The story of Barcelona’s financial decline has been one played out in stages, through the vast transfer spending of the last decade to the most recent summer’s final dribble of funds to acquire Oriol Romeu and now, finally, a reckoning is coming.
The European Union’s top court will issue its ruling on the European Super League (ESL) case on Thursday, with its judgment keenly anticipated by a number of leading soccer clubs as well as fans and governing bodies.