I know you won’t believe me. This grandfather! But the other night when Joan Laporta and his soulmate Xavier Sala-i-Martindelighted to meet each other, they had a party of happiness in TV-3in the debut of another program from the Mediapro factory, titled ‘The clau factor’ where, they say, they are going to explain why the success of four Catalan companies, starting, you go, with FCBarcelona, I thought I guessed a lot of gestures, some almost tear-jerking, by Laporta that were an exact reproduction of the most emotional of Josep Lluis Nunez.
While the ‘jackets’ offered the best version of Barça, that is, an (almost) idyllic company, to the basketball section of the ‘Bomb’ Navarrese one of his great signings exploded, turned into a lie or hoax, since Partizan managed to renew a certain kevin pointer (forgive my ignorance), which was going to be one of the tears in the section to forget the great Nikola Miroticwith whom the successful Barça company will have to do, they say, in court.
What do you know about soccer?
But, really, seriously, Punter is a joke compared to what has happened with the great, tremendous, magnificent and international goalkeeper Arnau Tenas, who had even said goodbye to Barça on his twitter. It turns out that the goalkeeper that Barça signed when he was 9 years old, that is to say, the goalkeeper that La Masia has made with enormous and tremendous effort, making him, according to all those who know, who are not, of course, nor mateu alemany neither decorationin the future Victor Valdes from Barça, he had been released and, suddenly, it occurs to them that they want to renew him.
The ridicule is tremendous because, as ‘Jijantes’ recalled this morning, the option to renew him ran out on June 15. Alemany launched an ordeal at Tenas and his representative, trying to renew him down, and the goalkeeper, a starter in the Spanish team, said that he was leaving. And, now, they try to pick up the sails but… but they already have to start from scratch and negotiate with the boy as if he came from Manchester City.
The Tenas thing is to wonder, really, if there is someone in command in this Barcelona ship. because it turns out that Jordi Cruyff He leaves without explaining. Well, like all those who have left. It turns out that Germany he had said goodbye to everyone and returns. It turns out that decorationfriend of Mendes and of laportahe must resign from his representation company to be able to be nobody knows what, because he has not yet been presented.
Why not Nico?
Seriously, the almost teardrop face of Laporta, almost Núñez, in ‘El factor clau’, could mean a dramatic grimace. And I’m not just talking, no, about the most recent cases of Punter and Tenas, but even about something as scandalous as Barça and Xavi Hernández, in times of crisis, crisis, crisis and the need for millionaire guarantees to be able to register those who have been renewed for months, continue to demand one more midfielder when they have the fabulous, the extraordinary, the culé, the favorite boy from La Masia, Nico Gonzalezto fill that position. And if Xavi is not capable of turning Nico into the new Busquets, perhaps the one who is useless is Xavi and not Nico.
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One watches Barça and has the feeling that everything, everything, is improvisation. That those who govern that club are one of the last to speak and convince them. That there is no strategy. They spend all day chasing ‘market opportunities’ and, of course, they believe very little in theirs. That Nico or Tenas are useless for the great Barça is proof that those who rule at Barça are more for the business than for taking advantage of, I insist, two of the best products from La Masia in the last decade.
That Laporta teardrop point against Sala-i-Martín makes me fear the worst.