La Liga preview: Can Barcelona challenge Real Madrid after post-Lionel Messi revamp?
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There has been one question that has left fans of European football scratching their heads this summer: just how is Barcelona signing all of these players?
The club's dire financial state has been public knowledge for more than two years now; a combination of financial mismanagement, extortionate player wages and the Covid pandemic led to Barça finding itself well over a billion dollars in debt.
Drastic action was taken in an attempt to begin balancing the books, including a player fire sale, the cutting of the squad's wages and, the most damning of all, letting Lionel Messi -- the greatest player in the club's history -- leave the club for free.
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