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  1. khaled_a_d

    Barca squad/XI 2024/25

    The biggest question with Frenkie is fit with Pedri. He is hands down the 2nd best player among the potential candidates of the double pivot, after Pedri, but how both fit with each other is a big question. Frenkie is a ball hog, and plays a bit too vertical, and both him and Pedri rarely got...
  2. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    How soon though? Only Messi we know ends next summer, which is significant I guess but no one knows if amigos are still getting paid and if yes what is the terms of it. Lenglet is going to get paid until 2027, Umtiti until 2026, Frenkie deferred salary until 2026, Stegen until 2028, And...
  3. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    Having guys like Pena, Martin, Torres as main subs who has to play serious minutes. With players like Dom or Eric Garcia being really close from playing time considering injury history of Christensen & Araujo and the fact that Inigo might be leaving. I could add Fort to the list too as I hope he...
  4. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    This seems more of a wishful thinking tbh. Also, the question isn't if we can get a big name no 9, but on what expense? We will probably have to sell and not sign any other players, like we did last summer to get Olmo. At the end, Lewa contract was more or less a poisonous pill, he has so far...
  5. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    This has essentially never happened in recent memory, Halland joined after Aguero was out, Kane was signed after Ldwa was out, Mbappe joined after a year of Bellingham leaving. We also don't have the funds to have Lewa and his replacement at the same time, Lewa remains the player who impacts...
  6. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    I do like Marmoush, he is good player, and on top of that he was from an area that was just minutes away from where I am, and I even knew some folks he used to play amatuer ball with him. He had a very steady arch of improvement, from being at Wolfsburg II, loans in Bundesliga 2 and Stuttgart ...
  7. khaled_a_d

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    FIFA has been thinking about it for long, but that one is actually difficult. Because actual playing time is around 55 minutes per game. Footballers right now can't play 90 minutes effective playing time, and fans would hate it if the game is lasting beyond 3 hours for the sake of it. So to...
  8. khaled_a_d

    24 - Eric García

    Flick system protects the CDM player and allow them to just keep it simple. Casado, Eric and even Bernal before them. None of them were asked to do too much, which made them able to do the job well. Groetzka at Bayern too, and he was awful after him. This is unlike Xavi, who asks too much...
  9. khaled_a_d

    Iñaki Peña (loaned to Elche)

    Kochen was injured before Ter Stegen, Astralaga isn't showing anything better than Pena when he was in the B team.
  10. khaled_a_d

    Barca Transfers and Rumors

    Not a bad performance so far in 2nd half
  11. khaled_a_d

    Bundesliga

    Marmosh is exploding this year. Great start to his season.
  12. khaled_a_d

    21 - Frenkie de Jong

    No, Birdy argued about salary and not the cap hit. 23M is far from 37M.
  13. khaled_a_d

    FC Barcelona Finances

    I mean, Barca move is still a massive win for him. God a massive pay raise for a year and half, and then extra 700K from Barca while playing in Brazil.
  14. khaled_a_d

    Matheus Fernandes

    Arguably the worst player we ever had, at least in this century. 7M for 17 minutes, wasn't even good in Brazil, wasn't even a young prospect, wasn't good for R.Valladolid, wasn't good for Palmiras. Even Douglas was much better player, and he cost us half the amount.
  15. khaled_a_d

    Daniel Carvajal

    You know if they form a union, they will do the exact opposite, right? Less games = less money. Less teams = less players getting paid at top level. And because only small percentage of those players play that much. Cutting games, especially in the league, will mean less money for the lower...
  16. khaled_a_d

    Matheus Fernandes

    Good win for us.
  17. khaled_a_d

    Daniel Carvajal

    ACL injury confirmed, some reports it includes tendon and other ligaments. Tough break for him, big injury when he is almost 33 and on contract year.
  18. khaled_a_d

    21 - Frenkie de Jong

    In case there are some folks who still thinks shitology is a legit source. They have changed Frenkie salary after years of false reporting while saying it is "verified", I hope this put 37M figure to rest. https://www.capology.com/club/barcelona/salaries/
  19. khaled_a_d

    Arnau Pradas

    This article is from July, and usually half of it is filled with opinion rather than news. It is basically "they are negotiating, but not close to agreement " that has to be stretched into a full article.
  20. khaled_a_d

    Arnau Pradas

    This was done for them to get sold, and both had no first team aspirations at the time. Never mind it was already known that they had an agreement. Niether are the same as Prim. The key point is the one you have actually made, training with the first team. You lose nothing from doing it, you...

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