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  1. khaled_a_d

    Erling Haaland

    Promises? Laporta avoided naming them this time like a plague. He is also not the media best friend, so the theory that he is using them is just another bs. It is most likely that since he is widely considered the overwhelming favourite, media will need to use him for rumors of signing big...
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    Josep Maria Bartomeu

    Madrid isn't in any better situation than us, and they went for overrated expensive players from Brazil. Bayern have been in bad situation before Flick, they weren't getting that much of credit before it City has other clubs to same ownership that they use. And PSG never had players or squad...
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    Ronald Koeman

    This horizontal highlines is the future of football atm, and yes it needs fast players and those switches, I agree. I argued since Bayern game that pacey defense and DM are the main concerns atm, without those you can't play modern football. You also need quick attacker to counter other team...
  4. khaled_a_d

    How to approach the rebuild

    I still stick to my point. You need a smoother transition, Busquets needs to be gone, I suspect Pique would want out now but I would prefer him staying over Lenglet. It will be his decision most likely. Alba and Roberto needs to stay tbh, with Messi it is all about salary. I prefer selling...
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    Sergio Busquets

    Busquets is also overplayed
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    Josep Maria Bartomeu

    It was difficult tbh, players like those made many of our transfer target cautious of joining here and not getting playing time. We could have got Dembele for 15M if we didn't have MSN, but he looked and them and declined our offer because he wasn't going to get minutes there.
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    Sergio Busquets

    I think Pique will ask out at the end of the year, going to a less demanding team (either retirement league or a team that is more defensive) He is the one who offered an exit at the end of last year, showed most passion between veterans and decided against surgery this year, for me all...
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    Ronald Koeman

    Again, the problem is/was the alternatives. Umtiti right now is utter garbage, he is like a CB worse version of Arda, he isn't even a serious footballers. Mingueza is terrible player too. Those 2 won't have change the outcome of this combination, they are equally bad at best It is more like...
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    Clément Lenglet

    EV priority was to protect defense, which hide the limitation of such player. Pique was also still decent and covered him a lot. When those protection removed, he was exposed badly, especially in highline defense. He better move to a team like ATM for example
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    Ronald Koeman

    It is 50 shades of shit. Thinking they are making difference is wishful thinking IMHO. I would say Pique and Lenglet is 10% better than Umtiti, which is a statement on how bad Umtiti is more than anything else. Mingueza might be closer to their level, but that is it. He also failed us against...
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    Ronald Koeman

    Umtit is worse than both, and Mingueza is a 2nd division level of player. Pjanic has been also bad. We were choosing between bunch horrible options. Is it unfair to say it would be same result with them? Maybe, but in that case it is equally unfair to say it would have been better with them.
  12. khaled_a_d

    Ronald Koeman

    I am also with him staying another year, he is good in developing players and give a team a new style and direction, and modern one for that matter. He is doing what fans wanted EV to do, make changes and play attacking style with our old farts still there. Change takes time and sacrifices...
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    Sergio Busquets

    Busquets best , and most underrated, season here was 14-15 season when Xavi was on the bench, I would argue that Busquets carried and hid Xavi shortcomings in his last few years more than the opposite. Post 2011 Xavi was really overrated tbh He still put a good show in 15-16 too. But Busquets...
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    Gerard Piqué

    putas is in itself an insult, but it is one that is very regular that friends will say to each other without taking it too seriously
  15. khaled_a_d

    Ernesto Valverde

    And a far worse results tbh They are both judged harshly, one was asked to win with an old squad (and he did) while the other is asked to rebuild with awful squad, and he is doing this
  16. khaled_a_d

    Gerard Piqué

    https://streamable.com/cq0w7c [Barcelona 1 - 1 PSG 39'] Piqu?: ?Just one f***ing long possession, f**k!? Griezmann: ?Calm down, stop yelling...your mother?s c**t.? Piqu?: ?No, your mother?s c**t, we are suffering and running like crazy people.?
  17. khaled_a_d

    Ronald Koeman

    That is why I didn't quote you, because this argument has been here from several people. The answer is of coarse yes actually. If Pep wasn't willing to learn the language, then he isn't Barca Pep Guardiola, He is poor man version of it. Pep has put Hleb in his doghouse when he refused to learn...
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    Ronald Koeman

    Rijkaard spoke Spanish well, and iirc he even pushed foreign player to speakthe language, even cited his preference of Valdes over Rustu due to language barriers (during start of his first season) Speaking the language has been always a huge priority for top clubs, yes sometimes an exception...
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    Josep Maria Bartomeu

    Sorry, not used to my phone new keyboard :D
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    Josep Maria Bartomeu

    It was a joke, since Hiratio is big fan of both

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