Josep Maria Bartomeu

[JamDav1982]

He fails to mention that the board obliged Villa's wish to stay in Spain with his family. Lucas is just as his website describes him, a Cruyffista who only knows how to rant.

Not only that. Barca were never offered 15m for Villa from Arsenal and they would have been stupid to sell him in January without a replacement.

He goes on to say as if they should have taken the 15m yet in other parts has a go at board for being money obssessed.

Absolute joke of an article.

 

[KingMessi]

Not only that. Barca were never offered 15m for Villa from Arsenal and they would have been stupid to sell him in January without a replacement.

We were rumored to have received a 8M pound offer from Spurs, but never 15M pounds from Arsenal.

 

[spark]

Not really, the stuff he says on Pep, Villa, Sponsorship, stadium, finances etc is almost all bollocks and one sided.

Care to specify what is incorrect about the finances? As for the article , once you sift through the opinions, the majority of the facts did happen as far as I can remember.

 

[JamDav1982]

Care to specify what is incorrect about the finances? As for the article , once you sift through the opinions, the majority of the facts did happen as far as I can remember.

He makes the point about the Qatar sponsorship ect being against the idea of the 'sanctity' of the pure football kit and association with Qatar.

Yet then goes on to have a go at the finances of the club when others have only pulled closer/ahead due to such deal on stadiums, strips with betting logos etc.

He also tries to make out that Laporta never left the club in big debt, which in football terms he did.

It is a grey area as the courts found him not guilty due to taking assets into account but thats not how football clubs debts are calculated.

In reality the club had huge liabilities to banks, tax etc and it needed addressing.

 

[Zebulun]

He makes the point about the Qatar sponsorship ect being against the idea of the 'sanctity' of the pure football kit and association with Qatar.

Yet then goes on to have a go at the finances of the club when others have only pulled closer/ahead due to such deal on stadiums, strips with betting logos etc.

He also tries to make out that Laporta never left the club in big debt, which in football terms he did.

It is a grey area as the courts found him not guilty due to taking assets into account but thats not how football clubs debts are calculated.

In reality the club had huge liabilities to banks, tax etc and it needed addressing.

That my bro is not true. bartomeu and rosell basically lied about laporta leaving the club in debt, that was one of their main points when launching their campaign for rosell's presidency.
So much so that they tried suing laporta for that same comment that you made and guess who came out losing. to boot the judge ruled that when laporta left the club was in "surplus"

I'm not saying to believe this guy blindly like anyone else. but as someone else said, sift through the opinions and the facts speak for themselves bro.

 

[KingMessi]

That my bro is not true. bartomeu and rosell basically lied about laporta leaving the club in debt, that was one of their main points when launching their campaign for rosell's presidency.
So much so that they tried suing laporta for that same comment that you made and guess who came out losing. to boot the judge ruled that when laporta left the club was in "surplus"

I think JamDav addresses this.

It is a grey area as the courts found him not guilty due to taking assets into account but thats not how football clubs debts are calculated.

In reality the club had huge liabilities to banks, tax etc and it needed addressing.

 

[JamDav1982]

That my bro is not true. bartomeu and rosell basically lied about laporta leaving the club in debt, that was one of their main points when launching their campaign for rosell's presidency.
So much so that they tried suing laporta for that same comment that you made and guess who came out losing. to boot the judge ruled that when laporta left the club was in "surplus"

I'm not saying to believe this guy blindly like anyone else. but as someone else said, sift through the opinions and the facts speak for themselves bro.

The judge backed Laporta on the basis of assets being taken into account. I am not saying the judge was wrong or Rosell was right to take it to court as I dont think he was.

But the club had huge liabilities when Laporta left and the club debt when calculated in the way club debts always are was close to 600m and needed to be addressed.

So this idea that the club was left debt free is totally wrong in the way football debt is normally understood.

 

[mssarm]

The article is full of rubbish there's no doubt about that. It's like fairy tale with a fight between good and evil. The financial analyses part was based on the emotions rather than business sense. However, the main fact is you don't want Rosell back to office, Barto is not a leader-he is more of a follower. Laporta has his own problems-especially with fiscal responsibility, Benedito is making me sick with his populist comments. I truly wish Guardiola ran for president, I don't believe he can replicate the success of Barca with any team he is going to manage. Maybe he should just come back and create another marvel -Barce club.

 

[KingMessi]

Isn't there a 4th candidate who is presumed to run? I recall seeing a 4th name somewhere.

Edit: Jordi Farre. Anybody know anything about him?

 

[mssarm]

That my bro is not true. bartomeu and rosell basically lied about laporta leaving the club in debt, that was one of their main points when launching their campaign for rosell's presidency.
So much so that they tried suing laporta for that same comment that you made and guess who came out losing. to boot the judge ruled that when laporta left the club was in "surplus"

I'm not saying to believe this guy blindly like anyone else. but as someone else said, sift through the opinions and the facts speak for themselves bro.

Judge did not rule out that Rosell was wrong and Laporta was right. The judge ruled that Rosell cannot collect damages for Laporta-s decisions. That's all

 

[mssarm]

Isn't there a 4th candidate who is presumed to run? I recall seeing a 4th name somewhere.

Maybe there was, but so insignificant so we can't even remember his name.

 

[JamDav1982]

Judge did not rule out that Rosell was wrong and Laporta was right. The judge ruled that Rosell cannot collect damages for Laporta-s decisions. That's all

I thought Rosell tried to claim that Laporta ran up debt and wanted him liable for it??

 

[KingMessi]

Maybe there was, but so insignificant so we can't even remember his name.

Jordi Farre. A Catalan businessman.

 

[Flavia]

I thought Rosell tried to claim that Laporta ran up debt and wanted him liable for it??

That's right.

 

[JamDav1982]

That's right.

That why I think this is a grey area.

Laportas team did run up big debts at the club but to a large extent those debts were needed.

Idiotic of Rossell to go after him for it.