Intro:

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell resigned after an emergency meeting of the clubs board of directors on Thursday (23rd January), a day after a judge agreed to hear a lawsuit accusing him of allegedly hiding the cost of the transfer of Brazil striker Neymar.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (Catalan) Sandro Rosell, former president of FC Barcelona
"But in this time of successes I've also had very difficult moments. My family and myself have suffered in silence threats and attacks that have made me think whether being president also means putting at risk my family and causing them anguish. In past days an unfair fraud accusation resulted in me being sued before the national tribunal. From the first moment I have said that the acquisition of Neymar was properly done. And this has caused the desperation and envy of some of our rivals."