Barcelona in crisis
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This guy makes Ox look like Wolverine
I still don't understand how it's gone so wrong.
Apparently we sold on those add ons to some investment firm for something close to £30m
They gambled that they would get more than that from Barca.
We presumably weren't so confident.
It all sounds very bizarre but is apparently true
How did Dembele pass his medical test? 
That's crazy, I've never liked that or emergency loans. Promote a reverse our youth team player. Tough shit.
Yeah, it’s remarkable, isn’t it? Looks like suddenly losing Neymar in his prime sent them into a tail-spin - they panic-bought Dembele, then tried to replace Neymar with Coutinho (who Messi and Suarez wanted in the team), then with Griezmann (whom they didn’t). With each of these mega-buys not working out for one reason or another, this is suddenly starting to feel like a recurring nightmare as they are drifting further and further away from the awe-inspiring team they used to be.
It's fucking hilarious, that's all I do know.
[article]FC Barcelona hired the services of the company I3 Ventures, according to the show ‘Què t’hi jugues’ on SER Catalunya, to help protect president Josep Maria Bartomeu's reputation and damage the image of other people and entities related to the club.
The report explains that I3 Ventures administer a number of accounts on Facebook and Twitter that have published posts with the objective of attacking players such as Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique.
They have also published content critical in nature of club legends Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol, as well as potential club presidents Victor Font, Joan Laporta and Agusti Benedito. [/article]
The report explains that I3 Ventures administer a number of accounts on Facebook and Twitter that have published posts with the objective of attacking players such as Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique.
They have also published content critical in nature of club legends Pep Guardiola, Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol, as well as potential club presidents Victor Font, Joan Laporta and Agusti Benedito. [/article]
It's funny, Barcelona actually sold/loaned out 2 promising young forwards in the January transfer window, because they thought Dembele was on his way to recovery. After the window closed, it turned out he had a set-back and is now out for the season.
They also have the likes of Malcolm, Paco Alcacer, Rafinha and obviously Coutinho on loans at various clubs – more than enough to fill their gaps in attack if they planned things out better.
If I was cynical (which I am) I'd suspect that they knew the long term prognosis wasn't great for Dembele & loaned them out to force this ruling because they didn't think the younger players would be good enough for them right now.
Why not just sign somebody in the January transfer window then?
Sorry, worded that badly, 'suspected' the long term prognosis may not be great.
How are these rules anyway? Could they bring in a new striker even if it was a DM who got seriously injured?
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...arcelona-given-permission-to-sign-braithwaite
[article]Barcelona are going shopping after being given 15 days to sign a player who is already playing in La Liga or is a free agent[/article]
Brilliant. We'd like to play 3 forwards and are not sure we have enough, so instead of changing our formation, we'd like to move the transfer window thankyouplease.
[article]Barcelona are going shopping after being given 15 days to sign a player who is already playing in La Liga or is a free agent[/article]
Brilliant. We'd like to play 3 forwards and are not sure we have enough, so instead of changing our formation, we'd like to move the transfer window thankyouplease.
Emergency purchases and/or loans are stupid. Play a reserve or youth player and get on with it.
Why are Leganes not allowed to sign a replacement under this shitshow of a rule?
They have a certain amount of players fit. It's a shithouse rule though.
What?!
I thought this ruling was nuts, but it's gone into the realms of 'what's the actual fucking point?' now
Horrific
You can't sign a new player when you cashed in on your star striker. That would be nuts. Fuck them greedy bastards.
They didn't cash in. Barca forced them to sell by paying the minimum fee release clause, which they legally have to include in the contract in Spain.
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