A new toothache endangers Barça's project

Barcelona"They will go crazy." Kevin Punter opened Pandora's box with an enigmatic message on social media. A few weeks after Moses Wright announced he had signed for Barça, the center plans to pay his release clause to avoid wearing the blue and white jersey. As journalist Víctor Lavagnini (TV3) explains, the good relationship with Mike James, the player who threatens to take the blue and white club to court for breach of his pre-contract, has been key for the former Zalgiris player to have doubts about the Barça project.

"Barça is a great team, a great club, with a good coach and good players. I am very excited to play in a great city like Barcelona," Wright assured a few days ago. Now everything has changed. The player, who has a good offer from Olimpia Milano, is willing to pay his termination clause, which is set at around 900,000 euros. The fires are piling up at Can Barça and the few players under contract are disoriented. The club managed to defuse another dangerous scenario in time, as Joel Parra had two offers from Euroleague clubs willing to pay his release clause. His renewal until 2030, which includes a contractual improvement, has been made official this Friday.

The power vacuum is concerning. Barça had planned to strengthen its structure with Xevi Pujol, technical director, and Paolo Galbiati, coach. Baskonia did not count on either of them for the next season, but when the Basque club learned of Barça's interest, it started a poker game to try to get the maximum economic benefit possible. The Catalan's freedom has been valued at 300,000 euros. Josean Querejeta plans to incorporate Velimir Perasovic to the bench as a replacement for the Italian coach, who, despite winning the Copa del Rey, has not convinced the Basque executive. In addition, Barça also aspired to sign Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot, who will end up at Real Madrid, and Isaac Bonga, who has preferred the offer from Panathinaikos.

Weakness due to a provisional structure that has not yet found a replacement for either Joan Carles Navarro or Xavi Pascual, Barça's decisions are supervised by Joan Laporta and executed by Xavier O'Callaghan and Mario Fernández. Josep Cubells, who handed over the reins of the section to Sisco Pujol, still continues to play a leading role in decision-making.Sekulic, the name for the bench

Since Laporta did not want to have a war with Querejeta, who also manages Alavés, an entity with which the Barça leader has many complications, Barça is studying alternatives in case Galbiati is not finally signed as coach. As Dani Aguilà reported on RAC1, Aleksander Sekulic is the coach who is best positioned. The Slovenian national team coach, who led Dubai Basketball to the Adriatic League title a few weeks ago, has already met with the Barça management.Nikola Kusturica, the Serbian star from Barça's academy, said goodbye to the Blaugrana club with a statement on social media. The forward, who has committed to UCLA university, was named in the ideal five of the U17 World Cup with averages of 24.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists.