The hard transition of Barça: from the ghost of bankruptcy to the fall in Messi's scoring production

• Analysis: Koeman's impotence in a Barcelona with the worst league start in 18 years

In the bowels of the Camp Nou they live with concern this last week of negotiations, with November 5 as the deadline, in which the first team players should accept a "salary adjustment" that allows the club to cut 190 million euros.

The entity understands that the resignation of

, together with the dismissal by the Management Committee of his court advisor,

, has pacified the atmosphere with the dressing room.

But time is running out in Barcelona for the 820 million euros of debt.

It is the club that pays its athletes more than anyone else in the world: 636 million euros in salaries, 70% of the entity's spending budget, for 4% of the administrative staff.

All those workers, who negotiate at another table, live nevertheless pending what is agreed by that part of the team that, unlike the last signings and the recently renewed (

,

,

and

), has not yet reached agreements to defer payroll payments.

The specter of bankruptcy has been present in the talks.

«It will be difficult to fix the club in a short period of time.

The transition is going to be long ”, ventures to assure a Barcelona executive.

The transition is institutional.

There is still no electoral calendar by the Manager chaired by

before the advance of the second wave of the pandemic.

And also sports.

Ronald Koeman's team, with eight points in the first six days of the League, has had its worst start in 18 years.

Enric Reyna's envelopes

Times that carry over to that 2002-2003 season in which

, before fleeing, left the club on the brink of bankruptcy and in the hands of

.

Yes, that accidental president who delivered a couple of envelopes before a notary public that had to get the club out of institutional and sports ruin.

His magic formula, in addition to selling some land in Can Rigalt, consisted of exchanging

for

,

for

,

for

, and

for

.

, who was the one who won the elections in a management team that also included

and

, wanted to know nothing.

Nobody better represents the difficult knot between the past and the present than

.

Unique reference or guardian of the new generation?

The Argentine, who has scored a direct foul of the last 46 he has thrown, tries to rebel against the passage of time.

In Mendizorroza he insisted over and over again on avoiding as many rivals as he could.

He did it on August 8 against Naples.

It was the last time he scored a play.

His scoring production has fallen in the last two seasons, going from 1.14 goals per game in 2018-19 to 0.37 this year.

What was once supernatural is now earthly.

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