Diarra post-injury is an entirely different player. Compare his performances these days to the player that bullied our midfield out of the game at Camp Nou in 2008. On the issue of Marcelo, I actually rate him as a wide midfielder but as a fullback he's a joke.
Sport produced a list of 7 "blacklisted" madrid players who will be out on their ear come the end of the season: Guti, Metzelder, Raul, Dudek, Gago, Drenthe and Diarra
In principle you're right with what you say in the last sentence but I'd dispute 1) the difference in spending policy between Laporta in year 1 and Perez upon his return & 2) the quality of your kids.
There's never been a galáctico policy at Barça, there's no denying that we spent heavily in...
Cruyff's a control freak and egomaniac, plain and simple. That's why he fell out with Nuñez and why he carries on exploiting his influence through the media and dabbling in Barça politics without ever standing for election.
It's quite simple in my opinion, Rosell strongly suspects to find some nasty surprises if/when he opens the club's books, he wins points for being honest about an issue which is never going to be popular.