The Catalan press, and in concrete 'MD', have revealed the summit that took place of morning in the Camp Nou this past Sunday, just after the FC Barcelona fell painfully defeated against the Real Madrid in the gone of the Supercopa of Spain 2017, leaving practically impossible the possibility to conquer the first title of the season.
The president of the club, Josep Maria Bartomeu, would have gathered then with the sportive vice-president Jordi Mestre, the managerial Javier Embroider, the new mánager general of football, Pep Safe, the technical secretary Robert Fernández, the director of football, Raül Sanllehí, and the director of professional sports, Albert Soler, with the will to find solutions.
Here it decided announce the next day the official signing of Paulinho, already enclosed, although this 'bullet' has not seated too much well to some fans of the FC Barcelona that does not have too much confidence in the experienced Brazilian midfield player.
Besides, it took the decision to accelerate to the maximum the contractings of Ousmane Dembélé and Philippe Coutinho to finish to reinforce the staff of Ernesto Valverde, although to day of today the two operations follow without advancing notably, and speaks already that it could take some days in that they do officials, possibly until next week.
The Barça, in search to recover the illusion
In the meeting kept by Bartomeu with his directors, would have pactado also -although it will depend on how go the season- the incorporation in the market of signings of winter of Yerry Mina (Palmeiras), once was recovered of his injury.
With the arrival of these new faces, the FC Barcelona pretends to recover the illusion and the stray balance in the game. Only the time will say if this serves to counter the dynamic winner of the Real Madrid, that every time seems more to the Barça of the best times.