When Sandro Rosell was president of Barcelona from 2010-14, he allowed Qatar Airways to be their front-of-shirt sponsor, replacing charity Unicef. Laporta was critical of Rosell for that decision, saying “you had to choose between Qatar and corrupt or between Unicef and clean”.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has defended his management of the club's finances and said they followed the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules to enable them to register players Dani Olmo and Pau Victor.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta defended his handling of the Dani Olmo registration issue and lashed out at enemies attacking the club in a fiery speech on Tuesday.Laporta said one of the reasons for the registration debacle was because the club did not accept a new sponsorship deal with sportswear brand Nike in the summer.