Roures denies that he presented an endorsement

Jaume Roures, President of Mediapro, said this Thursday in a statement in Efe what he has not lent “any personal guarantee” nor has he paid “any amount to anyone” to complete the required amount of 125 million required as a guarantee for Joan Laporta become president of the FC Barcelona.

Roures said that given the multiple news items that appeared in the press and social networks in the course of the last few hours regarding the endorsement granted to the Board of Directors of Futbol Club Barcelona, ​​he wants to state the following:

“I have not lent any personal guarantee nor have I paid any amount to anyone.

A company personally linked to me, Orpheus Media, SL, and which is totally outside Mediapro, has guaranteed Banco de Sabadell SA a policy granted to the members of the board of directors of the FCB. This warranty is only valid for a few months. It is not, therefore, a loan or donation of any kind.

Orpheus Media, SL has not sought or requested any consideration from the members of the Board of Directors of the FCB, except the reimbursement of the economic cost of the guarantee at the end of its validity. It is not, therefore, a question of any commercial operation or of obtaining any type of control over the club or participation in its board.

This collaboration was made to complement the amount of the guarantee required by LaLiga and with the sole purpose of avoiding the repetition of the elections to the FCB. The electoral repetition would have been very damaging for the FCB and ultimately for the group of FCB members as it would have plunged the club into a crisis of proportions difficult to gauge. With the presentation of the guarantee, the result of the elections is fulfilled, the highest expression of the FCB members who have democratically elected their president and board of directors “.