What we called until not so long ago Barca Workshops was renamed Barca Vision in culé nomenclature, also until recently Jacques Roures was a strong supporter of Jane Laporta and the Barcelona in any decision or need, especially economic, but now take a step aside. The owner of Orpheus Average recovered in recent weeks the investment of 10 million euros it made in December 2022 by Barca WorkshopsNOW Barca Vision, After almost two years of partnership and the acceptance of Laporta.
It was last August, when Barcelona reached an important agreement with the catering company Aramark worth 40 million euros for 10% of Barça Studios and it filled the void left by Libero. Aramark “becomes part of the shareholders of Barça Vision (Bridgeburg Invest), as well as a new partner of Espai Barça”, announced the club in a press release, key to now understanding this step outside of Jaume Roures.
Aramark paid 40 million, but divided into two different payments, on the one hand, 15 of them went to the management of the new Camp Nou for the next 20 years, to which another 15 were added by Legends. The remaining 25 million was used to settle Libero’s debt of 40 million dated June 2023 in Bridgeburg Investbut only 15 really landed, since the remaining 10 million went into the pockets of the Jaume Roures And Orpheus Averagewhich recovers the investment it has made in the past and leaves the shareholding of Barca Vision without great advantages.
Failure of Barça’s vision
Valued at 408 million, Barca Vision has become one of the most important sectors of activity in the Barcelonaor they sold it Jane Laporta and theirs, and they believed in it so much Roures like the other partner, Socios.com. But two years later, after having bet heavily on NFTs, cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, the bubble of this commercial exploitation burst and the results, including the Barcelona didn’t give any type of information, it’s an absolute failure.
Jacques Roures recover your investment in Barca Workshopsprobably thanks to the constant support he gave to Jane Laporta at any time, from endorsements at the time of accession to the presidency to the digital project. Presumably, if it were a different person or company, the conditions would have been very different. And that’s it Roures He also escapes the payment of a significant sum, 90 million euros, which was to be paid in June 2023, 2024 and 2025, the 30th. kilos per year.
Thus, the levers which Jane Laporta sold as a panacea during this summer of impossible signings, with the arrival of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha either Jules Koundéamong other things, today they are fading away, they are going backwards. It is good to remember that Roures And Socios.com jointly acquired 49% of the shares of Bridgeburg Invest.
All this comes a few days after learning that the final season 23/24, despite the fact that Laporta announced that they were completely cured, the Barcelona presents losses worth 91 million euros at the end of this campaign, a net result that conflicts with the speech that it assured, far from the financial regularity that they assumed, still apologizing in non-payments for Barca Vision that the club remains in suspense and that this amounts to 141 million euros.
