Laporta and seven exdirectivos 23.2 million will have to endorse

Judge Antonio Pascual, the Court of First Instance 24 of Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta has sentenced seven exdirectivos and FC Barcelona to deposit into the Professional Football League a guarantee of 23.2 million euros. Last February and that decision was known, but all eight defendants appealed to the Supreme, so Vincenç Pla, Barcelona partner complainant claimed the provisional execution of the sentence, and finally, as the program advanced from 'No Concessions' , the station RKB , the judge has given two months to comply with the ruling, if they do not, proceed to the seizure of their property.

This process began in 2006 when the aforementioned partner filed a lawsuit against the Board chaired by Laporta have not endorsed the budget for the 2004-2005 season, taking advantage of the previous council, led by Joan Gaspart had made ​​a number of goings to hide the heavy economic losses of the 2002-2003 season. Managers are concerned, besides the president, Alfons Godall, Alfonso Castro, Joan Boix, Josep Cubells, Rafael Yuste, Albert Perrin and Jaume Ferrer, ie all those who stood by Laporta during the seven years of his mandate ( 2003-2010).

A codirectivos Laporta and they are growing old dwarfs. First it was the club members themselves electors who voted in favor of action for damages raised by the new board headed by Sandro Rosell, to decide whether the club should sue the outgoing board for the loss of more than 70 million accumulated over its mandate. This process is at the offices of the buffet hired by the club, where he is preparing the lawsuit. And now is a final decision of the Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona, ​​which, while not ruling the Supreme Court, must endorse before two months 23.2 million euros, at a rate of 2.9 per head.

Always wait until all legal proceedings come to an end in order to reach conclusions of weight, but what by now is beyond doubt is that all is not gold that glitters in the mandate of Laporta. There is vast collection of titles in the four main sections of the club, but all indications are that, behind the successes, the previous board did many things wrong with the economic and, although unfortunately the world is often go scot-free in these cases, it appears that in the case of Laporta and his companions will not be.

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