What is the signing of Barça that Laporta criticizes for the extra cost in "bonus millionaires"?

Joan Laporta appeared this morning to explain the results of the external audit on the financial situation of the club and respond to the letter published by Josep María Bartomeu a few days ago to defend his management.

The president of FC Barcelona

has criticized the work of the old club board

and has given concrete examples on a financial level.

Laporta has spoken about

“a transfer that cost 40 million euros and for the purchase premium we paid 8 million and for the sale premium 2 million

.

” What is the transfer you are talking about and whom you accuse of these “millionaire bonuses”?

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The two incorporations that fit for the figures provided by Laporta and that fit for the dates in which Bartomeu was at the head of the culé club are two:

Paulinho and Malcom

.

The Brazilian midfielder joined the ranks of Barcelona in August 2017 from the Chinese Guangzhou Evergrande and

the transfer figure was 40 million euros

.

Paulinho

signed for 4 seasons and his termination clause was set at 120 million

.

For his part,

Malcom

arrived in Barcelona in July 2018 from Girondins de Bordeaux.

The Brazilian winger had reached an agreement with AS Roma, but Barça's entry into the operation caused that agreement to be broken.

The Barcelona club paid an amount of

40 million euros

to acquire Malcom's services,

plus 1 million in variables

, who

signed for 5 seasons as a culé

.

Joan Laporta has not specified the name of the signing accused of cost overruns for "millionaire bonuses", but

if the figures provided by the president have been accurate, Malcom and Paulinho are the only options that would fit him

.