Barça’s blank year, the poor economic situation and the pressure from the opposition are combined with Madrid’s successes. His term ends in 2026, but he plays it next season. Social discontent is increasing and the exit from it could be precipitated.
Through the famous communicating vessels that keep the two transatlantic vessels of Spanish football connected, the glorious end of the season of the Madridwhich has already equaled the best moment in its history with six Champions in ten years (he won them between 1956 and 1966 and did it again between 2014 and 2024), further punishes the terrible season of the Barça, which has been left blank, very far from the titles, and has fired its former coach, Xavi, after a vaudeville that lasted four months in an eternal “I’m leaving, but I’m staying.” In case something was missing, this Monday it was done official the signing of Mbappé for the next five seasons.
The crisis of Barça points directly at its president, Joan Laporta, to whom that famous phrase “I look forward to seeing you again” has become like a boomerang. The Catalan lawyer’s term ends in 2026, but more than three years after his return to office, he has not managed to recover the Barça ‘triomfant’ of his first term in sports, the economic situation continues to be desperate and he saw how the Negreira case from which, at least now, he has been exonerated at the judicial level. “A train at 300 kilometers per hour straight into the wall,” he has been saying for three years Victor Font.
Social discontent increases with Laporta, which might not ‘survive’ another catastrophic year. At the moment, on an economic level, Laporta must get it The league unlock 40 million and do not freeze another 60 that he promised to put in the payment plan for the supposed sale of 49% of Barça Studios. Otherwise, the registration capacity of a club that sees how the eternal rival has been reinforced in two years with two world-class stars (Bellingham and now Mbappe) will be practically reduced to zero.
He Barça has valued Barça Studios at 400 million euros. If he does not get those hundred, he will decapitalize that subsidiary and the 400 million would become losses. Laporta It’s a month old. He Barça could close the course in losses. Two years in a row of red numbers in a financial year forces any Board to leave. Barça’s debt is close to 1,200 million euros and the annual exercise will close with losses of between 100 and 200 million.
Laporta has more pending cases. The club has given superficial explanations about the 300,000 euro loan that ISL made to a joint account of the directors so that they could face the interests of the enormous guarantee of 124 million euros that the Board had to face in order to access the presidency. At the same time, the works of Spotify Camp Nou They are advancing at a good pace, but the club will once again fail to meet the announced deadlines. The return home was scheduled for November 2024, but The exile of Lluís Companys could be extended, at least, to January 2025. The Barcelona club, by the way, must return 613.5 million euros of the financing of the Espai Barça before June 30, 2028.
Sportswise, furthermore, the situation is complex. He Barça a triple has been played with flickcoach with a recent successful past in the Bayernbut with no more experience than his two years at the Munich club and an important skid with the national team. Germany in it world of Qatar. Apparently, the squad has a future, but young people like Laminate He still has years of training left while the eternal rival has the team made.
Laporta promised titles and economic health upon his arrival, but the virtuous circle is becoming diabolical and there is beginning to be a social response. In addition to Victor Font, Joan Camprubígrandson of the former president Agustí Montal; and great-grandson of Agustí Montal Golobartwho also directed the Barça club in the period 1946-1952, begins to move in the shadows in case the departure of Laporta could be precipitated.
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