There will be a requirement at Barca to rebuild from the academy to the first team and the conditions might not be right for their star to stay
Barcelona might well be a club on the brink of institutional crisis.
There are problems in La Masia where the production line is malfunctioning. The style of play in the first team under Luis Enrique betrays the principles that brought Barca widespread acclaim – and titles – under his predecessors.
He has the Messi – Suarez – Neymar trio at his disposal but has laid waste to Barca’s controlled style to make sure they get the ball quickly and often.