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Barcelona in crisis: Awful football, fan anger, loss of identity, spiraling debt and Koeman vs. Laporta

Barcelona are in a state of crisis, of that there can be no doubt. It is potentially the greatest crisis in the club's history -- even including the four decades spent while Spain was run by a right-wing dictator who disliked Catalan culture, banned the language and imprisoned or "disappeared" many from that city and its environs -- but question a dozen different people and you'll almost certainly get a dozen different answers as to what they they believe the true crisis at the club to be.

Ask the 28,000 hardy souls who watched a dismal 1-1 draw at home to previously limp, easily-beatable Granada and they'll say: "Monday night's game hit crisis level.