Ode to Alexia Putellas: La Reina crowned in memory, not goodbye

Ode to Alexia Putellas: La Reina crowned in memory, not goodbyeThere are players who belong to a club in the simple sense that their career happens there. Then there are players like Alexia Putellas, whose career does not just happen at Barcelona, but slowly becomes indistinguishable from the club itself, until the boundary between footballer and institution begins to blur.It is tempting to speak in straight lines. To list trophies, appearances, goals, and Ballons d’Or as if they explain e