Injuries. Barcelona loses Piqué and Sergi Roberto
There is no worse bankruptcy than morality.
Therefore, after
Bartomeu
did not come calm.
But the scorched earth. For the last five years perhaps there was no club in the world that took so much advantage of propaganda.
It was Barcelona that promised a billion in income while hiding in the last corner of the
power point
an equally mammoth expense item, a monstrous salary mass shielded by renewed contracts until a happy retirement, and a debt of 820 million euros that puts
Now the property of the club is at risk. It was also Barcelona that competed with pleasure with the state-clubs, investing in signings figures never before seen in the history of the entity.
Neither
Coutinho
, neither
Dembélé
, neither
Griezmann
have been decisive so far.
Meanwhile, in the back room, the management turned La Masia into a residence for speculation, not for learning.
Up to 49 incorporations were recorded in the subsidiary, many of them plotted in Brazil, and with cases as grotesque as that of
Mike van beijnen
, son of the agent of
Frenkie de Jong
, which didn't even debut.
Strange deals that even reached the first team.
The Brazilian midfielder
Matheus fernandes
, seven million euros plus another three in incentives, not only has he not played a minute, but he has not been presented.
And it has a dorsal.
The Camp Nou amusement park
The pandemic, probably, did nothing more than uncover an economic model that depended almost exclusively on the Camp Nou amusement park, aimed at the tourist, not the member.
But the institutional and sports policy was already in tatters.
We can't go now.
Our responsibility is to endure.
The phrase, attributed to Bartomeu by a former manager after the Lisbon collapse (2-8) and the failed attempt to flee from a
Leo Messi
Consumed by boredom, it reveals lost time.
And the one left to lose.
Carles tusquets
, the president of the Management Commission, who promised that the presidential elections would be held «
as soon as possible
However, he decided to run out of all time limits.
With the hope of being able to start those 300 million euros (190 million in sports salaries) that will allow the club to avoid the bankruptcy.
When the partners choose a new president on January 24, a week before the winter market transfer closes, it may be too late to save the season.
Gerard Piqué
Y
Sergi Roberto
, both fallen in the defeat against Atlético, together with that of
Ansu Fati
, who was the one who supplied the scoring load of a
Luis Suarez
dragged to the exit door, they do nothing but return a grotesque image.
That of the sports management carried out between former president Bartomeu and the five sports managers who passed through his hands during his tenure.
Bartomeu's sports management
Waiting for the youngster
Ronald araujo
finalize his recovery, Barcelona has been left with a single healthy center-back in the first squad (
Lenglet
).
The technician
Ronald Koeman
does not even name anymore
Samuel Umtiti
in their appearances.
Y
Frenkie de Jong
, who should finally be the team's quarterback, already plays more in defense, that is, in emergency, than in midfield.
In summer, the club already trapped in its economic torture chamber, it was unable to convince Manchester City to transfer it to
Èric Garcia
, despite ending this contract on June 30.
Also, he opened the doors wide to
Todibo
, that French central to which
Eric Abidal
I guessed a splendid future, hence the result of the tests to which Piqué was subjected this Sunday fell like a slab in those offices at the Camp Nou in which he is poorly lived in the interim.
The club did not want to offer the time off yet because it is still necessary to decide if the center-back goes through surgery or not.
In any case, the absence will be several months.
The idea is that the doctor
Ramon Cugat
check his right knee and determine the real effect of the joint giving way and leaning inward after the rojiblanco fell on him
belt
.
Piqué suffered a sprain to his internal lateral ligament.
Of course, grade three.
The most serious.
But the defense also has affected the anterior cruciate ligament, which further complicates the injury. Piqué will turn 34 next February.
In his 13 seasons at Barça, his highest time off was 42 days in 2014 due to a cracked hip.
It was that year that
Bartra
he took his place in the Cup final lost to Real Madrid.
That night in which
Tata martino
he was about to go in search of
Bale
Meanwhile, Sergi Roberto is waiting for two months in the infirmary.
In his case due to a tear in the rectus femoris of the right thigh.
Sergiño Dest
, who had arrived to replace Sergi Roberto precisely but who has only started twice in this league (in the defeats against Getafe and Real Madrid), will have to show his worth. Barcelona may continue to wonder why he has left already 13 points in the championship.
Or why midfielders do not serve a Ronald Koeman who, exhibiting serious tactical deficiencies, prefers to pack forwards without rhyme or reason in search of redemption.
The goal, even in football, can be the least of the problems.
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