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A black-eyed Laporta appears in the Barcelona directors box

The president of FC Barcelona turned up in the Spotify Camp Nou box with what looked like a blow to one of his eyes.

A black-eyed Laporta appears in the Barcelona directors box

The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, appeared in the box at the Spotify Camp Nou with sunglasses on that covered a bruise on one of his eyes. When the president of Valladolid, Ronaldo Nazário, arrived, he took off the glasses and showed it to the public, with cameras not slow to grab a snap.

With unconfirmed rumours that the 60-year-old had come directly to the stadium from a children’s pirate-themed party swirling -- OK, they weren’t -- the club was quick to report that it was a “domestic accident” to assuage any fears and concern of the fans for the state of their president who has been aiding the Xavi rebuild.