FC Barcelona: The radiography of the situation of Barcelona, ​​in fifteen brushstrokes

Ferran Reverter, CEO of FC Barcelona, presented this Wednesday the results of the due diligence, the audit that the new Board of Directors commissioned to know in detail the situation of the club. The appearance of the executive goes a long way. Here we summarize, in ten sentences, the most interesting.

If the Bara were a joint-stock company, its economic situation would be cause for dissolution

If last season they had allowed the public to enter, the Camp Nou could not have been opened. I was in a precarious situation

Since April 2021, the club could not continue operating. There was no box

We have found signs that have forced us to dig deeper. We have had to do a forensic in Espai Bara, in the Purchasing department and in commissions. If anything is found, we will forward it to the Legal department to see what action we take

In recent years, when people left the club, after 90 days all the documents were erased. Also, they were not using club laptops, but personal ones. It has been very difficult

The normal commissions in the world of football are between 5 and 10%. Here they were giving up to 33%

The same night that Griezmann is signed, they realize that they cannot pay

Even if there had been no Covid, the Bara would have had losses

In the previous meeting there was no planning whatsoever. The improvisation was total.

If Bara continues to do his homework, he will be able to bring in the players that the club wants

Payments have been made to journalists. Do not qualify them as unjustified because they were made with an invoice

Messi couldn’t wait until August 31 to find out whether or not. I think that sums up the situation perfectly

LaLiga is more restrictive with the fair play that UEFA … and we play in both places

This Board does not consider asking for a spill from the partners

Converting the Bara into a Limited Company is not something that is on the agenda of this Board.