Having been struggling financially for several years, FC Barcelona is looking for solutions to replenish its coffers. President Joan Laporta notably sold shares in Barça Studios or other subsidiaries. This Monday, the Cadena COPE And Sport explain that the Culés now intend to sell diamonds. But not just any ones. Indeed, Barça would have used “a technology that allowed it to extract carbon from turf and crystallize it using advanced methods that are completely sustainable and have zero environmental impact”precise Sport.
The Catalan media adds that each diamond will be “comes with a certificate from the International Gemmological Institute guaranteeing that the diamond is laboratory grown and detailing its characteristics.” Thus, these diamonds will therefore be created from the Camp Nou lawn. Regarding prices, you will have to pay 2,500 euros for a half-carat diamond and 15,000 euros for a one-carat diamond. Products which are therefore aimed at a rather wealthy clientele. Recently, the Blaugranas also decided to sell part of the Camp Nou nets for 79.99 euros or even a Camp Nou gold necklace for 1,000 euros. Barça is obviously ready to dare anything to fill its coffers.
