Champions League

Rassvet

Well-known member
They will leave, step-by-step. Pique and Busquets I think won't be here past this next season. Alba is a tricky one.

The goal is to rebuild while remaining competitive.

That should be the goal, but if the Neymar rumors are true then it's not what Laporta is pursuing
 

FCBfan22

Senior Member
All in all, I'm happy no matter who wins.

If City wins, Guardiola will prove that he can still win the CL. And without Leo.

If Chelsea wins, Tuchel will hand one of the biggest Ls in football history to PSG.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
That is the power of winning and winning with style. Never seen someone so giddy when they talk about workhorse teams (who don't win the big prize anyway) like Juve or AM. :lol:
 

Porque

Senior Member
To be honest, there's no point even thinking of a top manager first approach like Tuchel (example) until both the seniors and Messi is gone too.

Messi is putting the numbers where it doesn't make sense to replace him, and we don't have the money to either, but his influence is too much for tactics to overrule him in matches.

Then there is his influences on the club transfers. How many years have we spent chasing Neymars return, or Aguero before that, or De Maria before that.

A competitive team does not mean profiles to make the team better, it means individuals Messi likes that he thinks he can play well with. That is a problem.

Look at Liverpool, City, Chelsea. One thing none of these have are legacy players in the lineup. They can sign, sell and replace unbiasedly.

Meanwhile we're going to go into the 2021/2022 season with Alba, Pique, Busquets and Messi as our core players on every line in the team. One decade later they are all still here throwing BBQs or meeting the head of UEFA with our president. Think about it.

Good luck having Tuchel or Nagelsmann coming in and trying to imprint his methodology. Tuchel was already being questioned for his ideas with the big egos and fans of PSG. Imagine here. While Klopp would probably do a Camacho and leave within a month.

It is what it is.
 

Jenks

Senior Member
Mount and Foden taking their boyhood clubs to the Champions League final is nice. They've been with them since they were seven or eight years old.
 

serghei

Senior Member
To be honest, there's no point even thinking of a top manager first approach like Tuchel (example) until both the seniors and Messi is gone too.

Messi is putting the numbers where it doesn't make sense to replace him, and we don't have the money to either, but his influence is too much for tactics to overrule him in matches.

Then there is his influences on the club transfers. How many years have we spent chasing Neymars return, or Aguero before that, or De Maria before that.

A competitive team does not mean profiles to make the team better, it means individuals Messi likes that he thinks he can play well with. That is a problem.

Look at Liverpool, City, Chelsea. One thing none of these have are legacy players in the lineup. They can sign, sell and replace unbiasedly.

Meanwhile we're going to go into the 2021/2022 season with Alba, Pique, Busquets and Messi as our core players on every line in the team. One decade later they are all still here throwing BBQs or meeting the head of UEFA with our president. Think about it.

Good luck having Tuchel or Nagelsmann coming in and trying to imprint his methodology. Tuchel was already being questioned for his ideas with the big egos and fans of PSG. Imagine here. While Klopp would probably do a Camacho and leave within a month.

It is what it is.

Well said.
 

Gaudi

Senior Member
It is interesting though to see how much faster teams play in comparison with spanish sides.
It looks no one told spanish teams tempo is the new thing in town.
 

Morten

Senior Member
It is interesting though to see how much faster teams play in comparison with spanish sides.
It looks no one told spanish teams tempo is the new thing in town.

Too many old players out there, difficult to keep up.
Our midfield looks great when they can control the tempo of the game, but when they dont...
 

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