Noelia Romero issued a statement this Tuesday morning to deny the information that assured that Barça has dispensed with its services as compliance officer. However, she admitted that she is suspended from employment and salary, a sanction that she has contested. Noelia Romero held the position, which is responsible for ensuring compliance with the club's regulatory framework, since February 2019. Romero was an anonymous character in the club and the news has surprised in a way because the debate on praxis at Barça It has been on the table since Ser Catalunya unveiled Barçagate. Directors David Bellver and Marta Plana will provisionally occupy the position of Noelia Romero. Barça did not want to give explanations when Mundo Deportivo revealed the news, but the suspended engagement officer did make a statement saying that “I do not share or understand and that I am surprised by the moment and the way it occurs.”
Barça, by the way, plans to make public in the next few days the results of the audit that it commissioned Price Waterhouse Coopers to purge responsibilities over Barçagate. It should be remembered that the club hired I3 Ventures, a company that was responsible for creating accounts on social networks that were responsible for wearing down on social networks the image of former players (Xavi), current footballers (Messi and Setién), former coaches (Guardiola ), former presidents (Laporta) and pre-candidates (Víctor Font). The audit is ready and everyone is finally waiting for the result.
Noelia Romero, who had worked in recent months with manager Jordi Casalmiglia, who had left the post of secretary and then resigned as manager at Barça, had replaced Sabine Paquer, the first compliance officer at Barça. The figure was created after the numerous problems generated by the signing of Neymar. Noelia Romero, allegedly independent from the Board, does not work provisionally for Barça although the club has not given explanations.