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  1. khaled_a_d

    Liverpool

    WTF are you onto? Barca made 7 signings that summer in total. Suarez, Rakitic, Bravo, MATS, Mathieue, Vermaelen and Douglas. That was an absolutely elite transfer market. Mathieue was old and gave us only 2 very good years, but was worth 20M and low wages. Was solid addition. Vermaelen and...
  2. khaled_a_d

    Liverpool

    Slot isn't that far below him, he is just a more pragmatic coach. A bit like Madrid type of coach. Football will always be inferior to the ones they used to play, but I think results is comparable. Real was getting annihilated before that year, though. Sure, there core is old, but again his...
  3. khaled_a_d

    Liverpool

    I would say anything below 2 EPL and a CL within next 5 years is a failure for this side. They were the EPL winning side last year and top of league phase in CL and only beaten by penalties by the eventual champions. This type of transfermarket usually happens in a club that is trying to fix...
  4. khaled_a_d

    Samuel Umtiti

    The World Cup thing remains a theory from folks who never saw the medical reports of his. Just like many sided with the club later about him not doing an operation, and same with Fati. There is a lot of question marks about our medical staff in that period. I doubt he has any regrets, he got...
  5. khaled_a_d

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Much better depth than what we had before, still below what we need. So far, fulfilling my exact expectation.
  6. khaled_a_d

    28 - Roony Bardghji

    I was ok with his performance tbh. Below Barca standard, but seems to be a player who belongs to the league. Better than Pau Victor or Fati from last year
  7. khaled_a_d

    Camp Nou

    No way, it is a recent construction and it doesn't make sense to redo stuff at this point. Maybe in a decade or so, future presidents might try to score points by doing it.
  8. khaled_a_d

    Deco

    I never understood this argument. Most football SD didn't have a prior experience, or at most they were assisting like Bojan doing now. Txiki is one of the GOAT SD we had, and even in EPL too, and he had barely any experience before joining us, same Zubi who times proven he was actually fairly...
  9. khaled_a_d

    28 - Roony Bardghji

    I mean, if this is the case, then he shouldn't care about who is playing in the position.
  10. khaled_a_d

    28 - Roony Bardghji

    I mean, I don't expect Roony to be a starter here in either position, so beating Lamine vs Olmo is a mute point IMHO. It is the backup position that he should be eyeing.
  11. khaled_a_d

    28 - Roony Bardghji

    Toni, Dro, Diarra are also eyeing that spot, with Fermin and Olmo there. Obviously none are as good as Lamine, but he might not be able to even take it for the B team
  12. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    It is September FIFA break, anything written by anyone about transfers is fake. Transfer market just passed, no league now, they have to write about something.
  13. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/players/murillo/ That is the official listed height. He is as tall as Kounde. Not deal breaker for a CB, but not in a team that doesn't have a single CB that is 1.9m or taller. Well, and just one outfield player for that matter.
  14. khaled_a_d

    Joan Laporta

    It doesn't matter who is it "on". Financial information is private, there is no way the player knows whether a club is capable of registering him or not, and plenty of clubs had players missing games in first weeks due to registrations. The rules makes the players pays for club incompetencies...
  15. khaled_a_d

    Joan Laporta

    My question isn't about the clubs, they like the constraints and wants it to continue. However, when will the players force them to abandon current model? The unspoken thing, is that this rules puts players career in jeopardy, FFP is about the clubs, not the players. But the Tebas model put...
  16. khaled_a_d

    Barca squad/XI 25/26

    It is one of the main problem I've with Cubarsi, he is neither athletic or big, two traits that you need in your CB. This makes his ideal partner both tall and athletic, while also being really good since Cubarsi isn't at the level where you trust him being the best CB at the team. It shrinks...
  17. khaled_a_d

    Joan Laporta

    Every league is a feeder league to England at this point. There are few exceptions at club level (Barca, RM, Atletico, Bayern, PSG) but not at league level. Most leagues seems to have made peace with this reality too, it is just fans who are bitter. It was always happening but Covid...
  18. khaled_a_d

    La Liga 25/26

    La Liga full transfers, there might be couple of players missing from last night. Someone fact check me, but the most expensive signing for 10 clubs didn't exceed 5M, another 2 clubs didn't exceed 10M, 3 more with 11-15M. 5 Clubs had at least one signing over 20M: Betis and Barca, both didn't...
  19. khaled_a_d

    Barca squad/XI 25/26

    In an imaginary world where we have funds to sign a top CB, I would say Saliba (contract ends in 2027) is the absolute ideal option. Tad bit overrated, and mistake prone, but worth it. Never happening though
  20. khaled_a_d

    Barca squad/XI 25/26

    He is right footed. Jamdav has a good point about registration, many of those will be sought after by other big clubs without registration issues, this will make it difficult to recruit them.

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