Lleida CF has reported that it has reached an agreement with an investor that "guarantees the continuity, stability, and future growth of the club". The club, which has just been relegated to Tercera RFEF after years of struggling to avoid disappearing, has celebrated a step that "is a decisive step that opens a new stage full of enthusiasm and ambition for the entire blue family, and that must allow the viability plan to be fulfilled within the framework of the insolvency proceedings in which the club is involved".

Two weeks ago, Lleida CF announced that it had reached an agreement with an investor that guaranteed "the continuity, stability, and future growth of the club." The club, which has just been relegated to Tercera RFEF after years of struggling to survive, celebrated. On the day of the last match, the fans congratulated themselves, assuming that an inferno was ending. But everything has turned into a nightmare. The club's vice-president, Marc Torres, announced today that the investor was actually a scammer. In fact, Lleida has already filed a complaint with the Mossos d'Esquadra for fraud and document forgery against this foreign businessman who was in the city for a few weeks, met with the club, and showed documentation that suggested he would be the new owner. This has not been the case.

Being a football fan in Lleida has become an act of faith in recent years. In 2011, the historic Unió Esportiva Lleida disappeared, drowned by debt, and in its place was born Lleida Esportiu, heir to that tradition but with a short and eventful life. Now it plays in the Second RFEF, accompanied by a loyal fan base that lives with dismay the club's confrontation with the Paeria, the city council. A series that is talked about in the courts, the municipal plenary sessions and the streets.