The Laporta board approved its accounts in the most controversial assembly in Barcelona in recent years against strong opposition
BARCELONA — John Laporta was torn in the assembly of delegates of Barcelona with “they are not here nor expected” to discredit the opposition, but he is more organized against a direction that this Saturday saved his accountsthe approved the 2023-24 season fiscal year settlementwith nearly 25 percent of the votes against him, an unprecedented situation, but the board was not overruled.
The financial year settlement of the 2023-24 seasonthe most important point of assemblythus approved with a total participation of 634 delegates of members of the Barcelona. Among them, 452 members voted in favor (71.29 percent), 156 against (24.61 percent) and 26 blank votes (4.1 percent).
Laporta, at an event with EPA Barcelona
“They have tried in every way, in every way, but they won’t be able to. Not even with all their lies,” a club source told ESPN, both happy with the result of the vote and sure enough was enough of the opposition. votes for his management that they were “just because of ignorance or the pleasure of voting against him.”
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The truth, however, is that the opposition to Joan Laporta has grown and in the absence of organization and unification, a possibility that is currently difficult, is starting to affect the table, two years before the elections are due to take place (scheduled for summer 2026).
There is now the possibility that the assembly was challenged, but from the club it is understood to be nonsense. “It would make no sense,” said the same source, as aware of the growth of the opposition as he was sure at the end of the day, “they are the usual 20 percent, the usual ones we already know. .”
DISCORDANCE GROWS
The final reality is that there are dissenting voices growing around Barcelona that are accelerating the work on the Camp Nou, enjoying an almost idyllic moment of sport and that received an unexpected catapult in the need to use the quarry.
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It’s not the best social situation but the board keeps its pulse and does not succumb to the wear and tear of four years in which they stand on the memory of growth in every sense.
In 2021, Laporta held his first assembly without opposition, approving the financing of Espai Barça with an increase of 1,500 million euros in debt which was added to the 1,300 million at that time. After a year, in 2022, the president did not suffer either in an assembly that approved and ratified the so-called ‘leverage’which was no more than the sale of assets worth more than 600 million euros.
The first outbursts of opposition against Laporta were already born there, personified by Víctor Font who became the main voice of inconsistency, not the only voice this year, after in 2023 the figure of Negreira, who uses the board to focus diversion, take all the light.
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“We are saving the club. We do not pay attention to the disastrous declarations of some and we are determined and willing to complete the economic recovery of the club,” said the president in a strong speech that lasted a little more than half an hour clock and i. which, after declaring that Barcelona is “much better than in 2021, when we arrived”, he called for “unity” among Barcelona fans because of the attacks which, in his opinion, increasing.
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“We are cleaning up Barça’s economy without jeopardizing the ownership model,” announced Laporta, who referred to Barça Vision (the leverage described by Víctor Font as a “bluff”), acknowledging his problems current but emphasizing its value and the possibilities associated with it. future. “Barça Vision did not end up performing as we wanted. It is a company that worked with little and there were no defaults but we were brave and faced these defaults which gave us those negative results of 91 million euros… Yes the auditor has changed the valuation of the company but we have made a valuation according to Aramark’s latest investment…”.
“Barça Vision is a gold mine and in the future it will be one of the main sources of income for the club. This loss due to non-payment is a constant manifestation, but we have the investment of Aramark and other companies that are due. a process of diligence so in a short time it will be to give benefits,” said the president, who did not miss the opportunity to throw a dart at the opposition. “We must show ourselves to be strong … I insist that I do not share the apocalyptic predictions of some, that it does not exist and what they expect because of Barça we must be strong to fight against everything.”