Barcelona President Joan Laporta Accuses Predecessor Josep Bartomeu & Board of 'Fraud'

For months, the present president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, and his predecessor Josep Bartomeu have sniped at each other over the club's ballooning debt which at one point stood in excess of $1.5 billion. The Spanish side's financial crisis was also the main reason the club had to part brass rags with former skipper Lionel Messi.