The situation became even more complicated in early October when Barca’s auditors wrote down a previous €400million valuation of the Barcelona Vision subsidiary (the latest version of the Barca Studios project). That meant a €12m profit in ‘ordinary’ trading in the 2023-24 accounts became a net loss of €91m. La Liga reacted by further lowering Barcelona’s salary limit — meaning even more new money was required to register Olmo and Victor past December 31.

That date still seemed far away as the team performed superbly under new coach Hansi Flick, hammering Bayern Munich in the Champions League and arch-rivals Madrid in La Liga during one joyful week in late October. It appeared much closer though when the new Nike deal, announced in mid-November, did not add enough money to the 2024-25 accounts to register Olmo and Victor for the second half of the season.

That led to more improvisation to try to find the funds required. In recent months, Laporta has visited Qatar, Dubai, Mongolia and Azerbaijan.

Another lever was landed upon: selling future revenues from the VIP zones in the club’s under-refurbishment Camp Nou stadium at a discounted rate. This was classic Laporta: selling seats which do not yet exist in a stadium where his team cannot currently play because it’s still a building site to investors whose identities were not revealed for a price that was also unclear.

It was now clear that La Liga was no longer prepared to accept Barcelona’s word about their finances and needed to see written contracts and financial statements. Unlike with Barca Studios in 2022, it refused to accept the promise that the money would arrive. Barca reacted with an (unsuccessful) court challenge to La Liga’s registration rules, further damaging their relationship with the governing body.

So as the year turned, Olmo and Victor were duly removed from the official list of Barcelona players on La Liga’s website. Rules say a player cannot be registered twice for the same club in one season.

Samir wrote: ↑27 Aug 2020, 08:58 Mane visoje šitoje situacijoje labiausiai trikdo faktas, kad 2020 Viešpaties metais kažkas dar naudojasi faksu.

enjoy wrote: ↑25 Aug 2020, 21:43

T-Wolves wrote: ↑25 Aug 2020, 21:37 Wat
Kaltas Messi, kad board'as į tokią padėtį klubą nuvairavo ? Tempė tą šūdų malūną ant savo pečių jau kiek metų. Mato, kad niekas čia nesikeis, o pačiam jau 33. Absoliučiai jį suprantu.

Tai pasikeis ta valdžia, o klubas ir sirgaliai liks. Aš nesakau, kad turi jis čia likt, jei nenori, bet kokį 100 mln. nuo City, United ar kokio PSG galima padėt klubui gaut. Už tuos pinigus ir koks Sancho išeitų. O dabar trenkia durim ir pasikarkit. :whistle

enjoy wrote: ↑25 Aug 2020, 21:30 Mano suvokimu tai komandos simbolis galėtų ir nebėgt iš tokioj situacijoje esančios komandos. Bent jau nedėtų pareiškimo už dyką išeit taip visiškoj subinėj juos palikdamas. Kaip įžeista princesė elgiasi

Zebediejus wrote: ↑13 Jan 2020, 16:31Tai tik mano zebediejiškas noras, bo Xavi dar per anksti, o daugiau tinkamų trenerių horizonte nesimato