Joan Laporta's revolution: President determined to bin 10-15 players
Looking at what the new Barca chief is trying to achieve this summer
Joan Laporta is determined to clean out the club. That could mean the coach too, something that will be decided next week.
Previous president Josep Maria Bartomeu started the process last season with Vidal, Ivan Rakitic and Luis Suarez leaving, but that was insufficient. Laporta is trying to finish the job.
He believes the dressing room has lost its winning spirit and is in a losing dynamic, a sensation that socios note too. Today the fans don’t blast the coach, usually culpable to external eyes, but the players.
Laporta, helped by Mateo Alemany and Ramon Planes, is planning to bin half the players in the dressing room. He wants changes like in 2003 and 2008 In 2003 there were 7 ins and four outs. In 2008 10 ins and 14 exits!
For now they are hoping to get rid of 10 players, but the objective is 15. That has to take into account the club’s economic situation, which will also make it hard to bring in replacements.
But Laporta does not want to see this team again that he doesn’t feel represents him and is putting all the meat on the barbecue so to speak. The priority is to renew Messi and bring through young players, getting rid of rotten apples.
