It has been almost two years since Joan Laporta regained control of FC Barcelona. What results for the sulphurous Catalan avocado? It is still a little too early to judge his tenure, but one thing is certain, he has done everything to try to put his club back in the spotlight, in Spain and in Europe. Hence a good number of financial maneuvers to free up funds for the transfer window, which caused controversy last summer …
This is La Vanguardia, Catalan generalist newspaper, which reveals a new case concerning the boss of Barça. On November 30, the Catalan club’s department, which oversees the proper financial and ethical functioning, opened an investigation into Guillem Laporta, son of the president.
A very thorough internal investigation
An investigation which seeks to know if he acted as an intermediary on certain transfers made by Barça last summer. And if it was, if everything was done legally and according to the rules. The father and the player were heard, as was the director of the football section, Mateu Alemany. And the conclusions of the investigation would be rather positive for the Laporta family according to the media. Barça would thus not have detected any illegal or dubious operation following its long investigation.
Barca even went looking at the club’s lower teams, and notably found that an U17 player is managed by the company son Laporta works for, but there were reportedly no questionable operations around the youngster. A priori, the Laporta clan can therefore breathe easy …
