I’m sorry but I still can’t give you positive news about Ukraine. Just ask that it not last long and that the tragedy ends. It’s not a tragedy but as I said Santi Nolla, our director, yesterday, the situation at Barça is worrying. I add more than worrying. The current board found itself in a very adverse situation. Here we have warned but nobody paid attention to us. In this mandate there have been significant defections in the economic aspect. The non-possession of Jaume Girócurrently responsible for the economy of our country and coming from an entity as consolidated as La Caixa, the hasty and unexplained departure of the CEO Ferran Reverterrespected before arriving and with international experience, and the phrase of The door that it will go down in history that Barça has to be managed like a family business, it has created a cocktail, I won’t say explosive but it can be exterminating. In soccer, income is what it is. ‘Ticketing’, sale of shirts and material, the museum in our case, partners and subscribers and television rights. You have to add all this very well to know what you can spend. Because in the activity of a club miracles do not occur. No, in football everything has to be controlled. If you have a large debt, a large wage bill and no extra income arrives, the situation is worrying.
After the first itinerant meeting in MontserratCatalan center and culé par excellence, very successful, the second in La Jonquerathat I do not qualify but that those who have passed through there already qualify it, perhaps as a thank you to the vice president Escudero, owner of several businesses in the place where they met and who was the man who saved the guarantee issue at the last second, has not brought good news. An assembly of compromisers is convened to decide on property sales that we do not know how much they are worth or what offers are on the table. I think that a board cannot put the delegates, rather scarce because with this telematic assembly they will attend less and less, in the commitment to decide things as serious as the void of assets. I ask the president The door that I first make a real explanation of the situation, of what they need, and that this be decided by all the partners, not by a minority group among whom I find myself, mostly ignorant of these situations. Too much responsibility for a few. I expect news soon although I am already summoned for the Assembly on June 16.
‘Catalan tennis night’
At the end of each season it is customary in many clubs, organizations and institutions to hold a final party, whether it is an award ceremony, recognition or simply to say goodbye to the course. Last Saturday, the ‘Catalan Tennis Night’ was held at the magnificent Real Club de Polo in Barcelona. All those responsible for this sport’s clubs throughout this country were present. Prizes were awarded, the great Tommy Robredo and I remember a hug with Josep Lluís Arilla. Everything under the control of the president Jordi Tamayo, ascendant figure within the leaders of local and international sport. I think tennis is the only Spanish national federation that has its headquarters in Catalonia. You have to keep it. Tamayo honors his origin because he is the son of the endearing Antonio Tamayowho directed marine travel and took Barça teams all over the world. Congratulations to all the organizers for a magnificent evening
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