Hektor
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You all raised very good points. Keep in mind that I am an Argentine-Catalan (my grandparents, on both sides, were Catalanes.) I've been a Barça fan since I can remember. My allegiance is with Barcelona.
I'm only talking about one position, the creative midfielder or playmaker. The rest of the other positions, I do not have any preferences where the player comes from, except that they are good enough to play for us. I strongly believe that the probabilities of the next playmaker megastar is an Argentine, since we have created so many of them.
I never intended for 8 or 9 years old to be signed and brought over, with their immediate family, to Barcelona; that is crazy. All I want is for a potential playmaker megastar to be spotted and to follow their development, in Argentina. To establish a network of scouts to track players with such extensive number of teams is an impossible task. Argentina has 30 first divisions teams. Each of them have ~ 12 lower divisions. There two groups of 2nd division teams of 20 teams each - the National and Metropolitan leagues with its number of lower divisions teams for each team. There are the third and fourth divisions leagues. After that, there are the provincial leagues (22 provinces in Argentina.) We have provincial championships (22 of them) that leads to a national championship to determine who is promoted to the 4th division. As I said, to track the players for a playmaker, with our staff of scouts, is not only an impossible task but also nonsense. For that I envision to contract local scouts (not to employ) with probably one full-time overseer from Barça.
Maybe Argentina already has the next playmaker megastar in Paolo Dybala, but I do not think so. The few times I've seen him play, I'm not that impressed with the player.
Real Madrid and Florentino Perez are no longer going after mega transfers. Real Madrid has realized that it can no longer compete with the Premier League or teams subsidized by oil money. They are concentrating their efforts and resources in young players from Spain and all over the world. We should do the same.
PS: I forgot to mention the following. Players that are functionally illiterates with 5 cents heads, like Maradona, should not be considered. Will someone put a muzzle on that idiot; he is no longer a good player. I consider Maradona to be a national embarrassment. OK. I really have to go and pack, NOW. See you all in a 1 1/2 weeks.
I'm only talking about one position, the creative midfielder or playmaker. The rest of the other positions, I do not have any preferences where the player comes from, except that they are good enough to play for us. I strongly believe that the probabilities of the next playmaker megastar is an Argentine, since we have created so many of them.
I never intended for 8 or 9 years old to be signed and brought over, with their immediate family, to Barcelona; that is crazy. All I want is for a potential playmaker megastar to be spotted and to follow their development, in Argentina. To establish a network of scouts to track players with such extensive number of teams is an impossible task. Argentina has 30 first divisions teams. Each of them have ~ 12 lower divisions. There two groups of 2nd division teams of 20 teams each - the National and Metropolitan leagues with its number of lower divisions teams for each team. There are the third and fourth divisions leagues. After that, there are the provincial leagues (22 provinces in Argentina.) We have provincial championships (22 of them) that leads to a national championship to determine who is promoted to the 4th division. As I said, to track the players for a playmaker, with our staff of scouts, is not only an impossible task but also nonsense. For that I envision to contract local scouts (not to employ) with probably one full-time overseer from Barça.
Maybe Argentina already has the next playmaker megastar in Paolo Dybala, but I do not think so. The few times I've seen him play, I'm not that impressed with the player.
Real Madrid and Florentino Perez are no longer going after mega transfers. Real Madrid has realized that it can no longer compete with the Premier League or teams subsidized by oil money. They are concentrating their efforts and resources in young players from Spain and all over the world. We should do the same.
PS: I forgot to mention the following. Players that are functionally illiterates with 5 cents heads, like Maradona, should not be considered. Will someone put a muzzle on that idiot; he is no longer a good player. I consider Maradona to be a national embarrassment. OK. I really have to go and pack, NOW. See you all in a 1 1/2 weeks.
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