Not a path we'd like fo follow, right?
Trusting legends can, but doesn't have to be the right way forward. Depends on the legends. Rummenigge is a skilled executive any club would love to have, Abidal wasn't.
Nontheless, I have always thought Barca cherished the past way too much when it came down to the future. Ideas age. Just like poeple do.
On the other hand, Font sounds like a typical populist.
Welcome back, man. Where have you been?
Good post, totally agree with you.
I mean, Bartomeu has brought back legends like Abidal, Puyol and VV in different roles and they didnt' exactly worked out. Just because they were great players doesn't mean they'll also be good coaches/SDs/whatever roles the club will give them.
I'd take Monchi/Luis Campos or another SD who has actually proven he can do his job at another club. Sure, Monchi failed at Roma and maybe he can only do good at Sevilla he knows well. I know Barca is a totally different world than smaller/selling clubs like Sevilla or Monaco but I'd trust him over a Barca legend who has absolutely no experience how to set up a scouting network, making transfer decisions and negotiating with clubs/player's agents. In financially uncertain times the club and a whole world are currently in and will be for a few more years at least we probably won't be able to spend big on "proven" players (and it's not exactly like those have actually worked well for us over the last few years) so we'll have to bet on 1. La Masia and 2. trying to find our own versions of Haaland's and Davies's before they go to either a.) a developing/selling club like Dortmund and their price multiplies or b.) are signed by another big club like Bayern and are then impossible to get.
We did a great job to sign Pedri last summer so big thumbs up to whoever was responsible for signing him but we need to find and buy more players like him before other clubs get them. And I think a guy who has found and brought a certain Dani Alves from Brazil for 0,5m all those years ago and made several other cheap signings who have turned out great players (also for us) over the years (the last example being Kounde who most of us wants to sign now) could do a similar job here. Ligue 1 is probably the league that produces the most talented youngsters every year who are available for relatively cheap and Monchi's extensive knowledge of that league would also help us for sure.
So if one candidate would bring Monchi he'd get my vote. Give him autonomy over transfers without the board being involved and signing the "star players" that have no fit in the team. Let whoever the coach will be Monchi know what profile of players he wants and Monchi would give him a list of at least 3 or 5 alternatives and then they can together choose the best available ones. Not like now when we usually only have one top target per position which in the end we overpay for or don't sign anyone else if we don't manage to get that player.