The Barcelona presidency may have changed hands by now, but their approach to transfers remains the same.
Indeed, Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann was astonished when he said, “They [Barca] got a lot of new players, not just Robert. I don’t know how to be honest.”
“It’s the only club in the world that can buy players without money. It’s kind of weird and crazy.”
No arguments, there. But, of course, there are ways to overcome football’s fragile financial limitations.
We have all become experts in Barca’s current economic model. They have just introduced ‘levers’ into the football vocabulary because of the way Laporta tried to revive a club that was “clinically dead” when he took over from his predecessor, Bartomeu.
There is no denying that his move was a smart move to improve the club’s financial situation. There is a pay cut. Unneeded players have been sold.
However, there are still traces of an undeniable ‘TBTF’ attitude in his approach to putting Barcelona back on top of European football.
He certainly wasn’t afraid to “take more risks than he wanted”. The problem is that Barca may not survive if the gamble fails.
Despite the club’s fragile situation, Laporta dared not take a cautious stance for several seasons, in hopes of slowly but surely rebuilding the club.
Thus, Barca are at risk of bankruptcy.
