After the storm of Lionel Messi moving to Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona are beginning to clear the wreckage.
Barca may have won their opening La Liga fixture 4-2 against Real Sociedad but this season could be the bumpiest road that the club have been on for quite some time. Barcelona are in flux and a financial crisis is crippling the Catalans.
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But as Richard Jolly explains, this mess is exactly what they deserve. President Joan Laporta has explained how his predecessor
exacerbated the economic uncertainties of a Spanish footballing institution – and he’s right to do so.
Barcelona’s new era has dawned. And they only have themselves to blame for the rocky transition.