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Joan Laporta, after a press conference

SITUATION COMPLICATED

Joan Laporta... Annoyed with Jordi Alba for the salary cut?

Published:15/08/2021 - 01:00h

Updated:16/08/2021 - 10:54h

There are no quiet days at Can Barça. From the Camp Nou offices they work to keep the club 'afloat' and also expect the collaboration of the players

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Anybody said him to Joan Laporta that it would be easy to reconstruct to a team that carries several years in the ruin. Not even for knowing 'thorough' to the club like him (and few more) do it. There are not calm days in FC Barcelona and day after days there are battles for litigating, inside and went in the field. The victories are not ensured and the frustrations are part of the way. Increasingly, by the way... And you grieve the second mandate of 'Jan' is in his beginning.

The partners and fans expect immediate solutions. Already with Leo Messi and several signings that remained in 'stand by' the pessimism and the feeling that Laporta has broken his promises is in the air. But it is not the only. The club works to resolve the open fronts more urgent to the shortness, but the reality is that lto situation is extreme and complicadísima of resolver, as they are the things in Can Barça.

It is thus that 'Jan' expects the help ofall . It achieved four signings free that 'yielded' a lot in the negotiations so that his wages, between other things, squared with the needs of the club, but follows without being sufficient. It has been a true novel the can inscribe them in LaLiga (still is missing the lesionado 'Kun' Agüero) and there is where goes in the paper protagónico of the four 'heavy weights' of the changing room, the captains. And Laporta would not be of the all happy, as far as has desvelado the newspaper 'Sport' during this Saturday.

The barcelonismo is totally appreciated with Gerard Hammered, the one who went down in a big percentage his wage, but fault the rest of captains. Sergio Busquets would be very near and the of Sergi Roberto is another thing, because it will renew in brief 'to the drop', according to him same has confirmed. The problem would be, at least for the moment, Jordi Alba. The Catalan newspaper has signalled that to the president would have bothered him the reticencia of the left side in retouching his wage, although has agreement with the Barça until 2024.

'Sportive world', by his part, has related that the situation is not so taut as it seems and that the international with Spain would have accessed to postpone 10 million euros of his agreement, that would pay until the ending of his agreement. The big problem is that postpone this quantity does not resolve (or help to resolve) the immediate problem of the Barcelona: reduce the mass salarial and have a 'mattress' to inscribe to Agüero.

It is necessary to remember that only the exit of players (in operations that economically are positive, taking in account the amortizaciones) and the definite discounts (that is to say, the renunciation of a percentage of this wage, no postponements) are what allows to the Barça or any another instrument to put between the parameters of the 'fair play' financial and attend to the rule of the '1 to 4'.

The true is that, as it has expressed 'Sport', to Laporta has bothered him that, in spite of having seen very affected in the farewell of Leo Messi, have not accessed still to a discount (or before, when there was hope with 'The Flea'). In any case, the player will have the last words and is more than clear that has the disposal to help to his, no as it wanted the club, but equally will do it to turn off fires.

Situation limit in Can Barça

As we mentioned before, in the Barça are turning off fire after fire. It is the only form, seems. To some will seem him hit the modus operandi of Laporta and his team of directors, to others no, but is what there is at present and, in a moment of crisis so worrisome (the club has losses of almost 500 million euros), is intelligible that 'Jan' and company ask an extra effort to all and, especially, that show his commitment with the elastic Barcelona.

In the same order of ideas, it will be necessary to see like the club manages the discount salarial of other players that earn more than the captains. I hammered, Alba, Busquets or Sergi Roberto do not have to neither have to be the only distinguished because, although it is true have wages very high, are not those that more ingresan by year. It fits to remember that Antoine Griezmann wins some 40 gross millions to the year, by the 24 'kilos' of Coutinho... If they go to do an effort, would have to do it all.

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