Consensus board with record numbers

For a board of directors, there is no better way to address a Shareholders’ Meeting than after a sporting triumph like winning the Champions League group stage at San Siro with 3,000 displaced people and six homegrown players on the pitch, three days after beating Villarreal 3 -0. Marcellin. Neither is that Jokin Aperribay and his team will need that joy to seek consensus and support to approve the accounts and the various measures today, at 7:00 pm, in the Kursaal. It has enough support and the water is calm due to the club’s moment of prosperity in almost all areas.

A calm Board of consensus is expected, as is typical of the club’s growth in recent years. If last year they had 99.84% yes who supported its continuation for five more years, this year is not much different. More than considering the record numbers like the budget of 161 million euros with, yes, a salary cost of 98.9 million. Or last year’s record spending of 162 million euros, despite 5 ‘kilo’ of income, a figure higher than expected this year due to spending on transfers and the upward renewal of 23- 24. The topics of the day, in requests and questions, aim to be varied. The income from the Champions League, the prices of Halcón Viajes, the presence of non-members in the ticket draws, the completion of the Anoeta work, the Zubieta works, the conflict with David Silvathe tribute to Darko Kovacevic, the spending on transfers, the departure of Real Unión from the agreed clubs, the security at Anoeta but, above all, the increase in fees announced this Tuesday in Milan. That’s where the biggest ‘discussions’ develop. The agenda consists of five points:

“First.- Review and approval, if applicable, of the Annual Accounts (Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Report, Statement of Changes in Net Assets, Statement of Cash Flows and Management Report) corresponding to the year ended in June 30, 2023, as well as the social management and the proposal for the application of the result of the aforementioned exercise.

Second.- Review and approval, if applicable, of the budget corresponding to the fiscal year between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.

Third.-. Review and approval, as appropriate, of the statement of non-financial information.

Fourth.- Authorization to the Board of Directors for the interpretation, correction, supplement, implementation and development of the agreements adopted by the Board, as well as in changing the powers received from the Board, and giving powers to raise the it in a public instrument of such agreements.

Fifth.- Requests and questions.”