Normally, yea, but tbh, a club in economical turmoil that basically has to beg players to reduce their wages to register some free signings is not really operating on normal scenario. When you have exceptionally bad stuff going on, you need to trim down on those fair-weather expectations.
I'm all for signing some top players and challenging for the title. But without those transfers, it's not possible, certainly not in the near future (2 years). I've seen Madrid recently, they are seriously on the up, and bar some meltdown they will win this league by 8+ points advantage. If they get Mbappe on a free, they will still have money to spend (we better pray they don't get Haaland too). And a top manager, and signed a class player in Camavinga.
I don't disagree with any of this tbh, I just disagree that the fans will see it this way.
There will be sooner or later talks about why we turned down CVC, why we don't sell assets etc in order to fund transfers.
One thing Messigian once said about that deal that caught my eyes (during his rant after Messi departure) : why should I care about 50 years deal, I want to see the team wins and I want it now.
This is one thing I think many football fans agree with even if they don't say out loud, football is entertainment and clubs aren't some sort of a nation where fans will accept making sacrifices for sake of future generation.
Laporta, for all his shortcomings, aren't like that; he is the one who made presidents only able to have 2 terms iirc, and now he is going to make a vote to decrease term to 5 years, which in both cases was against his own interest. Same with rejecting CVC deal.
But at the end, he needs stability in order to fix things, because right now he is in the same situation as of Koeman, and will have to bring at least a Liga title in order to stabilize things for the board and the club.
If he brings Xavi in and he doesn't deliver in his 2nd year, Laporta himself might not survive which will do the same for Xavi.
