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Barcelona made a mess after the management of

Josep Maria Bartomeu

, president who came to think that it was feasible to bring together

Messi

,

Suárez

,

Griezmann

and

Neymar

in the same team, and after the illusionist games of the candidates in that electoral campaign in the one that everything seemed possible, the club has definitely left behind its magical realism. And its new executives have set out to carry out all the dirty work that remained to be done in the previous legislature. At the cost, yes, of reducing the sporting quality of the team. Perhaps inevitable consequence of such an inheritance.

The entity chaired by

Joan Laporta

, once the summer transaction window is over (it enters 84.3 million in exits), has managed to reduce its salary mass with respect to income from 110% to 80%. Although the intention in the Camp Nou offices is to achieve ratios close to 65%, which would be a good indication of a gradual sustainability after Barcelona was the sports club in the world that paid its players the best.

Currently, the sports salary mass is 420 million euros after Barcelona divestment of the two highest chips of the club -Messi and Griezmann-, of the different transactions carried out and also of the salary reduction and deferral of payments in the contracts of

Gerard Piqué

,

Sergio Busquets

and

Jordi Alba

.

Barcelona calculates that, not counting Messi, has released 145 million euros of salary mass.

Antoine Griezmann, whose transfer to Atlético was essential for the Barça leaders, was going to receive this year a token that was around 40 million euros.

If to the sum is added the salary that is left to pay Leo Messi (138 million euros gross counting all the games), the total reduction of the Barcelona entity amounts to 283 million euros.

The veto by Joao Félix

Getting rid of Griezmann, who could have been the team's new franchise footballer after Laporta refused to renew Messi, was a priority issue for the club's rectors. Although it was not until last Monday that Mateu Alemany tried to exchange him for

Joao Félix

. An operation that

Miguel Ángel Gil Marín

, CEO of the rojiblanco club,

vetoed

.

Although such was the interest of Barcelona in finding a way out for Griezmann given his high salary and Diego Pablo Simeone, mattress technician, for re-recruiting him for his cause, that the operation was dislodged via assignment. Although with nuances. The Frenchman's option to purchase Atlético, estimated at 40 million euros, is conditional on the forward playing a series of games. And it should become effective after the second year of the loan. At Barcelona they take it for granted that Griezmann will add that number of games without problems, so they already have those 40 million in the future.

As for the arrival of the Dutch

Luuk de Jong

, whom

Julen Lopetegui

had practically ruled out at Pizjuán, he responds to Koeman's insistence on having a strong center forward, with good aerial play behind his back, and a finisher. Someone who can occupy the area at least until both

Ansu Fati

, who has inherited Messi's number 10, and

Kun Agüero

recover

. Barcelona considers that the transfer of the Sevilla striker does not imply a high outlay, although he has to pay part of his token.

Luuk de Jong's

concession

to Koeman also has another reading. The leaders of Barcelona are considering offering the renewal to the coach, who concludes his contract on June 30. Although it will not be that simple. For this, the technician has to respond to certain requirements. In the club they insist that the Dutchman must definitely leave behind the defensive approaches to try to grow from 4-3-3. And, despite the impoverishment of the workforce, they will also demand results, especially in Spain.

It has also been transferred to him that, beyond

Coutinho's

return to sports activity

, he should find a way to integrate

Riqui Puig

into sports dynamics

. The 22-year-old midfielder has seen how other young La Masia values ​​such as

Gavi

or

Nico González

have also passed him by.

Laporta also hopes that Koeman will reinstate

Samuel Umtiti

, once there was no way to find a market for him.

The French central, with medical reports ahead, assured the president in a meeting held a few days ago that he is in perfect condition to compete.

And that he continues to hope to have a new opportunity.

On the

other hand,

Miralem Pjanic

, another of the great salaries that still resists, will continue to seek destiny.

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