Web reveal details of how Joan Laporta had his guarantee

The guarantee of 124,6 millions that Joan Laporta and his directors presented in front of the authorities of LaLiga Santander to be able to take possession of his charges like directors of the Barcelona follows giving that speak. In fact, this Sunday, The Avant-garde the one who desveló some details of the mentioned guarantee.

Regarding the personal guarantee that had to present the own Laporta, which was a figure of 15 million dollars, Laporta achieved to a donor that contributed 10 millions to the time in that it fixed them to him to request a credit of five millions more. Previous to the victory of Laporta in the elections, the members of the candidature hardly had spoken of the subject before the campaign. In a first meeting, asked them that they contributed 150.000 per capita euros to fund the campaign.

If all the members of the list in that moment fulfilled, included Laporta, for this moment have to have had a total of 2,4 million the 124,6 million euros. Besides, it informed them that they will call them of the Banc Sabadell to evaluate of how much money has each member of the possible managerial to endorse.

It would not be until 20 January it defined a first structure of the guarantee, with 45 millions contributed by the future board, 70 million Audax and ten million the owners of Audax, Elías and Romeu. However, the operation could not concretise because Elías asked right of veto in the notable economic decisions of the club apart from the vicepresidencia economic for Romeu, something to what Laporta did not access.

A month afterwards, Laporta warned to the Sabadell that there were problems with the formalisation of the guarantee with Audax, what generated alarm to the adviser delegated of the bank, Jaume Guardiola. The then candidate warned of these problems and gathered with Jaume Turned, his strong man in economy, to look for alternatives, although it Turned already had distanciado of Laporta by the irruption of Elías.

The full stop

This time, Laporta and his team contacted to JB Main (society of values of Spain) and appears in scene the figure of Jaume Roures, founder of Mediapro. JB Main proposes to HBS (North American bottom), and the negotiations centre with him. They achieve to endorse 70 millions, but to an interest of 4,5%, to what it is necessary to add 0,5% that already had asked Sabadell. In this stage, the cost of the guarantee would be of 4,4 millions until June or of 7 millions if it keeps until final of year. Like the tax of interest was too big this neither prospered.

After winning the elections, Turned resigns. HBS Asks him to Laporta on the subject and this does not like him, by what activates another plan for the guarantee. Laporta Asked help to several people with a lot of resources in Barcelona, the board entrante attained to increase his guarantee to 60 millions and he asks a credit of 5 millions, a fellow near to him whose identity desconoce helps him with 10 millions and Roures arrives to the 30 millions. Audax Contributes finally 17,3 millions and some member of the board goes up his contribution. Like this it attained Laporta achieve the 124,6 necessary millions to endorse.