ESPN Barcelona: The 7 sins of Laporta from Redeemer A 'Farsante' LaLiga is in ESPN+ Editorial Selections
On March 8, in an election in which he devastated almost 55 percent of the votes, Joan Laporta became president - for the second time - of FC Barcelona for the next six years.
With the support of the sports and economic results that the club achieved in its first management at the club (two003 to two010), Barcelona opted 'to the safe', for experience, for the known face and the 'friend' of severalTemplate soccer players that existed at the beginning of this two0two1.Leo Messi, one of them.The main one, in fact.
His return was taken as a true balm after the management of Josep María Bartomeu who left the team sunk in one of his worst sports crises, and the most serious in the economic aspect.
However, with the passing of the months of Laporta campaign promises were gradually diluted until they reached the degree that of that "competitive team" that he promised with Messi as the commander in chief, there is little and nothing and nothing.
The main flag used Laporta to return to the presidency of Barça was Messi.He promised, guaranteed his continuity, a speech he maintained when he assumed the reins of the institution.
"It is not a matter of money, this has made us very easy, he wants to stay ... I don't consider a 'no' of Messi ... calm, everything goes well, progresses properly," were some of his phrases in which he gaveas a fact the renewal of the now ex '10' culé.
Even the manager signed Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero, a close friend of Leo, and it is said that he promised the hiring of Norwegian Erling Haaland, so that he did not have the pretext of leaving to another club.
The outcome is well known ... six months after being elected as president of Barcelona, Messi's march is undoubtedly the great condemnation of Laporta, but there are some others that have nothing happy to a good part of Barcelonaism.
Next, Laporta's 7 sins, who went from redeemer to fake ... at least so far.
1.- Koeman's continuity.
Laporta assumed the position just when Barcelona was about to play the game back of the round of 16 of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain.
In the first leg in the Camp Nou the team fell 1-4, so that the mission was to go to Paris to the win was not older.The manager visited the workfor.
Barça de Koeman was out of the Champions League in the round of 16 for the first time in 13 years, and without putting his hands.
Then the failure in LaLiga was signed.It was not well played throughout the season, far from the historical philosophy of the club, and if that were not enough, it let out points against teams from the lower part of the table, with what reached the last day already without the possibility of fighting the title.
Paper.Poor performance and didn't even fight until the end.With these results and with the consolation of obtaining the Copa del Rey thanks to Messi, the continuity of coach Ronald Koeman hung from a thread, and Lapa together with his directive took a couple of weeks to “analyze” the situation.
Nothing happened.Days later confirmed the permanence of the Dutchman, with everything and the failure in the style and form of play, and the results are not said.
"It has been reflected and Koeman has been decided to continue because we are satisfied with how this reflection period has gone.We have met more.Ronald has had impeccable behavior and solutions have been sought to small divergences.Follow is the best for Barça, "said the president.
First bad, bad decision.Keep a technician with a “legend” label as a player, but clearly without the ability to lead the club now in his coach's facet.
two.- Inability to sell to footballers who do not enter plans.
The passes market has just closed, but Laporta did not find out in the last hours that the salary dough should reduce and that it was urgent.
Phillipe Coutinho, Ousmane Dembélé, Antoine Griezmann, Samuel Umtiti, Miralem Pjanic, Sergi Roberto and Martin Braithwaite, among others, could and could not be negotiated. Salvo Griezmann de última hora y quien volvió ‘malbaratado’ al Atlético de Madrid (40 millones de euros y pagaron 1two0 por él).
It is a reality that other clubs were not willing to pay the high chips of the aforementioned players, who are also far from their best version, but that is where the negotiation capacity enters, and clearly Laporta and their work team did not have it.
3.- The Super League
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The creation of the European Super League that had an ephemeral life, because it took longer to announce which clubs were going to form it and how it was planned to dispute, when the UEFA and FIFA stopped it forcefully and all the alleged participants were separated from the project.
De las 1two potencias europeas que iba a participar, se quedaron solos Real Madrid, Barcelona y Juventus.Laporta was unable to unmarked when it was evident that this tournament was a utopia.The president of Barcelona remained loyal to Florentino Pérez, yes, to the mandamás of the staunch rival.
4.- Messi's non -renewal
This chapter is the most painful and the stain that will mark the second stage of the management of Laporta in front of Barcelona.Whatever happens in the next six years.
The same: the manager did not know until he had the water in the neck that should reduce the salary mass to renew the Argentine and register it before LaLiga, it was something that was known for months;However, the disability and even lies appeared as a new account.
Messi went to the Copa América without contract but with the certainty that he would return to renew and oh, surprise!, After his three weeks of vacation it turns out that the plans changed and Laporta came out with the speech that “nobody, nor MessiIt is above Barcelona ”and not" mortgage "to the club for the next 50 years.
And so easy, the one who was the banner of his campaign, his greatest certainty, vanished.The Messi era is over with what that means.Courtesy of Joan Laporta.
5.- Repers Emerson to sell it
On the issue of Brazilian Emerson Royal, it would seem that Bartomeu advised Laporta. Barcelona tenía la opción de recompra con el Betis por el lateral de twotwo años, y la llevó a cabo, lo cual era un decisión acertada, pues si el equipo necesitaba reforzar alguna línea, esa era la defensa.
"I think Emerson will help us build this sports project that we really want to see triumph," Laporta said when presenting the national team.
¿Y qué pasó después? Que tras tres jornadas disputadas de LaLiga y luego de hacer su debut en la lateral derecha, posición en la que el Barça ha padecido año tras año desde la salida de Dani Alves, deciden vender a Emerson al Tottenham por two5 millones de euros.
Incredible but true.He was a footballer who needed, at least 10 years ahead to offer guarantees in the right wing, and Laporta chose to sell it.Yes, of course, the ‘cheerleaders’ of the manager will talk about the economic crisis and everything is known, but this player was part of the necessary renewal in the campus.Nor Serginho Dest, which is very green, much less Sergi Roberto, offer guarantees as a right side.
6.- Sign Luuk de Jong
Julen Lopetegui, Sevilla technician, did not have Luuk from Jong, a 31 -year -old Dutch front center that is basically an area auctioneer;And why not, Barcelona signed it.Yes, a half -hair veteran footballer, but who is a coach's countryman, Ronald Koeman.
Did Barcelona need another front center when it has Martin Braithwaite, Sergio Agüero, Ansu Fati and the Depay itself that can play in that position?
The answer is no.And less to one of the characteristics of Jong.This attacker was wanted by America and it was with whom Javier Hernández played ownership in his ephemeral passed through Sevilla.That is the level of the Dutchman, not Barcelona.Clearly.
7.- Give ‘10’ to Ansu Fati
And if something was needed, cherry in the cake.When it was noted that the minimum tribute that Barça could do towards Messi during a season was not to use the ‘10’ in the squad, it turns out that no.
It was announced that Ansu Fati, one of the jewels of the quarry that in the last campaign suffered a serious knee injury that had it outside the court, inherits the ‘10’ of Leo.
What are Ansu's merits to use the legendary number?Few, very few, because he is a child practically.
Although, evidently it is a potential figure that barely began to emerge both in the club and in the Spanish team.
However, the theme does not go through who gave him the dorsal, but how minimum during this season he should not be used.It was Messi's number, the best footballer in the history of Barcelona.For that reason, nothing more.
Thus, there are only seven of Laporta's "sins", of some others that he has in his incipient management.
True, he received the ruins of what was "more than a club", but the reconstruction began in reverse.
