This getting the band back together lark has gone too far now.
It was acceptable when Dani Alves was signed, and the various other incidents that were harking back to Laporta’s glory years.
Re-signing Adama Traore has taken things a step too far, however.
We’re told that he will only cost the club £350,000 for his six-month loan and if he does well, then a €30m fee for his services will be the cost to sign him permanently.
That might be seen as a bargain in this day and age, but I have to be convinced because I can see absolutely no upside to this transfer whatsoever.