The club did not surrender to the Assembly after a meeting with a group of members

A representation of opinion groups A Crit Valent, Manifest Blaugrana, Seguiment FCB and Compromissaris (Jordi Medina, Joaquim Molins, Jaume Llopis, Josep Lidón, Josep Maria Mir and Lluís Sabatés) met this Tuesday for two hours with the top executives of FC Barcelona (Maribel Meléndez, Pere Lluís Mellado, Anna Aznar and ‘Following’ Sergi Atienza, among others) later in the week they sent a burofax asking the club to reconsider its decision to hold the Ordinary general meeting next Saturday electronically. The aforementioned partners thanked the executives for their attention, regretting that no executives were present. Before the summer, the vice presidents Eduard Romeu and Elena Fort They did receive them when they asked for information about Espai Barça and the financial health of the club. Referring to Assemblythe club is inflexible, arguing that the Sports Law allowing telematic voting and a cost issue, refuted by Jaume Llopis which refers to “171 million of other costs in the 2022-23 financial year when the rights of members are defended for 300,000 euros from the Assembly.”

He Espai Barça and the budget 2023-24 are the two points on the agenda. Regarding the club’s grand project, executives reiterated that it is on schedule and in November 2024 the club will reopen. Spotify Camp Nou with 60% capacity. “We believe and this reassures us,” he said. Jordi Medina, more critical of the second: “They said they made a feasibility plan but they didn’t provide information. The reduction in items other than the salary bill of the first men’s soccer team is anecdotal. If there were no levers, 300 million would have been lost.” He detailed it Llopis: “We made a profit apparently by selling assets. Without that, 750 million losses in three courses.”

Medina He added that “the economic situation is worse than at the beginning of the current mandate because expenses have not decreased, income has not increased, the debt of Goldman Sachs and all that goes with it Espai Barça. The presidential candidate in 2003 and 2006 clarified the role of member groups: “We are groups of mobilized members and we want information because we are concerned about the economy but we are not the opposition or Blue Elephant, we don’t want the club to be elected or judicial. The partner Juan Ignacio Prat He filed a complaint with the Disciplinary Commission and we were offered to join but we refused.” Medina emphasizes that, “with only 17,000 subscribers in Montjuïc, the membership is disconnected and the club is desocialized and in serious social decline. We are concerned about Espai Barça. He Compliance “He told us that we guarantee the income we have and with the new ones we will pay the investors”