Javier Bordas former director of the sports area of FC Barcelona at the stage of Sandro Rosell and Joseph Maria Bartomeu gave an interview for The Nude Project Podcast. The businessman commented on various aspects of his nightlife businesses, he owns the East Coast group (Bling Bling, Opium and Pacha), in addition to examining his period as a Barça manager.
The Catalan businessman has left several headlines about possible Barcelona signings, one of which is that of Mbappé: “Mbappé could go to Barça for 100 million euros. We need a winger after Neymar leaves. Barça have signed Dembélé, but have the option to bring them both. I don’t want to go to Real Madrid because of the BBC. Later, Barça fichó with Coutinho”, besides he also commented that they could have fichado with Courtois, but the technicians chose Ter Stegen.
Another of the big names he mentions is that of Haaland: “I met Mino Raiola and for 20 million we could have brought Haaland. But also he wants a €20 million commission. I’m just a board member who suggests things.”
He also spoke about the possible return of neymar: “Neymar is about to go to Madrid. I went to Paris to negotiate with PSG, and it was not like any other negotiation like that Rabiot, Marquinhos or Verrati is PSG himself made the proposal to us. It was great but Bartomeu finally backed off. I thought about resigning, it was disappointing to take that offer and ultimately not consider it.”
Regarding the economic situation, the former manager also left some pearls: “Barça invoices 1000 million euros in one season. What happens is that with the pandemic, costs go up and income goes down. There are many expenses due to the roof of the salary. The players pressed Bartomeu on the salary issue. Players have to be sold to balance the accounts.”
Finally, he also spoke on the subject of Negreira: “It is impossible for Barça to buy referees. In all recent history it has not benefited. They were paid for the reports, as most Primera clubs do.”
Source: La Verdad
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