Joan Laporta, in an address like president of the Barça

THE PLANS LAPORTA 'HAD'

Did Laporta want Neymar Jr to play 'for free' at Barça?

Published:14/10/2021 - 21:16h

Updated:14/10/2021 - 21:16h

Laporta's lack of knowledge about the signing options at the beginning of his second term at Barça was a surprise, something that he fed with 'promises' and endless rumors

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The situation of the FC Barcelona is delicate, from does a lot of time, and the club is not in conditions to throw the house by the window by any player, although they are varied those that are in the radar of the Barcelona. The same financial crisis forced to the Barça to 'undo' of his maximum star and historical referent, Lionel Messi, although it was the Argentinian the 'hook' of Joan Laporta in his presidential candidature, because it commissioned to repeat an and again that it was the only able to achieve the renewal of 'The Flea'.

Even with a few months in the presidency, 'Jan' repeated until the tiredness that Leo Messi went to renew. In fact, his message was of "tranquility" because they were ones 'fringes' those that had to resolve. It was optimist even until the same week in which it announced that finally 'The Flea' left (in the presentation of Emerson Royal). Of the night to the mañanana, the tale of fairies 'finish' and the realism happened to scene: it was impossible to keep to the rosarino in the staff. There was not how.

The history already know it all, but surprises the level of ignorance that there was inside the club on the real options to go out to the market and achieve to the stars. In the middle of the renewal of Messi spoke of Haaland, Mbappé, Neymar... How from the club filtered these informations? For real Joan Laporta and company thought that it could keep to Messi and fichar to other 'cracks' when the economic situation was (and is) critical? Finally, it left the Argentinian and did not arrive any star.

Sometime, Laporta thought that Messi went to play free in the Barça, like this recognised it he same: "Had the hope that there was a change of course and said game free, but can not think that a player of this height did this", aimed does some days, in the same statements in which it stood out that it considered that the surroundings of the ex captain culé already had negotiated with the Paris Saint-Germain from before (and until Messi denied it).

Of all this situation, the recognised sportive journalist Alfredo Martínez, in the newspaper 'SPORT', posed an interrogante: Laporta also thought that Neymar went to play free in the Camp Nou? A question more than wise, considering that the president culé confirmed that it wanted to gather to Messi and 'Ney' in the Camp Nou and that there was predisposition by part of the Brazilian... A madness, after all.

In the month of September, Laporta confessed that "yes, try fichar to Neymar", aiming that "we were because in his moment, had some conversations with the player and wanted to come yes or yes. And we understood the fair play financial of another form", leaving the feeling that, literally, the economic control of LaLiga 'saved' to the FC Barcelona to institutional level.

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In definite, all the promises of Joan Laporta remained in this, promises. And less bad that went like this. To the team finished arriving Memphis Depay, Luuk of Jong, 'Kun' Agüero, Eric García and Emerson Royal that landed and despegó in the Barça, with destination to the Tottenham.... Far of the 'cracks' of which had spoken before. Now, the club has to confront to a delicate reconstruction, in which the youngsters will be keys, with Pedri, Ansu Fati and Gavi in command of the team.

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