THE DEBACLE OF F.C. BARCELONA

For the best in the world, there is always an innate fear of how and when the empire will fall, because it has to. Today, tomorrow or a day after. Nothing is constant, except change. Maybe this is how FC Barcelona's empire will crumble down. For anyone who grew up watching the ideologies of the club, believing in the motto "Més que un club", the pain is bad and fear, even worse.

Barring a few, all the culés got deluded by the extravagant signings and the treble under Lucho and the double the next; masking all the flaws, ruining the Barcelona blood, destroying the culture. All by the rats that are running the club; burning a hole in the club's pocket of treasure, just to fill their own. From the good ol' fashioned days, when there used to be a proper hierarchy of management, proper coaches, proper players to this unstable structure of a club, we've lost our way.

Greeting to troubles?

Sandro Rosell, the puppet master and Josep Bartomeu, the puppet. Working in tandem until the former was rightfully imprisoned. A sane person would think punishing one is enough? But no, the problems didn't end there. They had just started.

The ever toxic relationship with Qatar, the needless signings to keep his tenure going, to satisfy the Socios (the people who basically run the club), the false promises to Eric Abidal; Barto did all the dirty work, carrying on from Rosell. The Neymar-corruption saga just highlights tip of the iceberg perhaps. The hidden matters might always remain buried. Why wouldn't they be? After all, this board controls the two biggest Catalan media outlets, MD and Sports and they dance to Barto's beats and lick up his feet. They trusted Neymar's father and look what that magic trick gave us? A lifetime of hatred for arguably the best (human) player right now, who was probably right to leave this joke of a management (agreed that the manner could have been different; without all the hocus-pocus).

"A board that can make Abidal cry is not my board."

 From the Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi to the Mathieu, Gomes, Arda and Paco, the downfall is evident, if one looks for it; loaning out La Masia's brightest prospects to bottom-half teams of La Liga or selling them off for meager sum of money (Bartra, Mboula, Grimaldo). What bad had Samper, Munir or Hallilovic done is still a mystery.

The frailties, the corruption, the infractions have been eating the core of this club ever since Rosell, and then Barto came into power. Their sudden emergence is proof that the people have become aware. "A rat can only survive till it's in the shadows." Benedito's motion has come into foray and we can only hope it's a success; because if it isn’t, we're very well doomed till the year 2021.

But, there is still reason to have faith in this institution, for there is still Messi to brighten us up. And maybe pass the baton to "crotchet crotchet crotchet" Dembélé. The undeniable belief that one day, it's all going to be right. That one day, we'll have Xavi as the manager, Pique as the president and Puyol as the sporting director.

Till then, it's Visca El Barça!

Because after all, it is more than a club.