Barcelona chief Laporta's open letter: "Barca is definitely on the right track"

In his third year at the helm of Barcelona in his second spell at the club, Joan Laporta wanted to send an open letter to all Barcelona fans, to which 'Sport' has had access. In it, the president reviews the current situation of the club to make a brief scan of all the sections that affect the entity. He recognises a clear improvement in the economic situation compared to the critical state when he became president and calls for unity to overcome other competitors associated with "states".

"The board of directors, which I have the honour of chairing, is very proud of the work that has been done. Without a doubt, Barca is on the right track, the institution is strong, the club is well organised and we can affirm that, with talent, courage, audacity and professionalism, the club has been straightened out and recovered. A sum of many employees' efforts following a weekly reviewed strategic plan of various departments. Without them, the 'miracle' of saving the club would not have been possible," Laporta began his message.

He recalled what the situation was like, so complicated, when he became president: "The club's funds were negative and the debt was huge. There was a clear undervaluation of the Espai Barca project. A private company would have gone into technical bankruptcy. We did not shrink from such a threat and we took courageous decisions with unrenounceable premises: that the cost of the economic recovery would not be assumed by the members so that the ownership model of the club would not be put at risk".

An upward economic trend that Laporta summarises as follows: "A clear improvement in income, a reduction in the sporting wage bill, which has gone from representing 98% of total income in 2020-21 to 57% in the current