Barcelona president Joan Laporta has on Tuesday provided an insight into just how close the club are to reaching the required financial footing to align with the 1:1 rule.
The subject of the 1:1 rule, of course, took its place front and centre in Catalunya’s capital through the summer.
This came as the efforts of Deco and the Barcelona board to reinforce the club’s squad, time and time again, were stopped in their tracks by La Liga.
Why? Their failure to align the Camp Nou accounts with the Spanish football requirements.
Despite persistent assurances that the club were on the verge of reaching as much throughout the transfer window, upon as much slamming shut last week, Barca had still failed to reach the mark.
Speaking to the media in a press conference on Tuesday, it therefore came as little surprise when the 1:1 rule was put to the aforementioned Joan Laporta once more.
And Barca’s president was fully transparent in his response, explaining that:
“We’re €60 million away from 1:1. There are many ways to achieve it and we hope to reach it in October.”
Conor Laird | GSFN
