Barcelona are usually not flush for money in the intervening time, and haven’t been since earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic. And whereas Joan Laporta’s opposition accuses him of incompetence, there have been various blushes saved by banking safety again in 2022.
Cadena SER have revealed that through the switch of Robert Lewandowski to the membership from Bayern Munich, a fraudster almost made off with €1m. The individual in query handed themselves off as agent Pini Zahavi, who represents Lewandowski, and requested that the Blaugrana pay him €1m in commissions.
The Catalan giants obliged, depositing €1m in a Cypriot checking account. However after just a few days, the Compliance division of the financial institution notified Barcelona of the weird nature of the motion, with the account having by no means had any prior banking historical past – it was opened earlier within the month. They raised the problem with Zahavi, who clearly defined that it was not him. The financial institution had been then capable of intercept the switch, and Barcelona obtained the cash again into their account.