Bartomeu answers to Laporta with a letter and accepts to explain the economic situation of the club

Joan Laporta extended to Josep María Bartomeu an invitation to present in the installations of the club to present explanations on how fraguó the budget of the season 20/21, in addition to detailing all the concerning the closing of the 19-20 in economic matter mainly.

Bartomeu accepted although "the statutes do not foresee a situation like this", leaving to Jordi Moix, exvicepresidente of the board that renounced and also attendant of the economic area, by what further of esquivar the responsibility, leaves in the hands adapted the subject for this occasion.

This step arrives like part of the anticipated by Laporta does more than a month, when it left in clear that would not do a hunting of witches but it would be attentive to ask explanations and responsibilities to which had to give them in each thing that went necessary, as this, that sure will hoard the attention of all and sundry.

In the letter, Bartomeu no only appreciated the invitation, but it invited to Laporta to integrate a team in which it can form part to solve all what comes sucediendo inside the club, in addition to extending him the elder of the successes for the future.

Like this it was the letter

"Estimated President. In the first place, appreciate your kind communication of the past 9 June, in relation to the planned announcement on the Ordinary General Assembly and Extraordinary of Partners of the FC Barcelona that will take place next Sunday 20 June. Sure enough, and of compliance with the had in our Statutes and the sectorial regulation that is us of application, was imperative to summon the Assembly of Partners Compromisarios, and that, alas, and because of the Covid in 19 could not celebrate in the planned term, to subject to the consideration -and in his case approval- the closing of the accounts of the exercise 2019/2020, formulated and approved by the Managerial Board of my presidency (audited without exceptions by the auditors of the Club) and of the budget for the season 2020/2021. Regarding the faculty that the Statutes of the FC Barcelona confers to the President of the Managerial Board precedent, in the supposed cessation anticipated of the mandate (as it is the case), want to move you disposal of the members of the same to offer to the partners and partners compromisarios of the Club the explanation of the defeated economic exercise and propose his approval, as it gives off of the last paragraph of the article 54º of the Statutes of the Club. In these moments, is important that the FC Barcelona recover the before possible, the normality in every aspect (where obviously the economic is paramount), once initiated the way of the superación of the effects of the pandemia. And it is by this reason, that think that this normality will move to the development of the Assembly, where, traditionally, the explanation of the exercise of the closing was effected by the economic vice-president of the Board. For this reason, and receiving me to your ofrecimiento, pleases me confirm you that the presentation of the closing of the exercise 2019/2020 will run to charge of the Mr. Jordi Moix and Tins, economic vice-president, the one who, by delegation no only mine, but of the Managerial Board cesante, will appear in front of the Ordinary General Assembly and Extraordinary of Partners of the FC Barcelona to darse of the settlement of the defeated economic exercise and audited without exceptions and propose his approval.

In relation to your proposal to appear in front of the Assembly to darse of the budget for the exercise 2020/2021, have to manifest you that our Statutes do not foresee the same possibility as it is it by the closing of the exercise, but , in spite of the fault of statutory forecast, accept your ofrecimiento, and will be also the Mr. Jordi Moix and Tins, economic vice-president of the club, the one who the present. Finally, and with the will to be able to do a presentation the most precise possible, pray allow to collaborate, in the preparation of the same, the executive managers of the economic management that participated in the audit 2020 and budget 2020/2021. Without further ado, I take advantage of the occasion to send him a cordial greeting and my sincerer wish so that the Managerial Board that lead obtain all the possible successes by the FC Barcelona".