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With no football being played to divert the attention, Barcelona are suddenly being exposed as a club in crisis.
There have been issues behind the scenes all season, the latest of which came on Friday when six directors resigned. One of them, Emili Rousaud, even said, per Marca: "I think someone's had their hand in the till."
Such a comment will not sit well with president Josep Maria Bartomeu, but he is now under mounting pressure to bring forward club elections.
It's all very tense—and there are serious worries about how issues in the background will begin to impact the team on the pitch.