The Barça president's despair at the dire financial situation has led him to take drastic measures related to the club's new potential owners.
Everyone knows that FC Barcelona is going through a long season of economic crisis, which has led Joan Laporta to think about SAD. For those unfamiliar with the term, it is a sports stock company that will take over a large percentage of the culé team's total shares in return for a huge cash injection.
To attract SAD shareholders, the Barça president traveled to the United Arab Emirates, precisely to Dubai. No explanation is needed as to why he chose the Middle Eastern city as a starting point for acquiring new shareholders. The truth is that this lever will significantly alleviate the economic crisis that does not leave Barcelona alone.
Laporta wants to sell almost half of Barcelona shares through SAD
The Catalan president's plan envisages transferring almost 49% of the share package to the public company apparently based in the Arab city. It is not yet known how much he expects (money), but the amounts are quite high taking into account the Barça Vision operation. Let us recall that the top manager also granted 49% of the shares in exchange for 200 million euros.
The truth is that the sum must be very significant since it concerns directly the shares of FC Barcelona, and even more so when it concerns an Arab company or several Arab companies that take control of this block of shares. At the moment Laporta is meeting with renowned businessmen from this country and nothing has been concluded, let alone signed.
FC Barcelona is planning another friendly match for lucrative reasons
Laporta does not stop finding new solutions that try to defuse the financial situation a little. One of them could be a friendly match on US soil. It is known that the Blaugrana club enjoys a tremendous response in the Americas and especially in the United States.
The rival they will face has not yet been decided, but the most important thing is that a significant amount of money will be raised. The president of FC Barcelona knows that these are not final solutions, but that they are methods that gradually deflate the balloon of economic crisis. The most important event, however, concerns the association's actions through the SAD.