Honorary President of Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeneß, spoke out very sharply about how the Catalan club Barcelona is managed. “The sum of their debt, exceeding 1.3 billion euros, is simply ridiculous. It is unimaginable and completely unacceptable. In any other national football system, a club with such liabilities would be deprived of the right to play in the top league. And what do we see? Absolutely nothing is happening. The management model that Barcelona demonstrates is completely contrary to how I see the direction of a team. It is drastically different from the strict financial control we maintain at Bayern and our impeccable financial stability, which, in my opinion, should serve as a model for all of European football. It is clear that effective management, a rational financial approach, and sporting success are not the result of playing with dangerous financial schemes,” the publication Marca quotes Hoeneß as saying. At the moment, after thirteen rounds of the Spanish championship, Barcelona has 31 points and holds second place in the standings.
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