• Barça Bartomeu reappears to stoke Laporta and accuse him of "inaction" in the face of Barça's serious economic crisis

  • Chronicle Barcelona denies the trauma

  • Piqué "I know that everyone will take the step shortly"

Joan Laporta's response to the letter made public last week by former president Josep María Bartomeu has been tremendously forceful. The maximum Barcelona leader has assured that the letter is full of lies and accused his predecessor of trying to find a way to flee forward again. "No one is going to shirk their responsibilities," he stressed after ensuring that the club's debt rises to 1,350 million: "The club's situation is dramatic."

"After carefully reading your letter, I see it full of lies and with an effort to justify a management that is unjustifiable. It is an exercise in despair, in which it takes advantage of a moment of certain upheaval in Barcelona. Everyone knows, already I said it in the assembly, that we approved the numbers of 19-20 so as not to paralyze the club, and that, in no case validates the management carried out between 2010 and 2020. I already said that if the 'due diligence' had consequences that entail responsibilities, we would demand them, "said the president, who explained Bartomeu's letter point by point.

One of the points with the greatest discrepancy was the budget for the 2020-21 season. "They presented a budget for 2020-21 of one million euros, based on a series of hypotheses, all of which had to be met, and none have been carried out. In this way, the budget for the season was actually

-320 million euros. euros

. for the 20-21. It is a lie that causes a very worrying economic and patrimonial situation and a dramatic financial situation, "lamented Laporta, who denied that

Neymar

had been forgiven 16 million euros.

"It would also remind him of the damage that the whole Neymar case did. Remember the shameful and interested pact with the prosecution to convict Barça for the first time in history for a tax offense. We found four crossed lawsuits, three labor and one civil. The fourth is curious. When Neymar asks for damages, Barça in turn asks for 10 million euros, Neymar wins and that demand must go to the labor jurisdiction, where it was already prescribed. There were 10 million that could not be claimed. What we thought was that it was better to reach a global agreement, for all parties to renounce their claims and thus the risks were over, "he explained.

Regarding the limit of the salary bill, he also revealed that the situation for this season was really desperate. "The policy of salary limitation with the League was very erratic. For 20/21, the limit was

237 million

, and it was approved with a mass of

417 million

, which without reductions with deferred payments was higher than

600

. we are dragging along and the League considers us a non-compliant club. Now, we have been affected, because the League, in its first letter, let us register a squad with an expense of

83 million euros,

"he revealed.

"He says that sports salaries soared to compete with state clubs and with the Premier League. And it is not true either. It is true that sports policy has been disastrous in recent years. Above all, since the sale of Neymar for 222 million Euros. They were spent disproportionately and at the speed of light. That triggers salaries and amortizations, and that is where we are now. Sports policy has been wrong, the proof is that we have not done well in sports. In recent years. I think they should have believed in La Masía and made more proportionate investments, with more logic, "he stressed.

Thanks Piqué's gesture

"It would be hasty to ascertain what the legal actions that we will bring will be, but it is true that they are responsible until the end of the manager's mandate. I see attempts to escape, and no one is going to escape from their responsibilities. That old woman's story reminds me of what I experienced in 2003, when

Enric Reyna

left me an envelope with a series of operations. With all due respect, because he is a person I appreciate, what he left me was a toast to the sun, like what Bartomeu has done with Barça Corporate. Neither we nor Goldman Sachs saw any of the options viable. Also, in addition, responsibilities for Barçagate will be clarified ", warned the Barça president, who wanted to thank Gerard Piqué again for the gesture.

"We are satisfied, with Piqué we have already solved this question, and I greatly appreciate the predisposition. In his case, it is evident that he is a club player, who loves Barça above all else and his gesture has allowed us to register two players, Memphis and Eric. With

Kun

, we hope that the other captains will act in the Piqué line, "he said. "I understand the players, they come from a salary deferral and another effort is asked of them. In the end, they also see that the situation is dramatic and that decisions must be made.

Jordi Alba

, Sergio

Busquets

and

Sergi Roberto

are behaving very well and we are sure that this act of service for the club will be reached, and as soon as it arrives, we will recognize it, "he said.

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