Barcelona President Joan Laporta has been on his travels through the worldwide break too, though not for soccer. The Blaugrana chief was seen non-public jetting to Mongolia after which Azerbaijan with varied membership administrators and his ex-cousin-in-law Alejandro Echevarria.
To start with he was seen within the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bataar, the place he met with the Tradition Minister Nomin Chinba. Relevo say it was partially to debate opening a Barcelona Academy in Mongolia, whereas additionally they met with Gobi, a cashmere clothes model, to speak about bringing out a Barcelona vary.
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Additionally it is reported that they attended a 3rd unnamed nation, however that Laporta was current on the COP29 assembly in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. There he met with Farthad Hajiyev, the Vice-Minister for Youth and Sports activities, and Azhemco proprietor Adnan Ahmadzada, whom he has met with a number of occasions earlier than in Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
Rival political group Som un Clam have demanded explanations for the journey, together with the target of the journey, the prices, the shortage of transparency and the variety of workers that have been concerned.
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This comes as Barcelona proceed to seek for extra sources of earnings. Regardless of reassuring followers throughout their common meeting that there could be no points to register the contracts of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor in January, however the entire reporting says that even with the brand new Nike sponsorship contract, Barcelona nonetheless must resolve the matter.
Prior to now, Laporta has been criticised for not being solely trustworthy each in regards to the membership’s funds, and the membership’s contractual agreements. The Nike deal was saved confidential, as per request by the American sportswear model say the membership’s officers, however as a membership owned by the members, in idea their accounts and offers are all public.