People don’t realize the risk Laporta is taking by aiming for a 200M transfer window.
He could easily decide to heal the club financially over the next 2-3 years by focusing on free transfers, renewals and youth.
He could easily decide to heal the club financially over the next 2-3 years by focusing on free transfers, renewals and youth.
Contrary to Barça Twitter, most socios would accept this. We love the club enough to continue loving our club through hard times.
Heck, win or lose, the focus on youth is refreshing after the haphazard spending or the Bartomeu years that got us in this mess.
Heck, win or lose, the focus on youth is refreshing after the haphazard spending or the Bartomeu years that got us in this mess.
What would NOT be accepted, however, is selling 25% of our tv rights for the next 25 years to sign Lewy, Raphinha, Koundé, Azpilicueta, Kessié and Christensen and NOT be successful.
Laporta is betting and betting big.
Laporta is betting and betting big.
He is betting that injecting 200M into the sporting project translates into sporting success (prize money) and commercial success (linked to popularity stemming from the sporting success).
But spending 200M does not guarantee sporting success, not even for the best-run club (how often has City suffered humiliating CL defeats against non-elite opponents?).
Nor is domestic success a given, RM has an incredible squad as well.
Nor is domestic success a given, RM has an incredible squad as well.
So yeah, the notion that Laporta is taking the easy way out by signing players to make him popular regardless of the cost is misplaced.
He is putting his balls on the line. Let’s hope it works out.
He is putting his balls on the line. Let’s hope it works out.
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