The most tense moment of the assembly of Barça delegate members occurred with the intervention of Jaume Llopis. The former member of the Espai Barça Commission who left with the departure of Messi and member 890, took the microphone to analyze the situation of the Barça club, claim that the Assembly should have been in person for all the delegates, applaud the president Joan Laporta for his denunciation of “sociological Madridism” and denouncing that the economic situation is worse than before. “We have a debt of 3,000 million,” said Llopis, who was one of the partners who personally signed a burofax claiming that the assembly of compromising partners should be mixed and who described telematic assistance as a “failure” with 656 partners connected from the 4,451 delegates summoned
In their response, both economic vice president Eduard Romeu and president Joan Laporta were forceful. Romeu said he had “made a mistake in giving preferential treatment to several opinion groups with whom he met in the previous days.” In this meeting, economic issues were discussed with the club’s executive staff and it was explained that the assembly was telematic not only to seek more participation. Also to reduce expenses from 800,000 to 200,000. Romeu also defended the club’s professionals and criticized the double role played by opinion groups. According to him, Llopis “said some things internally and others with the media that were completely contrary.”
Romeu assured that it is not fair to talk about 3,000 million in debt, because Espai Barça is accounted for separately. “We have never hidden the 1.2 billion debt. The Espai Barça thing has a life of its own and is a debt without the club’s resources, it will be paid with the operating income of Espai Barça itself. Espai Barça is necessary to repay the debt” , he pointed.
For his part, president Joan Laporta reproached Llopis for his “desire for prominence” and regretted that he put “spoke in the wheels and with an inappropriate demagoguery at this time.” We are reducing debt and recovering the club’s economy. We are reducing debt while maintaining competitive level. I am convinced that the best Barça in history will be repeated. But you dedicate yourself to speaking in the media. You are eager for prominence, your opinion is intentional, you are putting obstacles in the way and with an inappropriate demagoguery at this time. Don’t invoke me depending on which Barcelona fans are out. From within we work on the recovery of the club,” he concluded.
It should be remembered that Jaume Llopis is part of the group of members that in May 2023 also sent another burofax to the club and another to the Soci Ombudsman demanding a report with all the details on the financing of Espai Barça. They also denounced a breach of the agreement of the assembly that approved the financing of Espai Barça.
