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Welcome to the Annual General Meeting! Every Ten Questions Laporta: Can Barcelona have another blockbuster signing worth 100 million yuan?

2:49pm, 18 October 2025Football

This Sunday, Barcelona will hold its annual member representative meeting. In the context of the club facing multiple challenges such as finance and sports, Chairman Laporta is expected to receive sharp questions from member representatives. "Daily Sports" sorted out the ten core questions that Laporta must respond to.

Financial issues are undoubtedly the core of this conference. First of all, when the club can return to La Liga's "1:1" Financial Fair Play rules and operate normally in the transfer market is one of the biggest concerns among members. Related to this is whether Barcelona is still able to complete a blockbuster signing like Haaland of more than 100 million euros under continued financial difficulties.

The "Espai Barça" project debt is also a concern. The article pointedly pointed out that the club was forced to issue 424 million euros in bonds last July to meet the first maturity payment, and will face a huge interest payment of 44 million euros in December.

In addition, Laporta also needs to clarify doubts about when the new Camp Nou stadium will be "fully" put into use instead of partially open, and why Limak, a Turkish company with the lowest technical rating, was originally chosen as the contractor.

At the commercial operations level, whether the board of directors will restart the plan to sell 49% of the shares of BLM (Barcelona Licensing and Merchandising Company), an important subsidiary of the club, is also a key issue. Members have collected signatures to try to permanently block the motion at this meeting.

At the club management level, since Laporta has entered his last year in office, when he will announce the competition for a new club president has attracted much attention from all parties. At the same time, in the context of the warming relationship between Barcelona and UEFA, the club's final position on the "European Super League" also needs to be clearly explained to members.

In terms of sports projects, in addition to the football first team, the future of other sports departments of the club is also worrying. The construction plan for the new Palau Stadium (basketball stadium) has not made progress, and the severe budget cuts of various sports departments have begun to affect their competitive performance. The club needs to give a clear future strategy.

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