Laporta’s poker

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The president has already signed big stars like Ronaldinho, Etoo, Alves and Ibrahimovic in his previous stage

SI made something clear Laporta in his previous stage at the helm of Barcelona is that his pulse does not tremble when betting on great players. The lawyer longs to sign a Haaland and, taking into account his curriculum, he will exhaust all the avenues for the Norwegian to wear the Barça elastic. At the moment, the Catalan has already convinced footballers such as Ronaldinho, Etoo, Alves and Ibrahimovic.

As soon as he took office, in 2003-04, and after the frustrated signing of Beckham, bet on renewing the team. It should be remembered that English should be their first reinforcement, that even the club and the United they reached an agreement and it was announced but the player’s OK was missing. Despite this setback, the lawyer disbursed that summer of 2003, 42.5 million euros. Ronaldinho He was the big star, but he also bet on other names like Rafa Márquez, Quaresma, Rustu... and in January it came Davids.

The next year, Laporta made a large investment. He spent almost 72 million euros and his star was Etoo. The Barcelona paid 24 kilos for the attacker of the Majorca. They also arrived Deco, Guiuly, Maxi López, Belletti or Edmilson, among others. It was the year that the Catalan club made the most reinforcements and that translated into a league title.

In 2005-06, the Barcelona won LaLiga, the Super Cup and the ChampionsBut the investment had been minimal. The equipment made the two previous summers was beginning to bear fruit and Laporta he only presented for that campaign Ezquerro and Van Bommel. Both at zero cost.

In the summer of 2006, the Barcelona was reinforced with Gudjohnsen, which cost 12 million, Thuram, 5, and Zambrotta, 14. That course only held the Super Cup. In 2007, Laporta He returned to the market and signed four players: Henry, Touré, Abidal and Milito. The team went blank and the lawyer decided to give a rudder on the bench. The era is over Rijkaard and bet on Guardiola.

The Catalan coach had the reinforcements of Keita, Piqué, Cáceres, Alves, Hleb, Henrique and Pinto and closed the season with LaLiga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. The Brazilian side was one of the great successes of the mandate of Laporta.

In his last campaign as president of the Barcelona, ​​the lawyer made the biggest investment and won LaLiga, the Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup. He disbursed 108 million euros and signed his last big star Ibrahimovic, for 69.5 kilos. They accompanied him Maxwell, Chygrynskiy and Keirrison. Do not forget that he also closed the arrival of David Villa.

With this resume behind him, it wouldn’t be strange if Laporta I ended up convincing Haaland. It has been his main objective from the beginning although he is aware of the stiff competition.

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