Lights and shadows: Joan Laporta celebrates one year in the presidency of Barça

It does a year confirmed the return of Joan Laporta to the presidency of the FC Barcelona. The Catalan lawyer achieved 54,48% of the votes in the elections (30.184), surpassing to Víctor Font and Toni Freixa with goleada to confirm the second mandate of 'Jan', after a successful stage between 2003 and 2010 that included a 'sextete' in the season 2008-2009 of League, Glass of Rey, Supercopa of Spain, Champions League, Supercopa of Europe and World-wide of Clubs.

Laporta Went back to the charge of president culé with the intention to go back to carry to the Barça to the highest, but if there is something true is that it inherited a situation complicated and a club practically in ruins. They have been twelve months of altibajos and of more shadows that lights, because the Catalan entity is living the consequences of a lot of years of "nefasta" management, as it has cataloged it 'Jan' in several occasions.

This year with 'Jan' has been by three key events in the first team of the Barça: the exit forced of Leo Messi, the dismissal of Ronald Koeman and the 'signing' of Xavi Hernández to give back the course to the Barcelona group, but without place to doubts the exit of 'The Flea' has been the point controversial of his management. It left , by the rear door, after in the club recognised that they could not mortgage (regarding the agreement with the CVC) not even by the biggest legend of the team.

It has not been the only that has happened, all the contrary, but yes what has hurt more to the barcelonismo, but it is necessary to go in chronological order: Shortly after his arrival, the Barça celebrated his first title of the season, the Glass of Rey, after winning with a conclusive 0-4 in front of the Athletic of Bilbao, in a mirage of what went the end of season of the culés. They finished 'falling' of the fight by LaLiga and were deleted very soon in Champions League. The title copero, fits to stand out, has been the only of the Barça of Laporta up to now.

After this, the Barcelona group went in in a state of hardship and free fall without arrest. The last month of competition of League was a complete despropósito by part of the culés and went two victories in five parties, with two ties and a painful defeat against the Celtic in which the Barça sacked of LaLiga in the penultimate day, with a warning of Joan Laporta to final of month: "With me of president there are not seasons of transition. Before, if it lost , it did not happen at all but with me lose will have consequences".

The warning remained in this, a warning, because little it happened in that then with the most signalled person for the barcelonismo in the middle of the free fall: Ronald Koeman. This same month, like part of the authentic Russian mountain that lived the Barça, Laporta confirmed before in the Assembly that the economic situation was extreme and that the mass salarial represented 110% of the income of the club. The first warning of the hecatombe annual of the culés.

A month of illusion... And the hit of reality

The third month of Laporta in the presidency was the one of the illusion. They concretised four traspasos in question of twenty days and trusted the renewal of Leo Messi. After announcing the signing of Agüero, confirmed three more: Eric García, pertinent of the Manchester City like free agent, Emerson Royal after finalising his step in the Real Betis (although shortly after it went to the Tottenham) and Memphis Depay, free from the Olympique of Lyon.

In July the feelings were found, because although the Barça had achieved an agreement with Messi, did not find the ideal formula to include it in his staff respecting the economic controls of LaLiga. It arrived to filter that Messi went to earn the half of his wage (around 40 millions) and that went to sign by six seasons, when in principle it wanted two.

In August was the bathroom of reality and from the Camp Nou confirmed that they could not renew to the Argentinian: "In spite of having arrived to an agreement between the FC Barcelona and Leo Messi and with the clear intention of both parts to sign a new agreement in the day of today, will not be able to formalise because of economic obstacles and estructurales (rule of LaLiga Spanish)".

In spite of the trauma to lose to Messi, the Barcelona began a new season headed by Ronald Koeman, with a very good pre-season. The new signings and the youngsters began to leave big feelings. Memphis Depay Began to be leader and appeared the two new 'wonder kids' of the club: Nico González and Gavi. To final of month, on the hour, the Barcelona club concretised the cession of Luuk of Jong from the Seville, to cover the 'lacking' of Antoine Griezmann, the one who left to the Athletic of Madrid.

The joy lasted little

In spite of the good feelings during the pre-season and start of the championship suspender belt, in September the blaugrana went back to mount in his Russian mountain. From the dispatches kept the confidence in Ronald Koeman and Laporta went out to defend it in a pair of occasions, although the Barça was in his worst moment.

The agony lasted until the morning of 28 October, when the president communicated to the Dutch that did not form more part of his plans. "The FC Barcelona has destituido tonight to Ronald Koeman like technician of the first team. The president of the club, Joan Laporta, has communicated it to him after the defeat in front of the Ray Vallecano".

Radical changes in the Barça

In November, Laporta sent to his two men of confidence to Qatar to negotiate the signing of Xavi Hernández that was 'crazy' for returning home. Rafa Yuste and Mateu Alemany returned few days afterwards with the trainer egarense, that took the reins of a team decomposed and little by little has given him form. The president culé gave him all his confidence and have worked in group to look for return to the Barcelona to where deserves .

The process has been long and with altibajos (as always), but the team is achieving his best version and leaves the feeling that it goes on line ascending. In spite of that Joan Laporta never will recognise it, this season will finish being of transition so that in the next, with a more armed team, can litigate byeverything . As they accustomed the culés.

The Barça of the future goes through the Espai Barça

To finals of December in referendum, the partners gave the "himself, want to" to the most important project of the history of the club, the Espai Barça, with an increase of 900 million euros of what presupuestó, in a principle, in 2014. It is the project that will be "the legacy that will leave to our children and daughters, grandchildren and granddaughters", as it has defined it Joan Laporta.

It is a very costly reality, because it was infravalorada previously. From the Board commissioned to announce that it is a project that will pay by himself alone (yes, the 1.500 millions). The investment desglosa in 900 for the Camp Nou, 420 of the Palau Blaugrana, 100 for the Campus, 60 of the urbanisation surroundings and 20 for the reforms in the stadium Johan Cruyff, as it has informed it the FC Barcelona. The figure that more alarm is the one of the feudo barcelonista, that is slope 480 'kilos' more than what presupuestó in a principle.

To the doors of the announcement with Spotify

The last big attainment of Joan Laporta is the agreement of sponsorship with Spotify to replace to Rakuten, but the alliance has not closed still. From the Barcelona entity trust that it will concretise and will sign sooner that late. For this, the Barcelona entity will have an Assembly of Partners Compromisarios telematic to subject the agreement Barça-Spotify to vote and that the partners can resolve all his doubts regarding the agreement with the company of music in streaming.

It has spoken that the Barcelona ingresarán 75 'kilos' by season, but this figure will increase when it was renewed the Camp Nou. Said agreement, fits to remember, will be by the next three seasons and includes the frontal part of the T-shirts of the first team (masculine and feminine), as well as the rear part of the shirt of trainings and the titles rights of the stadium.