The Malcom transfer served as excellent material for the ever-growing group of Barça-haters to push the popular narrative that the slogan “Més que un club” is just a hypocritical, romanticized, and outdated motto that currently serves as nothing more than marketing purposes.
And why not? When the plane that left Bordeaux arrived in Rome, the eager fans (one of which was Malcom’s mom!) were left stunned when they found out the man of the hour was actually not on the plane, but rather on his way to Barcelona instead.
The end of this story we all know by now, and the manner in which this transfer took place (ONCE MORE) doesn’t necessarily shed a very friendly light on our club.