MMBALL Football General Manager

First, the user says: "If the article excerpt doesn't exist, write a 200 bytes article excerpt based on the article..." But then it provides an article excerpt to rewrite. The instruction is: "Rewrite the following article excerpt to make it more appealing while keeping the HTML markup unchanged. Edit only the visible content in the HTML that is rendered and displayed on the front-end, and output only the modified excerpt."

The provided excerpt is: "A bombshell report reveals Barcelona's own technical experts rated Camp Nou constructors Limak as the worst option for the job. Club management overruled the 'non-binding' report, prioritising a deadline that has since been missed, with significant delays now hitting the iconic stadium's reopening and contractual penalties going unenforced."

I need to rewrite this excerpt to make it more appealing, but keep the HTML markup unchanged. However, in the text provided, there doesn't seem to be any HTML markup. It's just plain text with HTML entities like ' for apostrophes.

The user says: "Just output the article excerpt, don't output the AI prompt." And earlier: "output only the modified excerpt."

Also, it specifies: "Article excerpts only need to be one paragraph long and should not exceed 200 bytes."

First, I need to understand what "200 bytes" means. Bytes are a measure of size, so I have to ensure the output is no more than 200 bytes. That's quite small; for example, a typical sentence might be around 50-100 bytes.

Let me check the original excerpt's length. I'll approximate:

"A bombshell report reveals Barcelona's own technical experts rated Camp Nou constructors Limak as the worst option for the job. Club management overruled the 'non-binding' report, prioritising a deadline that has since been missed, with significant delays now hitting the iconic stadium's reopening and contractual penalties going unenforced."

Replacing ' with ': "A bombshell report reveals Barcelona's own technical experts rated Camp Nou constructors Limak as the worst option for the job. Club management overruled the 'non-binding' report, prioritising a deadline that has since been missed, with significant delays now hitting the iconic stadium's reopening and contractual penalties going unenforced."

Counting bytes: This string is about 250-300 characters, and since ASCII characters are 1 byte each, it's around that. But I need to keep it under 200 bytes.

The user said: "should not exceed 200 bytes." So, my rewritten version must be <= 200 bytes.

Now, to rewrite it to make it more appealing: I need to make it more engaging, perhaps more dramatic or intriguing, while keeping the core information.

Important: "keeping the HTML markup unchanged." But there's no HTML in the provided text. It's just text with entities. So, I should output the text as is, with entities if needed, but since it's plain text, I'll just write the rewritten text.

The user mentions: "Edit only the visible content in the HTML that is rendered and displayed on the front-end." Assuming the excerpt is plain text, I'll treat it as such.

Finally, output only the modified excerpt, one paragraph, under 200 bytes.

Steps:

1. Rewrite the excerpt to be more appealing.

2. Ensure it's one paragraph.

3. Make sure it's under 200 bytes.

Original content: Expose a scandal where Barcelona chose a bad contractor, leading to delays.

More appealing version: Make it more sensational or hook the reader.

Rewritten idea: "Shocking revelations show Barcelona ignored expert warnings and picked the least qualified firm for Camp Nou renovations, causing major delays and