“We are willing, with the intervention of an international auditing firm, which we will pay, for such a determination to be made, the result of which will be public,” they informed him last September 2, through a letter. eight notable partners from Barcelona to José Francisco Cevallos, then president of the yellow institution.
Now, those who defined themselves as “people linked, for decades, to a record of service to Barcelona Sporting Club” ask Cevallos’ successor, Carlos Alfaro Moreno, and CFO Xavier Salem, to make the results of the audited public. by the PKF firm.
Barcelona President for life Jaime Nebot; the former presidents Isidro Romero (champion in 1985, 1991 and 1995, and finalist of the 1990 Copa Libertadores), José Tamariz (two-time champion 1980-1985), Nicolás Romero (assumed after the strike in 1975), Julio Jurado, head of the Barcelona Association Shipyard; in addition to Santiago Salem, Juan José Vilaseca and Esteban Amador, whose ancestors were notable leaders of Barcelona fans, are the ones who bore the costs of the audit.
Eight months ago they explained in their letter that “it is definitely important for our institution to assess and determine, fundamentally, the amount of its debt. Only from that fact can appropriate administrative and financial solutions be proposed, discussed and adopted to resolve the situation. ”
Last Tuesday, the eight notable Canaries told Alfaro Moreno and Salem that they were “formally delivering the results of the audit carried out by the PKF firm, which aimed, among other things, to determine the total amount of the debt of Barcelona with third parties, with a cut to September 30, 2019 ”.
It is added in the communication that was received 48 hours ago that: “Our disinterested and free contribution allows us to exhort you so that, for the sake of transparency that we are sure, your administration practices (that of Alfaro Moreno, who defeated in the elections October 2019 to Cevallos), the results of the pre-named audit are disclosed to partners and the general public. ”
In the letter signed by Nebot, and copied to the other seven bullfighting partners, Alfaro Moreno and Salem, in the core, are told that “it is worth mentioning that, according to the contract signed with PKF, there is the corresponding authorization to that the result of this audit (to Barcelona) can be made public ”.
In December 2019 Cevallos said that Barcelona’s debt was $ 22.5 million and that he received the club with a deficit of $ 35 million in 2015, when he succeeded Antonio Noboa in the presidency.
The confusion arose due to the various figures given by the leadership. In September 2018, El Comercio published that Juan Alfredo Accounts, financial vice president, told them: “The 2016 audit showed $ 27 million of debt, plus $ 14 million of contingencies.” But in March 2016, he assured that same newspaper that “it could reach $ 32 million.”
Someone who had access to the PKF report and asked to reserve his name told EL UNIVERSO that he is “very surprised by the results” of the audit. (D)
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