Barcelona Deny Reports Concerning The Sales Of Club Assets

Written By Onyeka Daniel

Barcelona this season have undergone some changes as the club struggled to deal with their rising debt and the need to strengthen the squad.

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Consequently, the club had to sell off major assets of the club in order to bring revenues to be able to sign the players that they’ve targeted.

The Blaugrana sold just under 50% of their subsidiary company this summer for around €200 million to help fund the signings of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Kounde.

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A report in Spain this week claimed that Barcelona player, Gerard Pique, through his company Kosmos, had wanted to invest in Barca Studios and had been left frustrated that the club rebuffed his offer in favour of other proposals.

After selling 25% of their LaLiga television rights for the next 25 years to Sixth Street, Barca sold 24.5% of Barca Studios to Socios for around €100m. However, despite those deals, they were still unable to register all their summer signings, so they sold a further 24.5% of Barca Studios, this time to Orpheus Media for another €100m.

The club have now released a statement denying the reports. “In the light of the information published in the newspaper Ara, Barcelona strongly deny that the club president, Joan Laporta, has ever received an offer to purchase part of Barca Studios from Pique or his company,” the Catalan club said in a statement on Wednesday.

“We find the spreading of uncorroborated information that can affect the standing and honour of Barcelona’s [players] lamentable.”

Meanwhile…

Barcelona have confirmed the exit of their midfielder, Miralem Pjanic, thanking the player in an official statement for his services after reports emerged that the player had to forego his remaining salaries with the club before his exit.

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“FC Barcelona and Miralem Pjanić have reached an agreement to release the player from the contract binding the player to the club until the end of the 2023/24 season. “The club publicly expresses its gratitude to the player for his professionalism, dedication and commitment and for always adapting his contract to the club’s situations and needs. It wishes him every success and fortune in the future.”

The player is now expected to join UAE club, Sharjah FC after traveling to the Middle East few days ago to complete the move.

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