When I got myself into football in 2006-2007, I actually started following Boca Juniors and Club America a little before I discovered Barcelona.
Barcelona is my Overall Favorite Club since I discovered Ronnie in 2007. If Barcelona met any of my other clubs in Europe, I'd undoubtedly cheer for...
I'm a Liverpool fan, but this Barca team not only patched over problems, they fixed and improved in key areas. Liverpool would get played off the park.
He's an incredible footballer. In the open field, in tight spaces, passing, vision, scoring... he's incredible. Much better than Hazard. I'm a Hazard fan for years too.
Lacked sharpness/misplaced some easy passes, as expected coming back from holidays. Good to know we'll have solid back up so he can get some rest during season.
Umtiti ceiling is the highest of young ball playing CBs out there for me, but he is susceptible to believing his own hype. Needs to become a robot.
Haven't seen any of de Ligt but about to watch some highlight vids and will check out next Ajax game. I actually was watching Ajax at the weekend...
Rightly got booed in Tanger.
He seems to be his own worst critic though, and it was good the team kept trying to lift him up by supplying him with good passes. He'll need to dig deep for one more season... we'll need him.
Promising but had a 'welcome to Europe' match for me. Went missing a little bit, looked frustrated and out of sorts a few times, but you can see he's got the talent to keep him afloat as a placeholder until he adjusts. He is the man.
Irrelevant to me at this point how he got here, just glad that we got what we needed. Some competition for Dembele and a bright young, dribbling winger who is comfortable in front of goal.