If you have to pay attention to the words of its president, the change has started at Barça. “A cycle has ended, we are working on a renewal process.” Joan Laporta has made public the declaration of intentions at the L'esport Català party this Wednesday. His statements, moreover, have come hours after it is confirmed that Goldman Sachs will give oxygen to the club's coffers with a loan of 500 million that will not have to do exclusively with Espai Barça but will allow to help in contract termination processes, late payments to clubs and new signings.
It remains to be known now how far that renewal process goes and how far one can speak of a change in the cycle of a club that has been immersed in the Messi cycle for 13 years. As far as is known, Laporta's intention is for Messi to continue wearing the Barça shirt, but the statements allow any type of speculation to be opened. Also on the bench. Laporta did not specify whether this end of the cycle and the beginning of a renewal process includes Koeman. Although he left phrases that allow one to guess that the Dutchman has it very difficult to follow: “The Copa del Rey has been won but they have eliminated us soon from the Champions League and LaLiga has been incomprehensibly lost. Starting next week, and as we see fit, we will see the measures that are taken. “. In the end, Laporta is not doing more than confirming a desire of the top leader who shares a good part of the club's social mass, but to which it will be necessary to put names and surnames. Do not forget that the previous president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, also announced the beginning of a change and, finally, he just passed from transferring Arturo Vidal Rakitic and Luis Suárez.