It was always going to be a long haul in getting to the bottom of how bad Barcelona’s finances were, and how they remain, with the motion to remove Josep Maria Bartomeu only serving to bring forward the inevitable rather than speed any processes up.
Joan Laporta is now tasked with picking up the pieces, and he’ll have to be a modern day miracle worker for the club to come out the other side relatively unscathed.
It’ll be a while yet before the true extent of the previous board’s corruption and spendthriftiness will be known, and whether any monies can be recouped down the line.