Why Barcelona deserve this financial mess

Plus Muller and chants [FourFourTwo]( Wednesday 18 August 2021 [View this email online]( Why Barcelona fully deserve the financial mess that they're in After the storm of Lionel Messi moving to Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona are beginning to clear the wreckage. Barca may have won their opening La Liga fixture 4-2 against Real Sociedad but this season could be the bumpiest road that the club have been on for quite some time. Barcelona are in flux and a financial crisis is crippling the Catalans. But as Richard Jolly explains, this mess is exactly what they deserve. President Joan Laporta has explained how his predecessor exacerbated the economic uncertainties of a Spanish footballing institution - and he's right to do so. Barcelona's new era has dawned. And they only have themselves to blame for the rocky transition. [Read more]( What's your favourite chant? We asked FFT followers for their favourite chants from over the years - here's a celebration of song, of tunes from the terraces... and some rather witty insults set to popular hits. [Read more]( Remembering Gerd Muller, who died this week, aged 75 As a youngster, Muller was mocked for being "short and fat" - but as Ed McCambridge explains, the late, great 'Der Bomber' went onto become his country's greatest-ever goalscorer... [Read more]( SPECIAL OFFER: Save over a third on a FourFourTwo subscription You can save 37% on a subscription to the greatest football magazine in the world right now. What are you waiting for? [Read more]( [Future Logo] © Future Publishing Limited. Reg No. 2008885 England. Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA. This email is intended for {EMAIL} To unsubscribe from FourFourTwo emails or update your email preferences, please [click here](. [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions](