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Barcelona rage at La Liga over 'inappropriate behaviour' in extraordinary statement and blast president Javier Tebas for Dani Olmo & Pau Victor comments as they continue war over club finances

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Barcelona have expressed their 'surprise and indignation' at La Liga and scalded president Javier Tebas over the publication of private information.

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  • La Liga statement sparks Barcelona fury
  • Tebas & Co. accused of 'defamation' campaign
  • Club launch furious statement against league
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  • WHAT HAPPENED?

    Last week, La Liga confirmed a significant reduction to Barca's salary limit, saying that the club's €100 million (£83m/$108m) sale of VIP seats would not be included in the calculations. The news dealt a severe blow to the Catalan side's summer transfer plans and temporarily cast doubt on the possibility of Dani Olmo and Pau Victor continuing to play this term after the debacle over their registrations.

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    THE BIGGER PICTURE

    Barca reacted furiously to the release of the information, saying La Liga and president Tebas are guilty of breaching their own rules by making it public. The club believe it is part of a "large-scale" defamation campaign against them, while public comments from the league's head honcho were also addressed.

  • WHAT BARCELONA SAID

    Barcelona declared in a statement that they expressed their “surprise and indignation” after La Liga published the information on April 2, saying they were unaware of and gave no consent for its publication.

    The publication prompted "the Catalan entity to send a letter asking the boss, its president and any member of this body to refrain from making any comment or assessment on the economic information sent by the Catalan club, in order to deal with [the publication] of confidential material. Barca underlines the inappropriate behavior of LaLiga in making public details of the financial information provided by the club to the employer as well as in making public the decisions of LaLiga bodies against FC Barcelona, a fact that, in the club's opinion, 'is a flagrant violation of LaLiga's obligations towards one of its affiliates, as well as an express breach of Article 5 of the Normas de Elaboración de Presupuestos'."

    Taking aim at Tebas, the statement went on: "Furthermore, the Barca club regrets that the published Information Note 'has been the trigger for a large-scale defamation campaign against the club and the president by the media; a campaign that is being used as an excuse to question the legitimacy of the competitive situation of our first team'.

    "Another reproach that the club makes to LaLiga is due to public statements by its president, Javier Tebas, 'against our players, such as Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor - legally registered as recently reiterated by the Superior Council of Sports in its resolution of 3 April 2025'.

    "The statements of the president of LaLiga represent 'a clear attempt at destabilisation that is unacceptable' coming from the highest representative of the competition organiser, while indicating that Mr. Tebas’ constant public statements about details of the club’s economic situation –according to his particular interpretation– or that he expresses particular opinions about leaving our players without a license when, to date, he has already been proven wrong on two occasions cannot be accepted."

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    WHAT NEXT FOR BARCA?

    Barca called for the salary statement to be removed from La Liga's website and has renounced its membership of La Liga's Delegate Commission. Despite the off-field drama, Hansi Flick's team are top of the Spanish top-flight and hold a four-point lead over Real Madrid. Meanwhile, they will hope to boost their hopes of Champions League success when they face Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.

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