Barça's delegated members gave the green light, with 89% of favorable votes, to the refinancing of the club's debt, item six on the Assembly's agenda. This is, to the 525 million loan that Goldman Sachs will provide to the Barça club in August. Eduard Romeu, new economic vice president of Barça, appeared in society before the Assembly of partners to defend the need for credit, especially considering that Barça's net debt has gone from 159 million in 2018, to 673 million today, although it was Romeu himself who announced that, for the moment, a debt of 1,044 million euros has already been calculated. Romeu recalled that Barça's guarantee with Goldman Sachs will be television rights.
The problem, according to Eduard Romeu, it's not just that they got lost 347 million in player purchases, or 100 at Espai Barça; not even 41 in other matters, but in the operating flow, which has taken the debt to unsuspected limits. Eduard Romeu also revealed that Barça has requested a first loan of 80 million to face payments this summer.
Laporta he also defended the credit: “We have finished with Goldman Sachs for different reasons. We have the responsibility to manage the club and reduce debt, because we respond with our assets. We have a guarantee that they will execute us if we do not do it well. That is why we are working on a business plan that is gaining acceptance in the financial market; and that will allow us to surely reduce the 3% interest. We have worked hard on the issue of the guarantee because as soon as we arrived we were faced with payment obligations. And we have a certain urgency. Still, we're holding the guy. “