🤨 Laporta stands firm with Athletic, let them audit us | OneFootball

The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has responded forcefully to Athletic Club after the Bilbao-based entity asked LaLiga to audit the accounts of the Blaugrana club in light of the possible signing of Nico Williams.

Barça, currently in the midst of planning for the upcoming season, has the international winger in its sights and is willing to pay his release clause, set at around 62 million euros.

The reaction from Athletic, which believes that Barça is not currently in a position to comply with the 1:1 rule required by LaLiga to carry out this type of operation, has come as a surprise in the Catalan capital.

“We have nothing to hide, let them audit us, but the same standards should be applied to everyone,” declared Laporta, defending that the club is acting within the law and complying with the requirements of financial control.

Laporta also sought to ease tensions with the Basque side, assuring that he maintains a good institutional relationship with Athletic and recalling that both clubs share a similar history and values. “I don’t understand this reaction, there are no bad relations between us,” stated the Barça president.

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