Barcelona is in a real mess at the moment.
The gross mismanagement of the previous regime is finally coming home to roost leaving the famous Catalan club in a real hole.
The new president, Joan Laporta recently admitted that the club were drowning in monumental debt and there was no easy solution.
Add to that the fact that manager Ronald Koeman only seems interested in taking pot shots at the hierarchy and a fan base that falls more out of love with the club with each passing you week, and you begin to get an idea of just how miserable the situation is.
However, the biggest body blow of them all came when club talisman Lionel Messi was forced out with La Liga refusing to accept Barcelona's attempt to register him under a new contract.
Now, certain members of the playing squad that Messi left behind are being relentlessly heckled by the fans for reportedly turning their noses up at the idea of taking a pay cut.
Barcelona struggling on the field
They sit in an unbecoming ninth on the La Liga standings and were humbled by Benfica in their most recent outing in the Champions League.
Koeman is not expected to last but the problems go far deeper than an uninterested manager.
The club has a monstrous mountain to climb to haul themselves out of this mess and it seems that mountain was only made steeper by some of the antics of the former board.
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Questionable conduct of Barcelona board outlined
A report has started doing the rounds on social media claiming that their previous custodians were partaking in some incredibly questionable behaviour.
The full extent of their reported nefarious deeds has been laid out in a tweet from Maria Garrido.
"The Due Diligence carried out by the new Barcelona board has been very complicated because they could not access any information.
"The old board deleted all emails every 90 days and they all used their personal laptops instead of the ones provided by the club."
Well that doesn't sound dodgy at all.
It beggars belief that an institution of the ilk of Barcelona could ever fall afoul of such monumental mismanagement.
There is some hope on the horizon however, with reports circulating that a 'Dubai based company' is prepared to come to their aid.
Whatever happens, one thing is clear, the previous regime really had no idea what it was doing.