Maybe I should include a couple of question marks in the title. If there is something that seizes the culé parish, it is doubt. But it was knowing that Xavi announced that the start of the 2022-23 season already had a date, July 4, and the Oscar-winning film starring Tom Cruise came to mind.
Nothing to do with the theme of the same with the reality of Barça, God save me, but a long stage of rebirth and reconstruction is coming It will cost both physically and emotionally.
What will that day bring us? The dance of names is incessant, but circumstances push us to dance with a calmer rhythm than the one marked by the ‘mercato’. We must thank Lewandowski for his dedication to the cause and the messages that he sends day in and day out.
If it were up to him, he’d be at the Ciutat Esportiva tomorrow, but the cash register marks the times and today’s date you can’t even register those who already know they’re going to come. I imagine that the sports management and Laporta himself will have assured him that he can be paid, registered and given the kit and the Pole fully trusts them.
Bayern, for its part, is climbing the walls, while raising its hands to its head due to the unapologetic attitude of one of its flagships. Buyer club and very little seller, it is not going to make it easy for Lewandowski. But nothing. Contract in hand, they have the upper hand. But we already know that it is almost always the player who ends up going where he wants and here we are. Will we see him on July 4 under Xavi’s orders? I almost dare to say that it is not.
I’m not the only one. Guardiola doesn’t see it clearly either. At least for now. “I don’t know if Bayern will transfer him and if Barça can afford it.” Pep summed up the ‘soap opera’ in a single sentence that describes reality. He was not the only one with whom he photographed the situation of the Barça club without dressing it in bobbin lace. An ‘it is what it is’ that has resonated in our ears since Koeman said it and many raised their hands to their heads.
“With the current circumstances, great things cannot be done. There are times when everyone has to accept that the situation is what it is. Going with a low profile will help to climb a lot faster & rdquor ;. Guardiola dixit. And incidentally he sends a message to Laporta to lower the tone, expectations and not delude the staff.
That was what led him to the presidency and, with his feet on the ground, he should park the big names (filtered or not), focus on economic levers, bet on the quarry and issue a message of containment and realism. Hopefully on July 4th a new pick and shovel Barça will be born and will be admitted and accepted by all. Patience asked Xavi months ago and also Pep two days ago. Patience, yes. And a lot of ‘seny’.