Is Barcelona naive? It's dawn! Many Barcelona fans wake up in the morning to see the news that Bartomeu has resigned as the president of Barcelona, and then send out such a sigh.
Innocent light? It is true that a series of mysterious operations by Batomeu's board of directors have caused the current situation of Barcelona, but Batomeu resigned and only the person who created the mess left, but the mess of Barcelona remained unchanged. Maybe after a long cold winter, the sunshine in early spring has just spread to the earth, but it is still unknown whether the future will be warm in spring or bitterly cold.
Bartomeu is wrong, but he is just a representative in front of the stage when there are various sharp contradictions behind the whole Barcelona club. Barcelona's financial problems, locker room problems, team structure problems... these can not be solved by changing a chairman.
According to the regulations of Barcelona, after the collective resignation of the board of directors, Barcelona will set up a temporary "management committee" to take over the work of the team and help the club complete the election within three months. From the perspective of time, it happens to be from November to January next year, which also means that in the winter window of this season, it is very difficult for Barcelona to have a big move to recruit, and everything in the club will focus on maintaining stability.
Batomeu is gone. If Barcelona still has problems, who will carry the blame? And after the new chairman takes office? The turbulent period and chaos that belong to Barcelona have just begun. No matter which candidate is elected, it is bound to prepare a plan on how to complete the complete reconstruction of Barcelona, because Barcelona fans and members will not be satisfied with minor repairs.
Will the new board of directors be better than those of Batomeu? Will it be pulling generals out of dwarves again? Do you still remember the farce of changing the coach of Barcelona at the beginning of this year? At the beginning of the year, when Valved finished class, there were many Barcelona fans shouting "It's dawn", but the team's final results were nothing. The 82 Massacre was not as good as when Valved was in charge. Who can guarantee that Barcelona's tragedy in the position of coach will not be repeated in the position of president. Batomeu has left. If the problem of Barcelona has not been solved, will the new chairman be blamed? What's more, he still faces many thorny problems.
The first major problem facing the new Barcelona president is Messi's departure.
The first player in the history of the team left the team during his term of office. I don't think there is a Barcelona president who is unwilling to discuss this matter, but Messi has already fallen out with the Barcelona club because of this matter this summer. Next summer, Messi's future will be put on the table again, which is enough to make the new Barcelona president head.
If he stays, will the new chairman have the courage to persuade Messi to accept his declining tactical position and make room for the newcomers when Messi is getting old? If you leave, it's OK to break up peacefully. You can hold a series of farewell ceremonies for Mei Xifeng, but what if you can't?
Messi is 33 years old. No matter whether Messi will stay or leave next year, Barcelona will have to face the situation of the post Messi era in the next few years. How to build the team? Can Fati take the baton from Messi? What if Fati can't? Do you want to repeat the operation of Batomeu era and buy people from outside at a high price?
Barcelona will usher in the post Messi era during the new presidency Second, how to rebuild the team?
This summer, Barca only partially cleaned the lineup, but did not introduce too many reinforcements. By next summer, the new chairman will have taken office, which will inevitably mark the team with his own brand. It is hard to guarantee that some "former ministers" will be cleaned. It can be predicted that the big blood change of Barcelona will begin in the next summer, and this summer is just a front stop.
The same is true of the team, as well as the coaching team and staff of the club. Before that, whether Laporta or Russell would wipe out the traces of their predecessors after taking office. Laporta chose Ronaldinho as the core, Rijkaard as the new coach, and Russell took away Peporta's Guardiola and bought Neymar to use Neymar as the core of his own Barcelona. If Koeman's team leadership performance is poor this season, will the new chairman and the board of directors keep him? After all, he is also a legacy of the previous dynasty. Will the new chairman find a new coach who is closer to him?
If Koeman leads the team poorly, will he be replaced? However, despite the need to clean up the old ministers, do the new chairman really have the courage to clean up the local youth training leaders in Barcelona's dressing room? Or to maintain stability and compromise with them? I will not doubt that every candidate for the presidency will show great pride when campaigning, draw a big cake for Barcelona fans and members, and promise what will happen. But when they really take the helm of the big ship Barcelona, will the courage they promised during the election still be there?
Of course, the most difficult is the financial problems of the club.
Barcelona is a non-profit membership club, so when the epidemic hit Europe, their situation was much more difficult than other non membership clubs. Each Barcelona president only needs to consider keeping a good balance of income and expenditure during his term of office. As for the future, that is the next thing.
Batomeu is no exception, and there is no reasonable financial plan. Players get a raise? Give him a raise! Is the transfer fee too expensive? Dig! Course refurbishment? Flip! In any case, if the players and fans are well coaxed, life will not be too bad. After all, Barcelona's recent revenue is enough and must be spent in his term of office. Unexpectedly, with the arrival of the new championship, the income from tickets and the surrounding areas of the stadium has disappeared, and the income from commercial development has greatly decreased, but the high salaries of the players still have to be kept up. How can Barcelona's finance stand this? There is no way to open source, so we can only reduce the cost and let the players reduce their salaries!
In the final analysis, the financial problem is the last straw to crush Batomeu. Others can survive with a thick skin, but such a large club has no money. It's really no good!
Barcelona's budget is soaring every year When the new chairman arrived, he was faced with a more difficult situation than Batomeu. Batomeu had at least the full income of the first half of the season, but after he took office, he still had to live a tight life. Want to spend a lot of money in summer? No money! Let the players continue to cut wages? Forgot how Batomeu got cold? Barcelona fans once nicknamed the former president Russell "Luoguokou". If the epidemic situation in Europe does not improve, the new president may be even worse than Russell.
I would like to advise Barcelona fans who shouted "dawn" today, but it is not time to celebrate. Only time will tell whether Barcelona will rise again or fall into a deeper abyss.
(Lin Dengwan)
