Laporta ruled out a millionaire proposal for 50% of Barça

The FC Barcelona has kept grave economic difficulties owing to the pandemia of the COVID and the bad management of the resources by part of the ancient Managerial Board of Josep Maria Bartomeu. This carried to the new leaders to take extreme measures to relieve the crisis, like the exit of a lot of important footballers, the closing of 'Barça TV' and the sale of a percentage of his television rights.

The Barça had a millionaire proposal on the table

However, an article published by the British newspaper 'The Times' ensures that the multimillionaire Jim Ratcliffe, founder of the company of chemical products 'INEOS', wanted to buy 50% of the Barcelona. The idea of the employer went through to purchase the half of the institution and later inject thousands million euros in the banking accounts.

The article based in a new book on the executive where explains that the Barça was in his radar before going in in the bidding by the property of Chelsea and Manchester United. In fact, already it is owner of the Nice of Tie it 1 and between his plans is to follow expanding in the world of the sport.

'Summit' between Laporta and Ratcliffe by the Barça

Always according to the publication, Ratcliffe gathered with Joan Laporta and kept a "interesting conversation" with good roll in the environment. However, it horrified "" after listening that the cúpula of the club had in his plans sell a part of the television rights to solve part of the financial problems.

"We said them that they did not do it, that would put two or three thousand millions, would renew the Camp Nou and would have the 50 % of property. Besides, we would sign a writing to say that never we would sell it. Our interest was only in the football, no in making money. I think that it would have worked. We speak on this but, at the end, did not think that they could go with this to the partners", sentenced the text.