Barça Basketball: 100 Years of Tortilla Salaries

Historian Francesc Fernández, author of the first volume documenting Barça basketball's history, reveals that the club's earliest basketball players received payment not in salaries but in tortillas - a humble beginning for what would become a legendary sports section.

Fernández, currently working on the third volume of his series, emphasizes the historical significance of the upcoming centennial celebration, noting that the basketball section's creation was initially viewed as inconsequential by the club's leadership at the time of the historic board meeting. lebandit.lat