Why are people believing his lies? You are so gullible.
Cury's role wasn't a mere 'scout' Laporta knows this...
What stadium can be built for 4m? Who is buying this rubbish....
"Laporta: "La Liga gave us false hope that they would allow us a salary margin to renew Messi, but they did not tell us in exchange for what. And when we met them, we couldn't accept it."
You guys really think a lawyer is this naive and stupid not to ask for details?
Laporta: "In their budget, they talked about salary cuts, the sale of Bar?a Corporate, the sale of players. They did nothing."
What? Suarez, Rakitic, Vidal, Semedo all gone... what players have you managed to sell Mr Lapprta?
You know these responsibilities fell to the new board.
Laporta: "They [the previous board] hired 200 different suppliers to divide invoices & hence avoid internal controls."
Funny you should say that Mr Laporta because if I recall correctly Indeed, renowned accounting firm Deloitte, who were instructed to carry out a detailed audit by Rosell upon takeover, uncovered a very different scenario to the picture Laporta was painting at the time. Per BBC Sport:
A new audit into Barcelona's finances have revealed the club's debt is 442m euros (?369.5m) after a loss of more than 77m euros (?64.36m) last season.
The previous board, led by Joan Laporta, had announced the club was 11m euros in the black at the end of June.
But a new audit carried out by Deloitte for new president Sandro Rosell's team reveals a far less healthy scenario.
[...] The audit shows that Barca's costs in the 2009-10 season rose to ?400m, with their income at ?341.7m.
Barca also had to recently take out a loan of around ?125m after falling behind with the payment of player wages at the end of June, while central defender Dymtro Chygrynskiy was hastily sold to Shakhtar Donetsk to raise much-needed funds for the club
Category
Laporta
Rosell
Benefits
445
408
Expenses
428
477
Balance
11
-77
Debt
200
442
As you can see there is a difference of 88 million Euros. Here is why:
Joan Gamper Sant Joan Desp? land sale ? 21.5 million. Only 1 million has been received so far. This money was not included as income by the auditor.
Mediapro TV contract ? 16 million were included from a deal with Mediapro where the club will get 4 million until 2013 for TV rights. Only 4 million were included by the auditor.
Mediapro legal dispute ? There is also a legal dispute with Mediapro where Barca would get 13 million back from them (in case of winning the dispute). The auditor only took 50% into account.
Henry?s last year amortization value ? 8.2 million ? This was not included by the auditor since Henry will not complete his last year in Barca.
Baena?s indemnisation ? there is a legal dispute with Espanyol for this player?s transfer which could give Barca 3.9 millions (if Barca wins the legal dispute) ? Not included by the auditor.
Villa Decans lands ? These lands were estimated to have a value of 17 million euros by a appraiser consultant hired by Laporta but the new management got this estimate from an actual certified appraiser who valued the land in 5.7 millions. Auditor included 50% of the difference between both amounts.
Sogecable?s contract ? there is also a legal dispute against Sogecable for TV rights that could give Barca 25 million euros back. ? This was not included since Barca lost the first sitting of this dispute.
Given Laporta's legal background, it's not too difficult to imagine the spin that he and his board wished to put on what was, effectively, a ruinous situation were it allowed to continue for much longer.
Joan Laporta used his charisma to win the 2003 club elections. Ian Walton/Getty Images
Good looking, personable and evidently much more charismatic than both Rosell and Bartomeu, it's important to remember that during the elections of 2003, Laporta started well behind the favourites with a manifesto that didn't particularly appeal in the initial stages.
A promise to deliver David Beckham to Barcelona was possibly the single most significant statement which began to win the voters round, but it was a promise he failed to deliver. Ronaldinho was a more-than-adequate replacement, but Rosell and others soon saw through the flashy exterior.
Ronaldinho was the first major signing of the Laporta era. But he wanted David Beckham. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
The fallout between the two former friends was a huge PR gaffe for the club, and the poison and vitriol on both sides threatened to derail any on-pitch success.
The spat between former friends Rosell and Laporta was unsavoury. David Ramos/Associated Press
There are also misapprehensions that Pep Guardiola was always squarely behind his boss Laporta, but an extract from Marti Perarnau's book?Pep Confidential: The Inside Story of Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich?suggests this was often completely wide of the mark. Via *********, Perarnau notes:
He had found in Joan Laporta a dynamic but pushy man who possessed volcanic energy and who could be supportive one minute and undermining the next.
[...] Guardiola balanced the at-times hysterical behaviour of Laporta with his own calm sobriety.
[...] Relations with neither president were simple. Pep managed to deal calmly and quietly with Laporta?s histrionic outbursts [...] At times Pep felt like the captain of a ponderous ocean liner as he fought to steer the team in one direction whilst the club pulled in the other. No decision was straightforward...
