Being dependent on Messi had nothing to do with him being a star. It was because of his play style and having the ability to unlock defences. If we play the same with Haaland and give him the ball as often as we can, it'll lead to nothing. Team must be cohesive already before Haaland arrives. He'll be the icing on the cake, not the foundation.
When someone is a superstar, comes in as a superstar, and gets paid the highest wage in the team (or even worse substantially higher than the 2nd)
he has a certain status, authority, and power in the dressing room.
And that means (more often than not) that the team has to adjust to his wishes and needs, rather than the other way around.
Messi wanted to drop as fuck'n deep as he wanted to touch the ball, and the ball always to pas through him.
It was his desire that completely fucked up our way of playing.
Haaland will have other desires that might as well fuck up the functionality of our way of playing.
Superstars help better sell the team, Haaland will be the focus and others like Pedri, Gavi and Ansu will be auxiliary for those that prefer someone different to him.
That's the antiquated logic Laporta is after
Sorry, we are in 2022