According to Mundo Deportivo, The deadline set contractually by FC Barcelona and Libero for the German investors to deposit the total payments corresponding to the sale of part of Barça Studios ends tomorrow.
Libero has been given preference to make the remaining payment of €40 million (corresponding to 29.5% of Barça Studios) within the next 24 hours, and if it does not arrive, it will be then when Barcelona can activate other alternatives on the table.
The report adds that Barcelona president Joan Laporta is in Dubai and could take advantage of the trip to activate some of the options that the club has on the table to make up for the lack of income that could be generated by the non-payment of Libero.
The president took advantage of the recent long weekend to travel to the Arab country and strengthen ties with the territory. He was accompanied by members of his board of directors Joan Soler and Xavier Puig.
Laporta is continuing talks with different companies in Dubai to set up a Barça academy project in the region, with the Middle Eastern nation eager to train young football players from a very early age in a model similar to that of FC Barcelona.
As such, the talks with the different companies and businessmen to deal with the whole issue of the academies could also serve as leverage for Barça Studios.
Barça need other sources of revenue if it is finally confirmed that Libero is not going to pay the €40 million and the Arab country has two fundamental elements in the equation: money and a growing interest in the world of football.
It remains to be seen if Laporta’s trip to Dubai yields the desired result and whether Libero are going to honour the payment.
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