The favourite to win the next Barcelona presidential elections, Victor Font, has ruled out trying to re-sign Neymar and the interim board have laid-off club legend Carles Rexach from his advisory role so no one at Barcelona needs to be reminded that the financial fall-out from the coronavirus continues to hit the club hard.
That is why there is also a growing realisation that any chance the club has of signing Eric Garcia and Memphis Depay in January will depend entirely on their ability to offload four players when the window opens.
Font said on Monday that Neymar might fit the club's sporting needs but he did not fit the economic roadmap out of the current situation.