realistically speaking only 2 clubs were in the running - city and psg. city pulled the trigger for grealish and were caught by surprise, psg moved quick and offered a better deal overall(see the argentina games prioritization clause) + he has friends there.
psg slightly better than current...
mate, he wasn't just another player we bought off from some random team. he was raised in barcelona and became synonymous with the club.
never ever we should have let him go and not in the way we did. waning powers but still best player in the club and in the world. he was decisive for us week...
that, or just fans around the world that were influenced by the media. they then like to act smug and talk about no player being bigger than the club and all that.
if lionel messi isn't 'mister fc barcelona' personified, i don't know who else is. shitting on your best ever player that brought...
this is the way fc barcelona operates. apart from a couple of exceptions, we ditched every star player we had. many times without logic or a plan on how to replace them.
and some people in here were crying that we're not as ruthless as madrid :lol:
Irrespective of that, he was also another player the club booted out like a dog. In a long line of players that received this treatment. Messi being the recent example.