Bartomeu summons Delegate Commission for urgent meeting
Barcelona Crisis appears to have deepened
Wednesday morning saw Josep Maria Bartomeu call a meeting of Barcelona's Delegate Committee to address the management and consequences of the crisis that has stemmed from suggestions the Blaugrana paid I3 Ventures one million euros to disparage opponents of the current president.
Bartomeu has stringently denied the claims and has threatened legal action against those disseminating the information, however this has done little to cool the fires of crisis within the Camp Nou.
The Delegate Commission of the Catalan club is made up of Bartomeu himself, the vice presidents (Jordi Cardoner, Jordi Moix, Enric Tomas and Emili Rousaud) and the club's CEO, Oscar Grau.
These are the most powerful non-footballing people within Barcelona and they now have to find a way to move through this current period of rather public disunity.
In the last hours it has emerged that some of the club's board don't agree with how the matter has been dealt with, and some have even been hurt by the fact it was discussed in a board meeting before it was released to the public.
This meeting of delegates is independent of the pre-planned board meeting that is still set to take place on Friday.