You know Barça is in a dire situation when they decide to hire goddamn Daniel Alves as a reinforcement.
Seriously, they're that desperate. He went to my team São Paulo as a superstar champion, and he promised he would give his best to play top-level footy, since according to himself, he was the one who chose the club.
The guy proceeded to coast around and let opponents pass him by, all the while collecting a fat paycheck that the club simply could no longer afford. Not to mention the idiot developed a huge diva attitude., saying stuff like "Oh, I'm a bazillion-times champion, the club owes me respect". Nigger, you chose a goddamn three-time Club World Champion to play, with the third-largest fanbase in the country. Who are you to request respect? Not even Pelé and Maradona demanded respect, they earned it, and never badmouthed their clubs unless they had a real reason, like mistreatment of personnel and fans. And this is not some podunk barrio club you were talking shit about, this is São Paulo! By the time he left, the fans (me included) simply couldn't even look at him. No player is bigger than its club.
He should be grateful he left just as stadiums started letting people in again, because he would get Let's Go Brandon'd until he asked for his own release.