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Brozovic used Barca as negotiating leverage, that was clear from the start. His dad played the Saudi with those cryptic messages, media leaks and he got 50% increase in his contract.

Not disagreeing with your post overall, but this part take it too far. You read other forums and social media and Pedri is very highly rated and thought for by non Barca fans, you look at wish list of top clubs and Frenkie is there for most of them. They aren't poster boy, that is for sure...

They denied it immediately

Lucho the visionary :alien: Samper injury ruined him tbf, he was overrated but he had enough talent to do a Gumbau/Collado type of career at least.

Mido (former Egyptian failed wonder boy) actually said something like that. he talked about he was surprised that the price of his shirt was deducted of his salary when he exchanged them, he was speaking about his time in Spurs. Considering he also played in Ajax, Liga, Ligue 1, Calcio before...

He isn't alone in that, whole Inter fanbase are like that. And Brozovic is just part of it, Inter is selling Onana for 50M

By this definition, non of those revenues are essential then. Barca isn't going to shut down the club. Seems? Based on what? Seems just like a personal bias based on feeling of Moral superiority if I may say. This seems to be based on us being "holier " than that. Which is total bs. Unless...

It is a cheap gamble, and he is a professional gambler. NBA was never bringing him back, too much of a package and big ego along media attention. He doesn't bring something on the table worth the trouble. Maybe if Josh Green turns into a top notch 3&D winger, teams might value him and he gets...

Absolutely. It is the plan, but no one wants to reduce his salaries. We are still paying Busquets and Alba good money even after what they gave up. We still pay only one guy 30% of Basketball section money, and he is telling us he won't forgive a penny. We still have massive contracts of...

Angelo Gabriel to Chelsea, we have 48 hours to match but likely we won't. 15M price, great deal for strasbourg.

There is zero chance this is true.

No one is claiming Rice is bad player or won't be a good addition, but the price is just ridiculous tbh. If he succeeds and became a world class starter for Arsenal for next 7+ years, no one will care about the price, but if he fails it will be the type of deal that kills a project tbh

When the deal was made, Enzo looked much better in CL and World Cup, was much younger at the time, had bigger hype and had more offensive output than Rice. Enzo is more of CM than CDM and likely to develop into more advanced role. Also he was overpriced as Chelsea wanted him in January...

I think Fresneda will be cheaper on annual books than Cancelo loan. 15M reported fee, on 5 years contract is 3M per year, would guess salary difference is bigger. Also, Brozovic will be 3 year contract due to his age, so 20M will be almost 7M per year amortisation Edit: Fresneda is closer to...

105M£ for CDM is insane

I never understood why his speed was in question tbh, he is clearly quick for a CF

Yeah, financially Bartomeu actually had a plan and it was viable one theoretically but needed everything to continue as it which didn't happen, and it lacked sporting vision/understanding. He surrounded himself with guys like Abidal and Fernandez who weren't good enough. To his credit, he...

Laporta did it for sure, but it was reasonable in comparison to other clubs when you factor success. Not perfect but you can get the logic, and he left a young team in football, and European champions in Basketball. IIRC We were never the biggest wage bill in the world under him. The only...

https://as.com/baloncesto/acb/mirotic-no-perdona-nada-n/ Mirotic doesn't want to leave money, and it may go to court

There is a rumour that Deco is gaining final say in transfers now. He and Xavi are obviously friends and have understanding but it seems the normal hierarchy is restored