FC Barcelona: Laporta’s son did not intermediate for Barcelona according to the club
The Barcelona has come out in defense of guillem laportason of the Barcelona president, after some information accused him of having participated in various player market operations that the Barça club realized last summer, specifically those of Marcos Alonso, Dest and Lenglet, which would mean a conflict of interest according to the club’s regulations.
Barcelona explains through a statement that the Compliance area had initiated an investigation in order to clarify the facts through various interviews. The conclusion is that according to the information that the club has handled, “nothing has been able to be obtained to date to prove any breach of the internal regulations of FC Barcelona or the current legislation regarding incompatibilities, conflict of interest and self-contracting of the directors of the club”, according to the statement.
One of the testimonies collected by the investigation is a few words from Mateu Alemany, Director of Barcelona Football, in which he assured that Guillem Laporta had not succeeded in any meeting or negotiation of the operations of Lenglet, Dest and Alonso, nor in any other. According to the information, Laporta’s son would have formed a company with Ral Verd with which he would have mediated in some operations.
According to the club’s report, in Barcelona there is no payment to this company (High Level Soccer 77 SL) for no operation. S recognizes the existence of this company constituted by the two people “in anticipation that they will eventually provide services jointly in the future.” Barcelona also points out that said company is totally inactive at the moment “according to the data in the Mercantile Registry.”