May the return of Leo Messi not be a smokescreen for Joan Laporta

“Messi, Messi, Messi…!” It was the 10th minute of the classic when a large majority of the Camp Nou invoked the name of the god – and that no one foresaw the 0-4-. More than one would have liked him, as if by magic, to appear from the dressing room tunnel as if nothing had happened: the tears of the summer of 2021, falling out of the Champions League in the group stage two seasons in a row and having of taking on a badly resolved grief. Almost two years later, not only has the loss not been overcome, but the idea of ​​his return is the great hope that illuminates the future of the club: this defines how critical the state of health of the entity The Negreira case, the threat of being left out of Europe, the restrictions of the League, the growing debt or the transfer to the inhospitable Montjuïc. Let’s rub the wonderful lamp: let Messi come and fix everything.

The emotional moment of Barcelona fans is so fragile that, after the elimination of the Cup, neither having won the Super Cup nor having the League to touch with 12 points ahead of Madrid seems enough. The steps forward led by Xavi are easily blurred and it is difficult to value his struggle against such a complex present. Messi as a medicinal concept springs up in every social gathering and bar. They watch it from the box office with statements like the recent ones of Vice President Rafa Yuste, and the star, whistled in Paris, allows himself to be loved. There are no concrete proposals on the table to make the operation viable and there is ethereal talk of a tribute while the club has not even managed to register Gavi as a first team player. Beware: saying all this out loud is a guitar smasher, because what is being worn now is to get excited.

“But do you want me to come back or not?” Let’s simplify everything, do a poll on Twitter and hand out gummies like in kindergarten. To answer no it is ungrateful, it becomes a kind of betrayal to the happiness experienced for so many years, to the most pleasurable feeling we have ever had watching a football match. How can you say no to a question like that? It can only be done from the coldest reason and applying surgical common sense. What kind of evolution would it mean for a club that needs to look forward to clinging to a nostalgic figure? What collective sacrifices would have to be accepted in order to accommodate its ecosystem? We hope that, at the very least, this interested debate that we are having together will not be the realization that we have bitten the hook of a smoke screen. We had enough of the disappointment of 2021.

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