La Blaugrana have found themselves embroiled in a ongoing fiscal battle in the last 12 months due to a bloated wage bill in Catalonia.
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Barca’s all-time appearances leader left the club last summer in a free transfer after the Catalans failed to navigate a strict La Liga salary cap while mired in debts circling $1.5bn.
The Argentina international’s future has been a hot topic of debate ever since he tried and failed to push through a move away from Camp Nou last summer.
“Marches for freedom” began in five Catalonian cities, Girona, Vic, Berga, Tarrega and Tarragona and were intended to reach the regional capital, Barcelona, on Friday.
The three other defendants in the landmark ruling, which stemmed from the holding of a referendum that had been banned and a short-lived independence declaration, were found guilty only of disobedience and not sentenced to prison.
Ousmane Dembele is set to be out for two weeks after spraining his ankle in Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Leganes on Sunday.
Guardiola has said he wears a yellow ribbon to support imprisoned pro-independence politicians in his native Catalonia
His action is in apparent protest against the imprisonment of pro-independence politicians in his native Catalonia
El Mundo, a leading Spanish newspaper, on Friday reported this, citing a clause in his new contract.
The five, who face accusations of rebellion and sedition in Spain, are due to appear later Sunday before a judge who will decide within 24 hours whether to detain or release them.
The Spanish authorities have demanded Puigdemont, who has been in Brussels since Friday, to return to Spain for questioning over charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.
Flags were removed from the town halls of Sabadell, Catalonia’s fifth-largest city, and of Girona, whose former mayor is Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont
The Prime Minister is now expected to take charge of the region
Pro-independence umbrella group Crida Democracia called on consumers late Thursday to put pressure on banks that made the decision.
Puigdemont said: “If the government of the [Spanish] state insists on refusing dialogue and continuing with repression, the Parliament of Catalonia can proceed, if it deems it appropriate, to vote on the formal declaration of independence.”
This week, after putting the whole of Spain on edge, Catalonia’s leader, Carles Puigdemont, settled for a symbolic declaration of independence from Spain based on 90 per cent pro-secession votes of 2.3 million Catalans. Puigdemont deferred the real declaration of independence “by some weeks” even though common sense shows the topic is being eased out of the public space in a manner that allows the hardline secessionists some face saving grace while keeping opportunities open to again test the corporate integrity of Spain in the future.
The real declaration has been deferred
“FC Barcelona joins the country wide strike called for by Table for Democracy and therefore the club will be closed tomorrow,” Barcelona said in a club statement on Monday.
The injuries to people occurred as riot police stormed voting stations to stop the referendum on independence from Spain.
Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Steven Keshi, commended his largely home base squad for their performance in a match in which the hosts dominated the first half