They can't beat us — Laporta responds to LALIGA's latest claims on Barcelona's finances

Barcelona president Joan Laporta responded emphatically to LALIGA statement, which detailed some improprieties in the club's financial report. 

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The report was published on LALIGA's official channels this morning, claiming that the €100m sale of Camp Nou VIP seats was not included in the audit of Barcelona’s accounts and hence, ineligible for financial fair play calculations for that period. 

The sale returned them to financial normalcy and, in part, allowed them to register Dani Olmo and Pau Victor; however, with the LALIGA statement, Barcelona are now back under financial restrictions. 

Laporta reacted angrily, stating that the press release was engineered to destabilise Barcelona, ahead of their important Copa Del Rey clash against Atletico later tonight. 

“We will respond back to La Liga. They want to attack our interests,” Laporta said, per Fabrizio Romano.

“La Liga approved signings of Pau Victor and Olmo and now they've changed their minds. Why? Did they do a bad job in the first place when they approved the operations?”

“We're playing a key match tonight and La Liga is communicating this morning. Strange! They can't beat us on the pitch, so they act off it."

Despite the statement, however, LALIGA does not have the power to deregister Olmo and Victor; they will have to wait for the CSD ruling. 

Also, the claim from the league means Barcelona will now have to make sales in the summer before they can be permitted to register new players.