“The club is in a worse state than I expected.”
That was Joan Laporta, Barcelona’s new president, who has essentially walked into a financial nightmare devised by Sir Alfred Hitchock.
Speaking to La Vanguardia after his recent election victory, he painted a bleak picture. “We’ve encountered a squad with old-fashioned contracts and we will have to work out what to do,” he added. “The existing contracts can be changed or restructured. After that, there are more drastic measures that we hope we don’t have to adopt.”
Barcelona are not alone in their struggles, as Real Madrid are finding things a little warm under the collar too.
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