QUESTIONS

1) Why, if the Club has so high value according to Forbes, is it not possible to find a global sponsor for sections?

2) Why is this complaint about player salaries when is this Board that has made most signings and contract renewals?

3) Why a top executive of the Club (Emili Sabadell), says that there is an agreement with the ticket resale business "ViaGogo" and Faus and Cardoner Executives say that there isn't?

4) Why, if the tickets at ViaGogo Club are coming from members nothing is done about them, both at Club level and going to the Police?

5) Why the Club continues having Deloitte as auditor if they had to redo the accounts of the Club after leaving the previous Board, since they were not right?

6) Why were the accounts redone if the auditor (Deloitte), gave them as favorable?

7) Why is there a man who takes 1.2M€/year for doing nothing (said by himself), and the Board does not act rescinding the contracts?

8) Why are there players that are signed and who are injured and we do not know the recovery time?

9) Why, if the Grassroots is so successful, the heads of it (Amor and Puig) are changed?

10) Why does it work so bad the Technical Secretariat (Scouting/Recruitment), of the Club?

11) Why are scouts from Liverpool, Fulham, PSG and Bayern working at 200 km. of Barcelona and Barça is not?

12) Why it is not said who is responsible for the "administrative mistakes" in the FIFA case?

13) Why was spoken of "black hand" in the case and FIFA, has finally acknowledged it was a problem of ours?

14) Why has lowered the number of season ticket holders from 99000 to 84000 when there are members still waiting for a seat in the waiting list?

15) Why is that the Club, so, us, the members, who have paid nearly 1M€ in attorneys when the Board has led the former to court for mismanagement?

16) Why are there members with 35-40 years old at the Club who have never been commissioners and others, with 10 years and they have been 3 times?

17) Why do almost in any operation appear corporations linked to Executives of the Club?

18) Why are not explained ALL terms of ALL the concessions the Club has (Shops, Restaurants, Catering, etc)?

19) Why do you talk about the demands of UEFA (Hospitality, etc.), to justify the reform, when the existing legislation in this regard says very little about the subject?

20) Why the reform of the Camp Nou, when it was not in the program?

21) Why an Architectural Competition for the reform of Camp Nou is convened if, as Mr. Faus said, there is already a project made ​​with measurements and budget?

22) Why he tickets that are offered for sale says for example, "Gol Nike Sud"? When has been this authorized?

23) Why a club that talks about transparency makes almost all its contracts confidential?

24) Why is there so little respect to other members and it is not respect what the statutes say when the General Assembly approve matters that are not in the agenda?

25) Why do you not leave?

Jordi Pascual

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THEY UNDERSTAND NOTHING

Days pass and the stuff still goes on. Newspapers, radios, televisions, social networks are full of reasons for or against. And many, speak for not being silent, because they show that they have understood nothing. About nothing.

They have not understood that the club is owned by 138,000 members, who are the "legal" owners but there are millions of fans around the world who are "sentimental" owners. And you can't play with feelings.

They have not understood that Messi is the best player in the world and possibly in history and must be paid as it is. Not like "this man"

They have not understood that, here, is not enough to win. Here you have to win and play well, it's football, basketball or bowling.

They have not understood that what has captured half of the world, precisely because of this, have not been the titles "per se", but the way in which they were won.

They have not understood that if we are a world'sl reference, is because we have all the teams that play all the same way, from the youngest to the oldest. And if you want to change the style, it should be at all levels. Not doing so would be an inconsistency.

They have not understood the meaning of planning. Planning means having clear which players must leave the Club and which have to come, who should be monitored to within 1-2 years, what contracts they have, what options other clubs have. The last example: it seems to be made ​​a trip to see a player ... that was injured.

They have not understood that what was done with Abidal and Mickael is unworthy of a club like this. There are many ways of doing things.

They have not understood that the image of the Club deteriorates because, everywhere, and they are not Barca fans, they do not understand why Guardiola went away, why Valdés is leaving, why the President resigns, what about the signing of Neymar, what about Tax Deal, etc.

They have not understood that you can not say "NO" to a reform of 250M€for being "uneconomic" and make one that will cost 600M€, without any Project.

They have not understood that the reform can not be approved based on "scaring" the "socis" (members), about the disgraces that will happen if nothing is done.

They have not understood that if the result of the poll for the reform is "NO", they have to go out. So clear. Their legitimacy will be reduced to nothing.

They have not understood that "to attack" the President of the Club is not to attack the Club. Especially when what is attacked is the lack of transparency of the President and the Board. And more, when you see that these "attacks" had many fundamentals.

They have not understood that Board members are servants of the Club, that is, of "socis" (members), and they have been chosen to drive the ship at a time. Afterwards, we would choose them again if we think they have done well and will choose others if we think they have done wrong.

They have not understood that many of us have done a lot of miles and have lost hours of study and work to go watching Barça everywhere. We have gone to European Finals of football, basketball, etc. long before some of them were members of the Club. And, paying it from our pocket, obviously. Never before it has been so many "compromises" with the issue of the tickets away og home, whatever finals or other matches.

They have not understood that being critical is not being "evil environment". It's to say what we do not like. Although we may be wrong. And that does not mean that we want the team to lose matches. I want to win always. But, as I said before, there are ways and ways to win.

They have not understood that telling lies (or writing them), to defend the indefensible can not be done. Sooner or later, we will know the truth of all.

They have not understood that the most important, always, are those on the pitch or the hall. These are where they are thanks to those, not vice versa.

They have not understood that, those who are there, at the stands, we understand everything, even our face shows we understood nothing.

Jordi Pascual

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QUESTIONS

I am sure, not absolute, but almost, that there are members of the Board of Barca who read my comments (including other more or less amateur bloggers), or at least, they are informed of them.

Taking advantage of this, I have a few questions to ask and then, I expose:

1) Why on those tickets sold/given away you have "Gol Sud Nike"? What permission has been given to rename the Stadium stands?

2) Why the turnover with a new Stadium was much greater than with the reform? What settings do you use?

3) Why the companies that have done the studies for the expansion/renovation of the Camp Nou are Management and not Construction?

4) Why is the total cost of the reform 600M€? In what basis, if no Project is done, can be given that figure?

5 ) Why there is no Project of the reform until it is approved? How do you want us to vote "YES" or "NO " to something we do not know how it will be?

6) Why the Board, and not the socis (share-holders), dismissed other types of reform/building?

7) Why is there only one possible alternative (this one or no reform)?

8) Will we have 22 seats per row (maximum) at "Lateral" 3rd Ring? The commodity of the "socis", does it include this?

9) What will be the process to have any access to the "VIP Boxes"?

10) What will be the process to access to the "concessions"  of Services at the Camp Nou?

11) Will the Club manage directly anything? What?

12) Will the Statutes be reformed so delegates can assist to the General Assembly?

13) Would the "parallel" contracts with companies associated to Neymar made if he had not signed for Barça?

14) Will Messi be sold if an offer of 150M€ or higher is done?

15) Will you dismiss and call for elections if the referendum results against the reform of the Camp Nou?

Thank you very much. I'm waiting for the answers.

Jordi Pascual

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I WILL VOTE NO, BUT MAYBE WE HAVE TO VOTE YES

From Monday (1-20-2014), when I wrote the last post explaining my reasons for voting "NO" to reform the Camp Nou, the facts have been at breakneck speed. Rosell resigned as president on Thursday and Friday, the new president, Josep Maria Bartomeu explained odds Neymar contract that, after all, and tell us what they tell us, has been the reason for the resignation. Beyond that, it is not acceptable under any circumstances, the threats that Rosell and his family have received. Violence can never be excused .

Rosell and Bartomeu have castled on the 57.1M€ as final price of the sale of Neymar to Barça. Of these, 17.1M€ are for Santos (the team Neymar played) and 40M€ for a company owned by the parents of Neymar (N&N), which has the rights to decide, as we were told, where should Neymar play once his contract with the Brazilian team is over.

Paint as you want, but the 10M€ "signing bonus" and 2.7M€ of commission for the Player Agent (father, are part of the transfer. That is, the direct price of the transfer of Neymar price is 69.8M€. Translated, it means that the Board has cheated us. So clear. But there's more. There are a number of contracts with different companies of Neymar's family that if the player had not signed for the club they would not exist. In a few days I will talk about one of them (400,000€ per year for scouting). All this means that the final price of this signing goes into the environment of the € 90M, you say it the way you want to say it.

According to what Bartomeu explained, the player will get 8.8M€/year (44 in total), including awards for titles (Guaranteed they are won or not. In which company are you objectives payed even if you don't get them? Wacky and embarrassing), with a prize additional of 2M€ if the player is a finalist in the FIFA World player awards.

All this means that, like it or not, Neymar will get, for playing for FC Barcelona, ​​an amount close to 100M€ for the 5 seasons he has to play. 20M€ per season. They can explain it as they want it. Because nobody swallows beyond the legal issues of whether the 40M€ received are reportable tax in one way or another, that this money, plus the signing bonus, will go, in one way or another to Neymar .

And this is where the show begins. Messi has to renew his contract and, as it  has been repeated and logically, he should be the highest paid player in the squad. 12M€/ season? 15? Or maybe 25? Because obviously, I guess Messi 's father, after seen what we all have seen, will also asked these 40M€ that N&N has received. Or perhaps 50. Have no doubt.

And Iniesta will come later, who was told it would be the second best paid player. If Messi, one way or another, will take 25M€ and Neymar around 20M€, it is logical to expect that Iniesta will be on the 22-23M€ mark. This means that these 3 players will get around 70M€, and this is more than 10% of the GLOBAL budget of Club. No jokes.

More things. There is a pending lawsuit over the issue of the facade of the new Masia. Demand is 100M€, according to what I have been told, it should be provisioned for accounting, ie, include at the annual balance sheet as losses.

To make it a little bit more complicated is the issue of "civil responsibility action" and the fact that Directors are required (by agreement of the same Board), to respond for the debts that they can have at the end of their term.

This could make that losses this year, maybe next one, can very high. And, the Board completes its mandate in 2016. This means they must make quick actions. And, to balance these losses there are only two options: either put the personal assets of the directors to cover the deficit or to sell. In the first case, I do not know if all the directors have (or want to spend), the money (we're talking at least about 150M€) to cover this debt. And if they do not want to put it out of their pockets, they will have to sell. And the easiest to sell are two things: the name of the Stadium (which, as you know, is already included in the planned reform) or, ... Leo Messi. If they sell Messi they will have as unique star the one they wanted and that they brought to the Camp Nou. How can you sell Messi without a "civil war" in the club? They will do it. They will sell us what is so appropriate: if the offer is impossible to say, that if we save so much money, that if we guarantee the future of the Club, etc. Do not worry that together them and the press that follows their "game" they will find a way, as they have found it to make us believe what they want.

Another thing is, in a few weeks, the referendum/consultation about the reform of the Camp Nou. A few days ago I explained my reasons for voting NO to this reform (I will vote NO). If the query is negative , the Board will be forced to resign, much to speak of that consultation is not binding. You can not say that is the most important project of the past 50 years and, if lost, continue to lead the Club. They must leave. And, as we said before, with a very high possibility of losses to be assumed.

But of course, with what money will this reform be done if, the first to do is to cover the debt that will be generated by what we said before? Impossible to do. Moreover, they can not do the query , then due have insisted again and again that will.

So, I 'm afraid the only solution is to vote "yes" to the query so that it wins. The "yes", wins, but that reform is not made. This would allow the current Board to get to 2016, have largely settled this debt, looking for other solutions (which, honestly, I do not see anywhere beyond these sales we have spoken), but they can always appear.

We can only hope that the trial MCM is not done, almost impossible. Or that Messi and Iniesta lower their claims. Even more impossible.

Therefore, I fear that if we want the club does not become ruined athletically and without the name of the Stadium, we will no other choice but to vote "yes " to the query reform, that also entails having a surname at Stadium. But at least enable the Board to seek solutions to avoid putting money from its pocket and still have Messi, which is something. Voting "no" will mean the Board leavein on a balloon, which could perhaps be the most interesting for us, if they do fast enough to have no time to sell anything or make any nonsense.

Jordi Pascual

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THE REFORM OF CAMP NOU

Tomorrow, Monday, January 20th, 2014, the Board of Barça will meet and, apparently, there will be a decision about the future of Camp Nou: Reform or New Stadium. So far, the arguments that have appeared in the press could be signed by a 4 year old kid: "If San Mames was demolished, why not the Camp Nou", "It will be much more comfortable", "This is very old " "The renovation work would be an inconvenience for the Socis (Share-holders)", etc.. The fact is, however, nothing has been said about this reform: what will be and, or how it will. All we know is the approximate price: Reform: 600M€; New Stadium: 1200M€.

I shall not value what the Board said when elections on reforms and similar. Not my idea. I'm much more on what and why, in my view should be made to adapt the Camp Nou to the current requirements .

The first thing to consider is that the "letitmotiv" of Football stadiums were to watch games. Nothing more. This has changed: now, they are places to do business or, bring the family to spend the day. Therefore, what is needed is for people to be 1-2 hours before and to leave 1-2 hours after the game.

I've been in some stadiums in Europe. The first thing about the Camp Nou in favor is the immense space around what is the building itself. Neither Alvalade XXI, nor St. Jakob, nor Old Trafford, nor Aviva (Dublin), etc. have it. The esplanade behind the area "Lateral" (opposite the Main Grandstand), does not exist in any of these venues. And, this should be exploited. I recommend that anyone who can, go to Oslo, at the National Stadium, where, incidentally, Barça played this summer, and you can see that even there is a Hotel behind the stadium, which communicates with it and is used for the concentrations of the National team. It was a place to have a very clear idea of ​​the things you could do with the space around the stadium.

Then we have the lower side of the Stadium. In all these places, this area is full of shops, bars and restaurants. But, at Camp Nou, the area is just to access the seats and many of the doors are closed (for this about saving money). Couldn't they reorganize these spaces? The non-used gates are removed, 4-5 gates are put together and the remaining space can be used.

Let's go inside. The "Lateral" area (which is the one I know best), historically had 22 seats per row. It was right. The previous Board (Joan Laporta ), decided to put one more seat per row. They are 23. Now it is quite uncomfortable (tight). The worst thing is that the current Board (Sandro Rosell ), has not changed it. If you want commodities, 21 would be a suitable number, 20 would be more than fantastic. Today, you can not even move without taking a hit to the neighboring seat .

Then there is the whole area inside the Camp Nou, under and behind the stands. Today (and always), there are only 4 bars with exorbitant prices, with quality and quantity of a product that are not up to what the modern stadiums need. In all these places we have said (and many more) , all these areas are closed, with Restaurants and Bars with chairs and seats, where people can talk freely before and after the game. Where you can eat (snacks, meals, etc.), sitting comfortably and with prices (taking into account the difference in living standards between most of these countries and ours), far more affordable than here. But far more. And they remain places of passage to go from one part of the Stadium to another. That is, that the function of corridor is not lost. This is the more wasted space in the Camp Nou and the most exploited elsewhere. Given that the Camp Nou has three levels (rings), imagine the amount of dead space at the stadium. By the way, taking advantage of this, you could make a much more suitable toilets. Some 3rd Division stadiums have them much better.

At the time of Núñez, some "VIP Boxes" were built in the area of ​​the 2nd level. In many of these stadiums we have said, these areas for Sponsors and similar have a previous space where this people can sit quietly and do business or talk about what is appropriate. As we are saying, is about taking profit of all the spaces. Do we have to demolish some stairs or change them of place? Let's do it. Rearranging interior spaces is, as already stated , the great problem of Camp Nou.

In the main stand behind the bench, there is a kind of " VIP Box", since the capacity of the "Honour Box" is not very large. In every stadium that I know, these areas are located on the back, not in front. Basically, for two reasons. One is that, if it rains, people do not get wet. The second, that they have access to the Bar where they can take a drink quietly and watching the game if appropriate. Again, use of interior spaces.

There is a point that has also been discussed many times: Cover or not cover all the stands of the stadium. I support it. First, when it rains or is cold is much better. And if we are talking of commodities for the people who will watch the game, this is one. It is true that we do not have the weather they have in all these places located farther North, but to be under the rain, when you can not even open the umbrella because you are annoying your neighbor (back to the 23 seats)... The second reason is the sound effect. Any of these stadiums I have said have an incredible sounding. One of the reasons that makes listening to "You'll Never Walk Alone" at Anfield or Celtic Park, and the songs of the supporters of Borussia at the Westfalenstadion put the willies is the wonderful sound effect, as the cries of the people bounce off the deck and back into the field, multiplying the effect. At the Camp Nou, much of the noise is going to air. And surely, the neighborhood  would also appreciate, as it would a lot less of noise going outside.

All of this, however, nothing has been explained at all. Only that the reform will bring inconvenience for the fans. We already know all. But if it is not explained why and how you want to do, it seems that this is the excuse for a new stadium.

And if it is really needed to do it, let's do it. But it seems that there is no interest in adapting the Camp Nou to European levels. It seems that it has to be new, yes or yes, and I do not buy that. They have to show us all drawings, studies, etc. because after all, as I have said many times, the "owners" of the Club are we, the Socis.

Jordi Pascual

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