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Barcelona declared war with Spain's La Liga secretariat.
The La Liga secretariat announced on its official website on the 2nd (Korea time) that Barcelona was not meeting its financial fair play.
La Liga sets a budget that can be used for the team according to the club's profits at the league level for the club's sustainability. It is not possible to register players whose budget exceeds that. Barcelona has been suffering from player registration problems since its financial difficulties have become serious since COVID-19.
In the end, in order to register players, the league must be recognized that profits have increased, and the league announced that there was a problem with Barcelona in the process. A brief summary of the La Liga secretariat's announcement is that Barcelona inflated its profits.
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On December 31, 2024, an auditor hired by Barcelona submitted to the league after documenting that Barcelona had recorded a return of €100 million (W160 billion) from selling VIP seats to Middle Eastern investors. The sale through VIP seats allowed Barcelona to further increase the budget to register players as it recorded profits. As a result, Barcelona managed to register Dani Olmo and Pauvictor in the squad.
Barcelona then submitted the results of its financial statements for the first half of the 2024-2025 season to the league secretariat. At this time, it was a different auditor from the auditor who recognized the sale of VIP seats. Surprisingly, the financial statement data submitted by the auditor did not set the amount earned from the sale of VIP seats as revenue.
Without that profit, Barcelona will not be able to comply with the financial fair play to register Olmo and Victor. As a result, the La Liga secretariat said it had adjusted Barcelona's squad cost budget again. In addition, La Liga announced it would file a complaint against the auditor for recognizing profits from Barcelona's sale of VIP seats.
Barcelona were outraged by La Liga's unilateral announcement. Barcelona President Juan Laporta said "Regarding the league's statement, we see this as another attempt to undermine the club's image and go against Barcelona's interests. The club will, of course, take legal action to thoroughly review the league's statement. We will respond in the strongest way we need to do so,' he said in a furious voice.
The legal battle between Barcelona and La Liga has begun amid local reports that Olmo and Victor will not be canceled immediately. The Spanish Sports Commission, which will finally judge this, is expected to favor Barcelona.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
