There is a devastating coherence in the cut policy of the Joan Laporta board of directors. The entity continues to falter financially after more than two years of management and the scissors must be passed without regard. The reductions that affect the sections move between 15 and 20 percent of the budget, so retaining Mirotic or Jasikevicius falls within the realm of dreams, as it was to bring Leo Messi back. Without imaginative formulas, money does not fall from the sky.
The anti-popular measures are happening. Groups of fans linked to the Palau were outraged yesterday by the news that affected basketball, burning everything except Roger Grimau, the last captain to lift the European Cup, "one of us" therefore ("molta sort, Roger", I add). In handball, they open the door to the best-paid players, and with Barça TV, a much-loved channel, there has been no contemplation.
Taking this course for the board will not be easy. He will have to walk very finely so that all his actions from now on have to do with that line of austerity to avoid grievances. The signing of Gundogan goes in this direction. An elite soccer player ends his contract and is released, and Barça manages to sign him. A great booster that fits into the tight belt discourse. It will be more difficult to explain the expense that is announced to buy Vítor Roque, an 18-year-old melon to open, a bet from a rich club that has money to spare. It is not the case.
