Well, yes and no. On the one hand it is not just a Barca connection. See, players like Ronaldo and Cesc have also visited for ludicrous sums of money.
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That is for e.g. an insanely propagandised event, it's just wrong.
But on the other hand, without Laporta's influence, potentially the connection may be terminated. Which would be great. I can't help but feel though that it's gotten far beyond Barca...
Cesc went there to earn extra cash? He just fell down in my eyes considerably. I was going back and fourth with his coquetting with Madrid but this could be deciding factor for me.