There is a devastating consistency in Joan Laporta’s policy of cuts. The entity continues to falter financially after more than two years of management and it is necessary to take the scissors without hesitation. Cuts that affect the sections hover between 15% and 20% of the budget, so retaining Mirotic or Jasikevicius is in the realm of fantasy, as was the return of Leo Messi. Without imaginative formulas, money does not fall from the sky.
The anti-popular measures followed one another. Groups of fans linked to the Palau were outraged yesterday with the news affecting basketball, and burned everything but Roger Grimau, the last captain who lifted the European Cup, “one of ours”, therefore (” good luck, Roger”, I add). In handball, the door opens to the highest paid players, and with Barça TV, a much-loved channel, there have been no contemplations.
It will not be easy for the board to take this course. He will have to spin very thin so that all his actions from now on have to do with this line of austerity to avoid grievances. The signing of Gündogan goes in that direction. An elite footballer ends his contract, becomes free and Barça manages to sign him. A great reinforcement that fits into the discourse of having to tighten the belt. It will be more difficult to explain the expenditure that is announced to buy Vitor Roque, an 18-year-old youngster, a bet by a rich club with plenty of money. It is not the case.
