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  1. khaled_a_d

    Joan Laporta

    Both are great, but it will be weird transition in Barca.
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    Emerson

    Roberto is 29 in a season derailed with injuries while having 1 year left in contract. If we get decent fee from him and keep Emerson I am ok with it, I just don't see it happening.
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    Premier League 2020/2021

    The term isn't about spending, but more about how it comes. Manu fans will never believe that City raised that money organically. While for them, they grew massively and step by step under SAF
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    Ronald Koeman

    Nah, they needed immediate wage relief and the easiest players to push out are the ones with short contracts, as they are the ones who will seek longer deals elsewhere rather than being benched in last year in contract.
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    Luis Suárez

    We can discuss how we would be better or worse with Suarez till end of the year, but at the end the decision wasn't really about the team but more about finances. He was on big wages, we needed to cut it from any other player not named Messi (as Bartou wanted him to stay). Vidal, Rakitic were...
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    Emerson

    This. Unless we find a way to sell S.Roberto, Emerson will most likely be sold to raise funds for another position.
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    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    About that, I think of him as very good developmental coach which is the perfect coach for Barca B tbh, as it is a developmental team that its only purpose is developing players for 1st team. Not get fans excited, not getting results, just developing players. His results could be argued to be...
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    Ernesto Valverde

    Hmmm, what you said in first paragraph still doesn't explain how he is responsible for 3rd humiliations, like at all
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    Phil Foden

    The term academy product is really flawed anyway and there is no consistent rule for it. Busquets/Puyol/Pedro has arrived at the age of 17, and we consider them Barca product, while considering Cesc,Alba & Eric Garcia as La Masia product too for whatever reason, despite leaving in younger age...
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    Ernesto Valverde

    This. I even disliked it when they renewed him in Jan 2019, and said he was better off as 2 years stop gap before getting ourselves someone new for more youth movement
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    Lionel Messi - v7

    Players like him won't be able to stay in rhythm that way, but he should be more rested than ever
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    Premier League 2020/2021

    No fans tbf, they had one of the best supporters in EPL
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    Samuel Umtiti

    He got his legacy as world cup winner, his money and stayed long enough for great club & city Good for him tbh, only problem that Barca is the one paid for it.
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    Cr150

    Didn't Luca Toni finish as top scorer when he was 37? Immobile failed in both Germany and Spain, and now he is scoring goals left and right when he is back. People can talk shit about level of Liga right now, but it is still much stronger than Calcio, more difficult to score in for strikers...
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    Gerard Piqué

    We had 4 captains since Pep arrived at least, maybe even before him but not so sure
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    Gerard Piqué

    Nope. Pique actually was surpassed by both Busquets and Mascherano as team captains despite having first team seniority on them. Ronaldinho was also voted ahead of Xavi iirc and at least ahead of many players who have been there more. Only when 4 voted captains are out, it depends on seniority
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    Victor Font

    He didn't shy from questions about it either, and has been the most detailed of all candidates about it from what I have seen. And those bankers actually presented his economic ideas before (the whole selling some assets to fans,and buying it back in few years after paying short debt) Of...
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    Ronald Koeman

    xG (expected goals), it is a supposed count of what goals you should have scored based on the angle of the shooting and positioning (based on statistical calculations of thousands of goals). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zPZsLGK18 Helpful tool, but many folks overrate it
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    Victor Font

    From what I've seen he is more invested this time, doing some campaigning, meetings etc, he also made peace with the old guard and the media which hurt him last time. His ad in Madrid was good PR move, also he has been mostly saying the right things, presenting economy plan while already having...
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    Gerard Piqué

    I think Pique is very underrated leader, he is an important figure in the club and many players speak highly of him. Being a bit of a "joker" doesn't mean he isn't a leader IMO. I would keep Pique for another season, but hopefully we make a good signing too. Pique-Araujo-Garcia-New Signing is...

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