It’s Neymar’s fault. This is how Josep Maria Bartomeu and his teams justify the many problems known by the Catalan club according to information fromOKDiary. Concretely, for the now ex-president of Barça, the sporting project of the club rested, in large part, on the shoulders of the Brazilian. His unexpected departure to Paris thus marked a turning point in the recent history of the Liga club.
After his transfer to Paris for 220 million euros, everything went to shreds. The players recruited to replace him have all failed, with 400 million euros spent on players who have so far disappointed, such as Dembélé, Griezmann and Coutinho, even if the latter seems to be reborn from the ashes since the start of the season. The club’s repeated European failures are also, indirectly at least, due to the departure of the former number 11 for the leaders.
A sporting, financial and institutional disaster
Financially, the club also lost a lot, since the star of the Canarinha was a more than powerful asset from a marketing point of view. In terms of image, the club also took a hit, and even more so when it was unable to repatriate it in the following years. In 2019 in particular, when a shooting window seemed to exist for the Brazilian to find Catalonia.
The near departure of Messi and the dissatisfaction of a good part of the dressing room with the management is also a consequence of the departure of Neymar and the many failures to bring him back. To summarize, this August 3, 2017 is a cursed day for Josep Maria Bartomeu and company, and led the club, and the president, to their demise …
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