Joan Laporta fulfils a year to having won the presidential elections. Goleó To Víctor Font and Toni Freixa with 54,48% of the votes on 7 March of the 2021, but did not go until ten days afterwards that it could be investido at most Barcelona mandator after achieving 'in extremis' the guarantees. They have been twelve months of altibajos, madness and attempt to carry to the FC Barcelona to the highest, although it is something more complicated of what 'Jan' expected in his candidature.

The president culé has lived a year complicated and, of safe, did not imagine the so deep crisis by which happened the Barça. To way of summary, 'Jan' found millionaire losses and an economic situation, as little, delicate. The Barcelona follow being in UCI and will take time for revertir this situation; something that results a key factor to understand the altibajos and the difficulties that have lived in these last months.

It is worth it to remember that the Barça closed the exercise 2020-2021 with income of 631 million euros, very underneath of the 828 millions fixed in the budget, and losses of 481 millions. That is the first point to understand the majority of the decisions of Laporta, hit or no, because the financial situation is really delicate. Nevertheless, the president and his Managerial Board have achieved to manoeuvre so that the club follow to float.

The first year of 'Jan' in his return has been full of lights and shadows. The feminine team of the Barça has been the attendant to give back the joys, as well as the rest of sections, but the 'attractive' main of the club has gone in a Russian mountain that seems not having final. In any case, to continuation review these lights and shadows that has had the management of Laporta in this year:

Big attainments of Laporta in the Barça

In concrete points, have been varied the appearances in which Laporta has 'won' from his return to the presidency. It has known how manoeuvre a club in ruins and look for give him back the shine. It wants to repeat the era of glory that lived in his first 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. We review the points more keys:

  1. The big 'signing' of Mateu Alemany: When arriving to the presidency, 'Jan' had more or less armed his Managerial Board, but his first step was fichar to Mateu Alemany so that it turned into the director of football of the team, but his presence in the Camp Nou has gone much more there. It has turned into one of the men of confidence of 'Jan' and has been key for all the operations of the Barcelona in the market. A negotiator of ten.
  2. The signings, in summer and winter: Reinforce to the Barcelona staff was an imperial need for the club, but in front of an economic situation so difficult, Laporta and company had to put 'creative'. In the summer arrived three players free: Eric García, Sergio Agüero and Memphis Depay, in addition to Emerson Royal that finished doing his cases. In winter, ficharon to four more: Ferran Torres, Dani Alves, Adama Traoré and Aubameyang, footballers that are being keys for the resurgir of the Barça.
  3. The return home of Xavi: Laporta needed a leader for the first team on a long-term basis and a trainer that gave him back the identity to the team. It knew that Xavi was the only able to achieve it and looked for it until under the stones. It sent to his two men of confidence, Rafa Yuste and Mateu Alemany, to look for it in Qatar. Four months afterwards, has justified the effort.
  4. New agreement of sponsorship with Spotify: Although it still has not closed the alliance and that will approve in Assembly, one of the big attainments of the president culé has been 'direct' the agreement with the platform of music in streaming that will inject 75 million euros to the Barça by season, but this figure will increase when it was renewed the Camp Nou.

No all has been colour of rose

As well as Laporta has had very good decisions, also has remained signalled in other so many. The president has happened of 'optimist' and many times has left the feeling that leaves a lot of promises broken in the air. His first year like president will be marked, undoubtedly, by the exit of Leo Messi, but is not the only.

  1. The management of the exit of Messi: Laporta happened too many months increasing the hope regarding the renewal of Leo Messi. It hinted in a sinfín of opportunities that the operation was list and only was missing the signature. The Argentinian arrived to Barcelona after holidays and two days afterwards said him that it was impossible that followed because the club could not inscribe him in League by the limit salarial: it did not know this the Barça three months before? Four? The mandator was expecting a 'help' by part of the patronal to inscribe to the Argentinian... That it did not arrive.
  2. It took too much with Koeman: The Dutch has been another of the protagonists of the first months of Laporta to the control. After an end of season 2020-2021 frightful, Laporta commented that "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", but remained in a simple threat. After an infinity of defeats and bad feelings, sacked it to finals of October. What different had been if it destituía before...
  3. Revolution in the offices of the Camp Nou: for the bad and the well. His stage like president initiated with the renunciation of Turned, but afterwards has 'loaded' to a few characters in the club (good and bad). It is a point that has generated a lot of controversy in the barcelonismo because, although it is true that there are a lot of dismissals justified, other so many have not been it... Or they have not revealed the reason.