Lionel Messi has no choice but to leave F.C. Barcelona
Lionel has been raised in Barcelona, has grown up as a footballer in Barcelona, has been the best in the world playing for F.C. Barcelona. His family was born, grew up and developed in Barcelona.
It is a pity that the career of one of the best players in the world and undoubtedly the best player in the history of FC Barcelona ends in this way.
A few days ago we talked about the disillusionment of the madridismo. Now, and in a superlative way, this disillusionment has been transferred to Catalonia.
Laporta has tried, but he has not had enough time. There is not just one culprit. There are several and listing their names does not serve to console the Culé fan.
It is mainly the economic management that is responsible for having reached this situation.
It is incomprehensible that a club like Barça, in the best period of its history, with the best players in its history, with the best results in its history, should have a deficit of more than a billion euros.
It is not normal that players who have played practically nothing for years have stratospheric salaries and with several years of contract ahead of them.
Coutinho earns 15 million, Pjanic 16, Umtiti 13, Trincao 8, Braithwaite 6. These are just one example of the continuous squandering of money that the Barça leaders have been doing for years and years.
But they don't learn and now they are re-signing Memphis Depay for 18 million and we have Griezmann who earns 34 million.
The pity is that the explosion has taken Lionel Messi, who does not deserve to leave the club of his life in this way. A club that has given him nothing but titles, joy and millions in income that a bunch of incapable managers have not known how to manage.
How is it possible that a player, with all due respect, like Umtiti or Pjianic earn more than any player at Real Madrid, Liverpool or Bayer Munich to give an example.
But it is not only the economic management that has been disastrous, the sporting management has been even more so. After Guardiola put together a magnificent team combining home-grown talent, quality and Messi, those who came after him have not managed this income and this formidable squad half as well.
Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol and Alba along with Guardiola's personal bet of home-grown players Pedro, Busquets, Valdés, Sergi Roberto and others. And the icing on the cake was Lionel Messi.
This translated into joy, titles and a lot of money. But these managers have not been able to find another Iniesta, another Xavi, another Puyol, although they have signed their poor copies to million-dollar contracts that today make it impossible for them to leave the team.
Where are they going to pay Griezmann 34 million, where are they going to pay Jordi Alba 12 million, Umtiti 13 million and so on up to 15 players.
The best player currently after Messi, Pedri is paid 2 million, the least. It can't get any worse, directors.
La Liga doesn't help either. For years, it allowed the wastefulness of the Blue and Whites and then kept quiet. The Superliga could have been the solution, but it did not interest more than one in case the chiringuito was dismantled.
The state teams that are changing football have a great influence by making it more expensive to sign players, but for the same reason it is necessary to be careful, above all in economic management and not to sign long-term contracts worth millions.
Now we realise what a great job Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Munich, Liverpool and other great teams are doing to stay in the elite while battling with millionaire teams.
Messi, good luck to you wherever you go and a pity for Barcelona and the Spanish league. It won't be the same Barça Madrid or Barça Atletico Madrid without Lionel.