[Thread] Found something really interesting from Reddit regarding Arthur-Pjanic deal:

"Barcelona already needed to raise €124m in sales this season, which put them in the position of needing to find €60m before July 1. And that was before the effects of the pandemic were..."

"...calculated. If they didn't, the board of directors would find themselves personally liable for 15% of the loss, as per the 1990 law that governed club structures. That is why Barcelona were so desperate to get a deal done, why a seemingly strange swap deal happened."

Now this transfer makes a little bit more sense but as someone else said:

"What makes this a poor transfer for Barcelona is that it was never meant to benefit Barcelona in any way, it's just a clever trick that allows Bartomeu and his board to escape responsibility for..."

"...financial mismanagement."

This is also an interesting take:

"It's not so much the departure of Arthur in it self that saddens some fans, and it's certainly not the arrival of Pjanic; it's what it all means. What it reveals, again. Imagine if this ends up being the right..."

"...move -- and it might -- it's still for the wrong reasons."

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