Barcelona came out in defense of Gilim Laporta, the son of the Barcelona president, after some information accused him of participating in several player market operations that Barcelona carried out last summer, specifically the operations of Marcos Alonso, Dest and Lenglet, which would mean a conflict of interest according to the club’s regulations
Barcelona clarified through a statement that the compliance area has launched an investigation to clarify the facts through various interviews. The conclusion is that according to the information that the club has dealt with, “nothing has been obtained so far that proves any breach of FC Barcelona’s internal regulations or current legislation with regard to incompatibility, conflict of interest and self-contracting with the club’s managers,” according to the statement
One of the testimonies collected by the investigation is a few words from Matteo Alemani, director of football at Barcelona, in which he confirmed that Guillem Laporta did not participate in any meeting or negotiations regarding the operations of Lenglet, Dest and Alonso, nor in any other meeting. According to the information, Laporta’s son had formed a company with Raul Verdo with which he could mediate some operations
According to the club’s report, Barcelona has no payments to this company (Top Level Football 77 SL) for any operation. The existence of this company formed by the two people was acknowledged “in the hope that they will eventually provide joint services in the future.” Barcelona also points out that the aforementioned company is currently completely inactive “according to the data in the commercial register