Contrasted signatures

Barça closed, in sport, a bad season. The results of the first team of football and also of basketball weigh heavily in the mental framework of the culés. That is true, but this fact cannot enslave two great victories like the Women’s Champions League or the Handball Champions League won by Carlos Ortega’s team in Cologne.

Barça have not won the battle this season, but the war has been very long. The The economy of the club should be the most important thing now for the members, because without good economic health there is no good future. The Club needs money to stay among the elite and be able to compete with the state-clubs and billionaire sheikhs who make up the current football market. But you also need your partners to be patient, set reasonable goals and not build false expectations. And, above all, a lot of work and financial intelligence to not mortgage your future by wasting the present.

In times of crisis, it is even more important to sign properly. There was no room for the signing of young pearls who could possibly become Pelé and their representatives auctioned off to the highest bidder. Those times have passed. It was a failure of astronomical magnitude, having spent a fortune on Vitor Roque in January and for it to appear that he had nothing to do with Xavi’s Barça and seemed to have nothing to do. do with Flick’s Barça either. Unless the signing is sold as a future operation, in which case the player is bought and transferred to him until he gets to the ‘Barça level’. But that can’t be worth 60 million. Experiments, with soda. If they are signed this summer, they should be proven names.

On the other hand, the good news is that the miracle of the quarry continues to work. In a club that has problems balancing the salary cap and is unable to make big investments in signings, having players like Fermín, Cubarsí or Lamine Yamal come out overnight is a blessing. Masia works. And that is one of the club’s best assets and must be strengthened.

And on the issue of heritage, the works on the new Spotify Camp Nou continue at a great pace and, if an unexpected event does not happen, the ball will roll again in 2025. Barça It will once again have a premier stadium and live up to its greatness. The income from the exploitation of the field will increase and Nike will once again appreciate the power of the Barça brand on a global level and after difficult negotiations it seems that it will increase its financial contribution to put Barça in the first level of a sponsorship of shirt. .

These are difficult times for first team sporting success but there are enough reasons to believe that success will return sooner rather than later. These are not times of ‘ism’ or division. These are the times of unity and unconditional Barcelona fans. Despite the apocalyptics, there is a future.