Barcelona is in debt of €1.35 billion, the club’s president
Joan Laporta confirmed on Monday.
He revealed the numbers, as he defended his brief tenure
from criticism, pointing fingers at his predecessor, Jose Maria Bartomeu.
Laporta came into office in March, after winning the
elections which followed Bartomeu’s resignation in October 2020.
“As of March 21, 2021, the debt was €1.35bn. Bartomeu was
plugging holes in the short term and mortgaging the club in the long term. That
leaves us a dramatic inheritance.
“To the initial debt of €617m, you have to add €389m on
players, €90m in litigation, €79m in advance television rights and €56m from
the ‘Espai Barca’ project. In total, it’s €1.35bn,” Laporta said in a news
conference.
It comes almost a week after Lionel Messi left the club to
sign for Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi departed after Barcelona were unable to register a new
contract for him within the strict LaLiga imposed salary cap.
Last weekend, only Gerard Pique’s accepted a last-minute pay
cut, allowed Barca to field new signings Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia against
Real Sociedad.
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