Barcelona terminates the I3 Ventures contract after the controversy with social networks

The president of Barcelona, ​​Josep María Bartomeu, announced on Tuesday the decision of the club to terminate his contract with I3 Ventures, the company that would be managing accounts to harm those opposed to the current Board of Directors. Everything, after filtering the Chain Be (the same one that unveiled the campaign) the documents that would prove that this company was in charge of Barça and managed profiles in social networks.

“We have terminated the contract with one of the companies that attacked people in our club,” Bartomeu said during the delivery of the Vázquez Montalbán journalism award to Jorge Valdano. Despite defending the criticism alleging that “the club has not hired any service to discredit anyone. Not any player, no former player or any politician, or any ex,” the president has communicated the decision of the board against I3 Ventures.

In addition, the culé leader has made it clear that “they will defend themselves where necessary because it is false”, emphasizing that everything the company has done is its own decision and not of someone belonging to the club. A Blaugrana entity that, as the Be, was within a plan with disparate objectives such as Leo Messi, Gerard Piqué, Xavi Hernández, Victor Font or Jaume Roures.

I3 Ventures was responsible for managing web portals such as 'Respect and Sport' or 'Sport Leaks' which through its thousands of followers spread news to “clean” the image of Bartomeu and its Board. The club would have paid 1.1 million euros for the services of this company and already made clear in its first statement, after the news was revealed, “if any type of relationship were demonstrated, it would immediately terminate its contractual relationship and take appropriate legal action. in defense of their legitimate interests. “

Mediapro wants criminal responsibilities in Barcelona

One of those harmed in the news, Mediapro president Jaume Roures, has already made it clear that he will demand criminal responsibilities from Barcelona. “With the statement, the Board will not leave. It will have to show its face. We plan to ask for criminal responsibilities. I have seen the documentation and it is proven that the company I3 Ventures is behind the accounts in the social networks.”

Roures, who has been very critical of the current club management, has launched another dart towards Bartomeu and its surroundings. “I am ashamed that the Board of Barça does these things. It is a million euros that belong to the club and that the board uses for personal interests. It is to unfairly manage the money of the members. Nobody knows what Barcelona's debt is and not there is no control over the economy of the club, “he has sentenced in words to Rac 1.