No sooner has the 2020/21 campaign finished than Joan Laporta is getting busy behind the scenes.
Two days, two signings. What’s more, two free transfers.
Both Sergio Aguero and Eric Garcia are good pieces of business by the board, which is more than can be said for a number of buys under the Josep Maria Bartomeu regime.
The Argentinian, as long as he can stay relatively injury free, is a clear upgrade on Martin Braithwaite as a central striker.
Whether the narrative that he’s only been signed to keep Leo Messi happy has any grain of truth to it or not is a side issue, and not one that this column is going to get into.