The Battle in the Boardroom

He still sits just to the left, in earshot of the directors box so that he can irritate them with his comments and chants. He said to his son ‘just leave, nobody likes you, if you’re worried about your finance I’ll pay you a stipend’

The son’s excuse about a lack of sponsor doesn’t wash though.
Caparrós sits nearby too, maybe he’s itching for another crack at the managers job.

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It is going to be crazy in December 2024 when the mandate ends. They still waiting on the principal court decision which was castor’s appeal I think. It going to get even more messy as father and son fight for presidency! lol

Anyone knows or has any detailed info if Sevilla FC can be purchased/acquired (controlling shares) by someone else (e.g. Valencia style with Lim)?

This is a real shame. First the radio channel and now the TV side. I’ve made some friends over the years with folks who work behind the scenes.

I’m sure it’s expensive to run the channel, but probably cheaper than one manager being fired before his contract is out.

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Two seasons without a main sponsor is ridiculous. Surely they could’ve paid for the TV station with the money offered, even if it was below expectation.

I suppose using social media channels rather than an internal channel provides opportunities for sharing and growing global awareness of the club. Hopefully they can retain most of the staff for producing online content.

Why not give the front of the jersey to a charity partner such as SFC Foundation? Better to have a worthy cause on the shirt and no money coming in, rather than a blank shirt and an empty bank balance

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Yeah, I actually think this is a smart business move for that exact reason: the TV production is useless in this day and age, and 90% of the staff will stick around for continued work on media. TV is for dinosaurs at this point. :t_rex:

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I think the TV station is an easy to run operation, all they do is show repeats of old games, adverts and a few pre-season games. What they really needed to do was to bring it to life with more interaction with the players, instead they let it get stale and the advertising revenue dried up.

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Four consecutive years of financial losses for the club according to news sources, this most recent 23-24 year the biggest loss to date at over €80m. Boardroom battles look certain to become more heated leading up to the December shareholders meeting.

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I’m assuming these loses include the infrastructure costs at the training center? Even then, that number seems absolutely bonkers. Where is the money going?

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I just read the competing accounts of the fight between the club and the supporter’s groups now. It seems the club has taken over ownership of the ticket distribution from the FPS. The FPS is saying that the club has broken trust and is trying to garner favoritism through handing out tickets to a few and the club is denying all accounts of the FPS statement.

I don’t have a lot of familiarity on how things are run in the supporter’s group and pe ña’s, but this seems like a total mess and is just going to escalate an already tense situation.

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The Board of Directors of Sevilla FC has decided that the next general meeting of shareholders will be held after the Christmas holidays, on January 10, 2025. Without prejudice to the fact that the agenda will be published in due course, which will necessarily include the appointment of new directors and the approval of the annual accounts, the decision is being advanced so that shareholders can take it into account when organizing such special dates.

Any updates?

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It still up in the air whether they going to let him vote this time. I saw that a couple of days the judge denied precautionary measures again but said he did so because he believed del nido benvante would not need them and should be able to vote as the grouping shares issue has expired in December 2024. They should let him but maybe they have something else on him to stop him voting again.

It is now up to the Sevilla board if they will let him vote or precautionary measures will be granted at last minute. If they don’t let him vote, it been reported this will be escalated by Del Nido Senior and the other shareholders further by filing a criminal complaint against his Son, Castro and the other board members.

It safe to say it going to be a tense meeting and popcorn time! lol :joy:

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GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING 2024 (01/10/2025)

AGENDA
First. Dismissal and appointment of directors.

  1. Determination of vacancies and number of directors that will make up the Board
  2. Appointment of directors.

Second. Report on the social and sporting management of the 2023/2024 season.

Third. Examination and, where appropriate, approval of the Annual Accounts and the Management Report for the year with the Non-Financial Information Statement ending on June 30, 2022.

Fourth. Examination and, where appropriate, approval of the Annual Accounts and the Management Report for the year with the Non-Financial Information Statement ending on June 30, 2023.

Fifth. Examination and, where applicable, approval of the Annual Accounts and the Management Report with the Non-Financial Information Statement for the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Sixth. Examination and, where applicable, approval of the management of the Board of Directors for the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Seventh. Examination and, where applicable, approval of the proposed distribution of the results for the financial year ended 30 June 2024.

Eighth. Appointment of the Company’s auditor for the financial year 2024/2025.

Ninth. Budget report for the financial year from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Tenth. Awarding of a gold and diamond insignia to Mr. Jesús Navas González.

Eleventh. Requests and questions.

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Seems like a repeat of last year - Senior can’t vote and yells that he would have voted no.

What a mess.

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It seems like another masterstroke from Junior. He still has caught his father out on the pact issue. Therefore, as a result only let him vote with 25% and not the full way. Had they done so it reported Del nido senior had 40% and they had 37%. They stopped him but didn’t break law by allowing some vote.

Therefore, he didn’t prevent him from voting but still prevented him winning the vote. Junior remains a president.

I’m not sure what del nido senior can do at this point. His Son seems to have an answer to him at every point! lol

The Americans apparently abstained from the vote

I wonder how much this squabbling at board level bleeds out into the club and beyond… I don’t know how much this happens at other clubs, but this issue seems to be dragging on and the press keep it rolling. Every time Junior & Senior have these public squabbles, the rest of Spain see it, it’s an embarrassment for the club.

In my opinion the only way to move on is to remove them all from the equation.

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It is going to get worse now because del nido senior is going to file a criminal complaint after stating Junior del nido committed a corporate crime not letting him vote with all his shares.

This is just going to drag on and on. It is amazing as you say the players and manager can even focus on football with all this crap going on! Lol

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It getting that bad that the way it going both could end up behind bars or end up killing each other. It mad stuff right now!

Kudos to the players, manager and Sevilla fans trying to put up with this and the club is at least keeping at head above water in the league position for now.

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