DERMOT CORRIGAN: Barca’s bickering board

Football dressing-rooms are often filled with squabbling and childish players, who put their own personal interests and egos ahead of the team.

You would expect their elders and supposed betters in the executive boxes to behave themselves more maturely. But they do not at Barcelona.

On Monday the Spanish Supreme Court ruled that former Barca president Joan Laporta and seven ex-board members owed the club €23.2m. This decision stems from a move by club socio (member) Vicenc Pla to hold the eight to a promise, made in 2003, to guarantee a €23.2m deficit from the previous season.