Josep Maria Bartomeu Archives ⋆ LSU

Jul262020 by JBNo Comments

Bartomeu predicts two to three years of financial crisis for Barcelona

La Liga

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says they are the worse team affected by the coronavirus pandemic – but he says the club’s debt levels are still much healthy. With spiralling wages for the club’s players, some expensive signings who haven’t had an impact on the pitch, some have predicted financial problems ahead for Barcelona. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); “We saw that there was a pandemic worldwide and said that it would be a complex summer with swap deals, and that’s what is happening,” Bartomeu told Mundo Deportivo. “Since March 14 we have not received a euro. We have missed out on €200 million (£182m/$233m). €200m! “We have recovered a lot by reducing wages and using ERTE’s (Temporary Employment Regulation File, with the government pay...

Jul62020 by JBNo Comments

Barcelona chief accuses VAR of favouring Real Madrid & also addresses Messi exit talk

La Liga

Barcelona chief Josep Maria Bartomeu has slammed the VAR for always favouring the same club as he hinted the system was stacked in favour of the La Liga current leaders Real Madrid. Bartomeu said this after Barcelona's 4-1 win over Villarreal, which saw them move four points behind Real Madrid with four matches still left to play. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Barcelona president made reference to watching Real Madrid's 1-0 win against Athletic Club on Sunday before revealing his unhappiness at the decisions made by the video technology in favour of Madrid. Madrid's winning goal came after the referee through VAR awarded a penalty which was scored by the club's skipper Sergio Ramos, while Athletic were unlucky not to receive a late penalty of thei...

Apr102020 by JBNo Comments

Barcelona in another crisis with six board members being forced to resign

La Liga, Trending

Six Barcelona board members have already informed president Josep Maria Bartomeu of their decision to resign from their positions. The club's Vice presidents Emili Rousand and Enrique Tombas will both leave, alongside directors Silvio Elias, Maria Teixidor, Josep Pont and Jordi Clasamiglia. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Their exits were confirmed via a letter sent to Bartomeu, with the group calling for the Barca's leadership to be reviewed as soon as possible to ensure they are able to bounce back from the challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "We hereby want to communicate that the undersigned managers have transferred to President Bartomeu our decision to irrevocably resign from our position as managers of FC Barcelona," the group's letter...

Feb202020 by JBNo Comments

‘Don’t talk too loud, Barcelona!’ – Pep Guardiola bites back at Bartomeu

Trending, La Liga, Premier League

Pep Guardiola has fired back at Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu after he praised the sanctions levied against Premier League side Manchester City by UEFA. In the aftermath of that ruling, both Pep Guardiola and City have defended the club, with all involved saying that the club is innocent. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bartomeu, meanwhile, defended his own club after their own recent controversy as Barcelona's president denied reports that a social media contractor was hired to discredit Messi, Guardiola and others associated with the Spanish side. In addition to that denial, Josep Maria Bartomeu congratulated UEFA for their ruling after the Manchester City announcement. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); "It ...