{"id":37717,"date":"2026-06-09T23:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/37717\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T23:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T23:12:36","slug":"barcelona-acting-president-confirms-return-to-11-rule-sends-warning-to-real-madrid-will-meet-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/37717\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona acting president confirms return to 1:1 rule; sends warning to Real Madrid – “Will meet in court”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barcelona\u2019s acting president, Rafa Yuste, addressed the club\u2019s 1,000 longest-standing members at the 2026 Senate meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In his address, the acting president talked about several topics, including the club\u2019s financial recovery and upcoming transfer activity. <\/p>\n

But it was his closing remarks on the Negreira case and a direct threat of legal action against Real Madrid and their president, Florentino Perez, that caught the eye.<\/p>\n

On the pitch and in the transfer market<\/p>\n

Yuste opened by reflecting on what Hansi Flick\u2019s side had produced across the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a spectacular season, playing great football, and we\u2019ve won every home game. La Masia is the heart of this institution, which is why we\u2019ve had eight players called up to the Spanish national team,\u201d he said (h\/t MARCA<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning a league title and a cup isn\u2019t easy, so I want to thank Hansi Flick, his staff, the rehabilitation specialists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to thank Deco and Bojan because they\u2019ve done something very difficult: establishing the team\u2019s backbone. This team is solid and will bring us a lot of joy,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

On the summer transfer window, Yuste talked about Anthony Gordon\u2019s arrival and hinted that more business is on the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve signed Gordon, who\u2019s very versatile. Flick likes players who press like Raphinha. Anthony is incredibly humble.<\/p>\n

\"AnthonyYuste said more signings will follow. (Picture credit: X\/@FCBarcelona)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t be today, but between now and the end of the season you\u2019ll surely hear about some new additions that Deco and Bojan are making,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

He then turned to the club\u2019s finances, drawing a direct contrast with the situation the current board inherited when they returned to power.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most important aspects of this club is the balance between sporting performance and finances. We inherited a club in shambles, and we\u2019re rebuilding it. What\u2019s undeniable is that, as President Laporta said, the joy would return. And it has.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to play to the gallery and sign players left and right. We didn\u2019t do that. When we arrived at the club, we had to reduce a wage bill that was sky-high, until now, when we can implement the 1:1 player-for-player rule, which will allow us to sign players normally.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed to the Spotify Camp Nou renovation and commercial growth as the pillars of the club\u2019s financial future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many areas that will generate profits, such as this stadium, the Spotify Camp Nou. It\u2019s a very important part of the finances. It\u2019s a stadium that will hold 105,000 people. <\/p>\n

However, this comes against the backdrop of recent reports which suggest Barcelona will once again file for a fresh credit line to complete the Camp Nou project<\/a>. Yuste did not talk about that and instead offered his two cents on the importance of merchandising.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother important area is merchandising, the Bar\u00e7a stores\u2026 we\u2019re breaking records in everything. When we present the results, you\u2019ll see how we finished the year, and you\u2019ll be very pleased. We\u2019re on the right track, very much so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yuste\u2019s warning to Real Madrid<\/p>\n

The tone shifted sharply when Yuste addressed remarks made by Florentino Perez in a recent press conference, in which the Real Madrid president had linked Barcelona\u2019s title wins to the Negreira case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can\u2019t stomach all the titles from 600km away. There\u2019s a difference between jealousy and rage,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI already told you when the Real Madrid president, in a disgraceful press conference \u2014 which I found shameful \u2014 accused us of buying the leagues, of winning them thanks to the referees as if linesmen scored goals. <\/p>\n

\"RafaYuste has sent a strong message to Real Madrid, warning action. (Photo by PAU BARRENA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said things like Negreira\u2026 Do you really think all the titles were like that? The thing is, this man can\u2019t accept what we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then confirmed that the club\u2019s legal department has already prepared its response.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur legal department has prepared the legal actions we will take against Real Madrid and against their president. He has resorted to slander to destabilise us. We will meet in court. No one will tarnish the name of Barca, this badge. We will take care of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will go after them because we have the upper hand. Do you really think they can threaten us by saying they\u2019ve sent 500 pages? You\u2019ll see,\u201d he concluded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s acting president, Rafa Yuste, addressed the club\u2019s 1,000 longest-standing members at the 2026 Senate meeting on Tuesday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17976,92,222,3187,83],"class_list":["post-37717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-17976","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-rafa-yuste","tag-real-madrid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}