Barcelona seem to be in financial trouble again this summer, and this can be seen in their inability to sign Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo, both of whom were believed to want to return to the club they served last season.
In fact, with just a few days left until the transfer window closes for business across Europe, the only major investment the Catalan giants have made is securing the services of Dani Olmo.
The Spaniard, however, has not yet played for his new club, because the club has not been able to register his signing with the League.
Dani Olmo finally signed up for Barcelona
This would have been as a result of financial fair play and a 1:1 rule that the authorities have in Spain.
It is understood that Olmo is now registered, but how files Note, this only happened because Andreas Christensen was injured for four and a half months.
This reality shows how deep the crisis remains in a club that many considered to be the exemplar and standard-bearer of European football.
It is clear that Joan Laporta will always try to accentuate the positives, but just as when he had to drop the bomb in 2021 that Barcelona would not be able to afford Lionel Messi, his belief that the club would sign Nico Williams this summer has shown how to also be a charge of hot air.
Whether this will dent his popularity in the upcoming presidential election is a moot point, as most of the financial damage was done during the tenure of the previous regime.
Laporta is at least overseeing the building of the new Camp Nou, and deals with both Spotify and Nike are understood to be in the hundreds of millions of euros each Yahoo Sports.
