January 14 – Regardless of profitable the Supercopa in Saudi Arabia beating their El Classico rivals, Actual Madrid, FC Barcelona nonetheless have greater than their justifiable share of backroom drama. A key Barca administration determine, vice chairman Juli Guiu has resigned, efficient instantly.
The membership said private causes for Guiu leaving the membership, nonetheless, wanting behind the PR assertion, Guiu’s determination to go away got here on the again of discrepancies over the Nike shirt deal the membership introduced at the top of final 12 months, penning a contract value greater than €100 million a 12 months.
Guiu, who has a repute as a skilful operator, disagreed with among the phrases outlined within the contract and located himself placed on the bench because the negotiations progressed.
One in every of his largest gripes surrounded commissions. Darren Dein, who acted because the go-between as Nike and Barcelona crunched the numbers walked away with an enormous payday, a lot to the annoyance of Guiu.
Guiu, is certainly one of 4 vice-presidents, and was enjoying a extremely influential function within the day-to-day operating of the cash-strapped membership that not too long ago had a major authorized win within the Dani Olmo and Pau Victor registration case.
One in every of his largest successes was enjoying a vital function in bringing in varied sponsors on board, together with Spotify, who then took over the naming rights on the Camp Nou for a reported $310 million for simply 4 years.
Now with Guiu’s exit, the membership should discover a alternative with the identical drive, ambition, and connections to maintain the income machine producing the huge sums wanted to maintain the Blaugrana aggressive on and off the pitch.
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