FC Barcelona’s board should offer up the resignations of anyone involved with a secret, paid campaign to attack club legends and presidential candidates, as alleged by the media.
The club through an official statement denied carrying out such actions. One hopes this is the case, for their sake. But the reports come from a respected media outlet, Cadena SER. Fans should be excused if they don’t simply take the club’s word for it.
According to the report, the club paid about one million euro to a company called I3 Ventures. As part of this “astroturfing” campaign, I3 Ventures allegedly criticized current players such as Lionel Messi and Gerard Piqué, and club icons like Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernández and Carles Puyol.