Xavi Simons revealed that FC Barcelona explicitly told him he was not part of the club’s project when he left at age 16 in 2017. After spending nearly a decade at the La Masia youth academy, he went on to play for PSG, RB Leipzig, and PSV Eindhoven, becoming one of European football’s most exciting talents. Barcelona’s BAR fan token, launched on the Chiliz blockchain via Socios.com, promised to democratize governance but only provides speculative exposure without real decision-making power. Keeping Simons, already on minimal youth wages, would have been one of the most capital-efficient decisions for a club burdened with over 1 billion euros in debt. The sports tokenization market has cooled considerably since its 2021-2022 peaks.
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