THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS LOOKS FOR THE BEST OPTION
Laporta's doubts with CVC: Barça seeks to invoice 400 'kilos'
Published:19/05/2022 - 02:18h
Updated:19/05/2022 - 02:18h
Joan Laporta is not yet convinced of signing the agreement with Capital Partners. The investment fund has made its demands more flexible, but the culé president does not want to take false steps and seeks to ensure the best financial strategy for the club
Further of the speculations on reinforcements and exits that circulate by these days, the directive of the FC Barcelona has clear his priority to schedule the season 2022-23: the financial appearance. In this sense, Joan Laporta works to find 'crowbars' that help to revertir the complex financial situation of the institution. In principle, it put it of the managerial is to invoice near of 400 million euros by the sale of 49% of Barça Licensing and Merchandising (BLM) and of Barça Studios.
In this sense, 'Sportive World' ensures that the club has very directed the sale of BLM to the integrated consortium by Fanatics and Investindustrial by a near quantity to the 200 'kilos' by 10 years. Regarding the negotiation by Barça Studios, the directive handles several options, but there is a negotiation that follows generating a lot of doubts in the president culé.
As 'The Barça juga to RAC1', Laporta has a lot of doubts on the agreement with CVC and would prefer to opt by the management of 10% of the television rights via Goldman Sachs, American banking that works the financiamiento of the Espai Barça. For the president, the 400 'kilos' that they could ingresar by the sale of the audiovisual rights of the club will be sufficient to pay the debts and begin the exercise 2022-23 with green numbers, leaving the agreement with the bottom CVC like alternative option.
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📌 Laporta Tea molts dubtes amb CVC i prefereix vehicular the gestió of 10% dels drets televisius via Goldman Sachs
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However, a sector of the directive considers that the option of does not have to descartarse "because it guarantees Fair Play automatically and is the most advanced option", in accordance with the report of 'The Barça juga to RAC1'. In an interview the Tuesday in 'Catalonia Ràdio', Laporta ensured that the club follows expecting that the agreement with CVC "adjust to his contrapropuesta".
Laporta, demanding with CVC
"We are not forced to sign at all. Have other options and the proposal of CVC has flexibilizado. Before it mortgaged 100% of the television rights and now 10%, because before they did not leave us sell 90% without permission", explained the president culé. Thus, the directive follows considering the sale of diverse percentages of the rights of TV to other companies or bottoms, something that CVC forbids to the clubs of LaLiga that have signed the pact.
Finally, if it closes the agreement, Laporta left clear that will not be something that do him happy. "We will not sign the agreement with CVC to taste. They have done it all the clubs to exception of Real Madrid and Athletic. For the moment, we do not have intention to do it. We have given us of margin all the season. There are other options with fewer years, but do not give us sufficient fair play", commented the president blaugrana. It will be necessary to expect to the next weeks to see what decides the directive. The true is that the Barça needs liquidity what before to square accounts and encarar the next season with tranquility.