As someone who got into football because of that Barcelona team from 2007 to 2008 under Frank Rijkaard and then Peps evolution of that team, its just sad to see all the BS going on.
You want football to be beautiful, you want wins to be earned and teams to grow, and to see this team go from one of the greatest teams to this spiraling cascade of debt is sad.
Its so easy to say invest in the youth, work towards the future with an identity and philosophy, but the amount of money weve spent and finanical hell we are in, the club deserve it for not planning better for chosing short fixes for long term problems.
The decline was ugly,bad things kept following one after the other.
But certain things are very unclear among the general public.
- The new camp nou budget was allocated seperately and the stadium revenue will be enough to repay the money that has been put in.
- The squad is very well balanced in every areas and signs are it will be very good season both domestically and in ucl
- -The majority of the assets that were sold were non profitable for the club but only a certain % of them is sold which means club is still in control of them
- The negreira case has been blown out of proportion by certain officials within laliga to put the current board under pressure. These are just allegations which are unproven and its been a year since it began and there has been no evidence about it. The public isnt even waiting till court proceedings and already called them guilty.
- -The club broke full season attendance records(all time club history) at camp nou last season
- -The club also generated record profits of 304 million euros last season.
- -Registration of players became a problem because of strict laws of laliga wage cape which made us dependent on cash injections but by next season,it wont be the same case.
- The future is bright for the club.
I have been a Bayern fan for my whole life. But what got me into football was that 2015 Barcelona team.
I remember sitting in front of my tv as a kid and I couldn’t believe just how good this team was and especially the legendary MSN trio.
This team made playing football look so easy. It’s sad to see how Barcelona developed over the last years.