta on the day of

Messi's

goodbye

.

"I hope it is not like in 2003, when we try to provision as losses the book value of the pending amortization of certain players. Remember that it was not a decision accepted then by the Provincial Court of Barcelona", indicates the former leader to his successor.

What Bartomeu has no doubt in assuming his responsibility is sports planning.

"With quite good sporting results, and being especially satisfied with the contributions from the quarry."

Regarding one of the thorniest issues, the reduction of the wage bill, Bartomeu assures that he did fulfill his part: "Our board applied

a non-

refundable

reduction of 12% of salaries

to all players, technicians and sports professionals of the club with effect in the 2019-20 season, which served to alleviate, at least in part, the drop in income ". And he continues: "At the end of the summer of 2020 it was agreed to propose to the same players and coaches an adjustment and a postponement of salaries based on the expected gradual return of the public at the Camp Nou, which was expected from February 2021 ". Some forecasts that turned out to be unsuccessful.

Although Bartomeu assures that if he had continued in the presidency until his term was exhausted, he would have made further cuts: "According to our plan, in the case of keeping the facilities closed until June 2021, it was necessary to apply a

new salary reduction, in this case of 20% (about 90 million)

, for the purposes of the 2020-21 season ".

Bartomeu assures that during his presidential tour, the club "always complied with the salary ratio of the League and the limit of UEFA's financial Fair Play in order to remain competitive against the Premier League and the 'state-clubs'".

On the other hand, he points to Laporta for having reached a legal agreement with

Neymar

to settle all the disputes opened with the club: "The decision to forgive 16.5 million euros to the former player Neymar in the framework of a dispute where the Expectations in favor of Barcelona were quite clear and the auditor did not oblige, in any case, to supply any amount.Why was this decision taken contrary to the interests of the club?

Bartomeu also demands that Laporta show "as soon as possible" the conclusions of the "audit and / or

due diligence

" regarding his management.

Laporta pointed out during his last public appearance that there were suspicions of "allegedly criminal" conduct.

"In the event of finding signs of irregular actions that, of course, I have not ordered or known, I promise to be the first to adopt the pertinent legal measures to clarify them and, if necessary, punish those alleged illegal actions."

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