MORE THAN 20 PLAYERS HAVE SAID GOODBYE
Laporta is 'charged' almost from start to finish the Bartomeu era
Published:2/08/2022 - 15:39h
Updated:2/08/2022 - 15:39h
Joan Laporta has started an important transition in his mandate that has been especially noticeable in the squad. Since his return to the presidency, 22 footballers have left the club
The arrival of Joan Laporta to the presidency of the FC Barcelona has brought substantial changes, especially in the staff of the Barcelona team. In total, already have been 22 the names that have desvinculado of the Catalan entity since the current president initiated his second cycle to the control at the beginning of 2021, several months after the exit of Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Definitely, the most sounded of all the cases has been the one of Lionel Messi, whose agreement remained without effect on 1 July 2021; for then, it found contesting the Glass America with the Argentinian selection. Already at the beginning of August, the club announced of official way his desvinculación in front of the impossibility to inscribe him for exceeding the limits salariales; hours afterwards, sacked of the Barça between tears to add to the rows of Paris Saint-Germain.
This same summer was agreed the compulsory conveyance with option to buy of Antoine Griezmann to the Athletic of Madrid, to the time that Matheus Fernandes and Francisco Trincao followed suit. To finals of 2021 took place an unexpected exit: Sergio Agüero had to withdraw of the football after detecting him a cardiac arrhythmia caused by a scar product of a process viral.
Junior Firpo, Ilaix Moriba, Carles Aleñá, Konrad de la Fuente and Emerson Royal said goodbye to the Barça this same year. Other players of the 'was Bartomeu' in leaving were Rafinha Alcántara and Moussa Wagué, closing one of the markets of signings more moved in the history of the Barcelona team, that confronted to a difficult process of transition.
The drops of the Barça in 2022
After arriving in the wintry market with a short agreement, a legend culé in the right lane, Dani Alves, remained desvinculado and would finish arriving to the Mexican football. Philippe Coutinho, by his part, would find his destination in the Aston Villa in return of 20 million euros after not having the performance expected with the Barcelona and be yielded in several occasions. Likewise, the club would do official the exits of Yusuf Demir, Adama Traoré, Luuk of Jong, Ferran Jutglà and, more recently, Clément Lenglet, Óscar Mingueza and Riqui Puig.
