Laporta claims Barcelona have alternative offer for unpaid economic lever

Barcelona President Joan Laporta has reassured fans about the economic future of the club, as a summer of major sales reportedly approaches. One of the key reasons has been the non-payment of their asset sales in Barca Vision, with €40m missing from their budget, and another €40-60m due this summer for the second payments.

There has been talk that Laporta and his board members are looking at potentially losing just under €20m from their personal funds, due to bank guarantees they put down last summer in order to register players.

Laporta has told MD that they are in legal proceedings with German investment fund Libero, who have not stumped up the money agreed during the sale of 24.5% of Barca Vision.

“We are suing Libero. They  did not pay the €40m and we have sued. It is a company that is listed on the Frankfurt market and also gained an advantage of the contract with Barca. In fact, Libero’s group paid €20m that are there. There is a meeting with precisely them, not with Libero but with part of the group, because they have put in €20m and if they don’t put up the forty that they have to pay in this season, they will keep a token percentage of the company.”

He also reassured that there was interest in buying up the shares that Libero had not paid for.

“It’s not just Libero, there are several options. We have a company that wants to put in a significant amount of money to buy 49%. Everything, from the Libero group as well, but for us it is the one that has 24%, among them a series of companies that hold 24.5% percent. And then there is Socios which also has the other 24.5%. And now we have a proposal from a company that wants to buy 49%, but since some do not want to sell, the situation, it is how it is is, or others are very