The audit at the end of the month

The Audit commissioned by FC Barcelona to Price Waterhouse Coopers will be ready for the next meeting of the club's board of directors, scheduled for the end of the month, or at the latest, the beginning of June.

On February 17, the case known as Barçagate broke out thanks to an investigation by the Cadena SER that revealed that the club had contracted the services of the company I3 Ventures to monitor the entity's Social Networks, but which was also dedicated to denigrating characters from the Barcelona environment through false accounts, from former presidents such as Laporta, to former coaches such as Guardiola, even going through current squad players such as Leo Messi. All this for a price of one million euros that to avoid the club's supervisory bodies was divided into invoices of 200,000 euros. That scandal was the wishbone that forced the resignation of Vice President Emili Rousaud, who was accompanied by six managers.

Before Rousaud's resignation the club decided February 21 In an informal meeting of the board, commission an external audit to check if there had been any irregularity in the company's behavior, in its hiring or if this service had been paid above the market price, as suggested by the resigning vice president. when affirming in diverse radio stations that “Someone has reached into the box.”

Since that audit was commissioned, which the club said was going to be ready in 15 days, almost three months have passed. From the company PWC they assure that the declaration of the state of alarm has delayed the efforts and that the two interviews that were missing to close the report when the confinement was decreed must be personal and that for security reasons they could not be carried out electronically. At Barça, on the other hand, they start to be very flies with the delay. The chascarrillo between the blaugrana executives is “how it shows that they invoice by the hour”.

Before the board sees the audit, This will be evaluated by the club's Delegate Commission and later, after its presentation to the council, its conclusions will be presented at a press conference.

From what has been leaked so far and what is expected at the club, the president must deal with a very difficult bull. They assume that a price above the market was paid “between 8 and 10 percent”, they affirm from within the entity and that the invoices were cut up. What will be clear is that it was ruled out that the president had any knowledge that these accounts were used to attack the Barcelona environment.