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    FC Barcelona Finances

    Opaque as hell, somehow after great season in transfer revenue and further reducing the wage bill we’ve also boasted below: - Revenue for the 2024-25 season: €950m - Budget for 2025-26 season: To exceed €1000m - €44m more generated via ticket sales than last season - Sponsorship Revenue: Over...
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    FC Barcelona Finances

    VIP validation is linked to it but this drop has to be about matchday revenue as this formula is likely based on using Cruyff stadium since Camp Nou has only been given a green light recently and only partially. It has no impact to current squad as it will change in February but it absolutely...
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    14 - Marcus Rashford

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    Trincão

    This will never hold up as a legitimate narrative. From the start he was a failure by Bartomeu at 31M, even at Wolves he could not recover. The financial burden the club was left in meant shedding it of players & salaries that were not adding sporting value Tebas blocking registration forced...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    You never know these days but I do have the sense of someone happy here...and clearly we (most of us anyway) are happy
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    Ansu Fati (loaned to Monaco)

    Definitely. Him too :LOL:. If you watch the replay he looked like he didn't know what to do immediately after scoring, looked like mixed emotions
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    14 - Marcus Rashford

    More than anything it kills the English narrative he has had to endure
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Obviously most of us were first introduced to his approach to football with Bayern but I don't recall an emotional coach rather a stoic & reserved one. You do have the sense of someone very committed to the club
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    14 - Marcus Rashford

    True but I still think you can never bench Raphinha at this point, I'd prefer playing him over Fermin or Olmo when Lamine is available and Marcus on the left But absolutely, this helps his confidence even if the defenses are decidedly set up different tactically than what he faced in England...
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    CL Round: Newcastle - Barca 1-2

    And just on Marcus, have to be happy for the player - you can see the genuine joy when scoring. Not relief but joy and that comes from being happy & valued, not trying to prove something. This should help the player in Liga as well where the defenses will be different than the familiar one he...
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    CL Round: Newcastle - Barca 1-2

    I know I felt confident the team would play well in the absence of key protagonists but I also didn't expect a repeat of the performance vs Valencia. I didn't know how fluid they'd look although undoubtedly the strengths were clear in our potential XI as well as the areas of weakness -...
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    8 - Pedri

    That's a bit like Iniesta's trajectory too, it has to be the next step which we've already seen signs of it evolving under Flick Like an Iniesta, whom, let's be honest, will inextricably and habitually linked to Pedri is an extraordinary footballer. A player that can surpass Andres for me...
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    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Particularly in the aftermath of a very encouraging performance in CL, best thing for all in the longterm is for the player to fully recover No player in the history of the game has played as many minutes at this level in football at such a young age - physically, let them recover
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    21 - Frenkie de Jong

    There is something to be said for a player feeling part of something bigger than themselves, its the sort of motivation that often leads to wage increases/bonuses but are not driven by this. Like Marcus, maybe his head wasn't really here for a time. I have long been critical of the player and...
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    Camp Nou

    Purportedly, early October for 1C validation It's not the minimum capacity that is preventing its use vs the Qatari club but the lack of both lateral stands (1B CFO) which is an administrative delay from the usual suspects
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    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Only a fool like Bartomeu would offer a contract 9 months prior to seeing how they perform - this is the classic putting the cart before the horse
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    CL Round: Newcastle - Barca 1-2

    Lewandowski was getting battered and ref allowed it But agree, Fermin did not follow up the Valencia match with a very productive one but on balance I would continue to prefer him starting over Olmo - but there will be rotations anyway Araujo predictably gets little credit but did a great job
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    CL Round: Newcastle - Barca 1-2

    Take even less time to remove Lamine, Balde and players who didn't even get any minutes
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    8 - Pedri

    These players rarely get the headlines unless they have personalities or PR like Zizou for example. He is extraordinary, waiting on my newly ordered shirt of his to arrive - went with the mamba kit
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    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Plenty of time to weight that up, we're still 9 months from that decision - so much can happen between now & then He's exactly what I expected tbh, I didn't buy any of the ManYoo rubbish from fans & English pundits throwing him under the bus. All you have to do is see the consistency with...

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