We're setting ourselves up for failure if we get Laporta. He got really lucky last time. He basically inherited a great youth system and squad with great potential. Besides, it's a totally different time from what it was back then. There's FFP, we have no money, the transfer market is different and our squad is nowhere near as good as it was. Our youth system isn't as good as it was back then.
I don't even know what he could realistically offer a 34-year-old Messi. He has no money. The best he can do is bring in average players like Depay and Garcia. Aguero is also not that the answer. He's way past his best and will be injured for half the season. If we do sell players, most of the money will go towards the debt. In other words, it's going to take years before we're competing on the highest level again. Messi doesn't have years.
I get it's Messi and he's still a top player, but we have to be realistic here. Even if Messi takes a 50% salary reduction, he's still going to be on 600k a week.... and that doesn't include his bonuses or signing on fee. You're still talking about Messi being on 60m a year. We also have to pay Messi 33m from the loyalty bonus this year, so we probably can't afford to sign any players this year due to that. I don't like the idea of selling 3 or 4 players just so we can fund his salary. Our squad depth is pretty shocking as it is.
I love Messi and he'll be the greatest Barcelona player of all time, but Bartomeu really fucked us over by keeping Messi for another year. We could have saved so much money, which wouldn't have put us close to bankruptcy. We probably would have some money to spend on the transfer market this summer.
I don't really trust Laporta or Font, but I guess we're stuck with either one.
Man, if we really trash PSG as you say, you're a genius at reading football. But we're gonna lose probably, because PSG are nowhere near as bad as you make them, and we have no defense.
