Basically we need someone who will do a Pep and send some guys packing during the first meeting.
Someone, who walks into a room and says Philippe and Ivan pack your bags and find a new club, I don't count on you. Gerard, Luis and Sergio, you are on the bench now. If you don't agree, you are getting sold. No friendships and arse licking, just straight business.
It was not only Pep.
Rijkaard has done the same in 2003'.
That is the only way to turn the page and to remove bad habits and loser's atmosphere.
Our team in 2002-03 was:
Gk: Bonano, Enke, Valdes
Defenders: Reiziger, Frank De Boer, Andersson, Puyol, Christanval, Sorin, Oleguer
Midfielders: Xavi, Cocu, Riquelme, Gerard, Rochemback, Mendieta, Lucho, Gabri, Motta, Iniesta
Forwards: Kluivert, Saviola, Dani Garcia
Who was forced to leave:
Gks:
Kept: Valdes
Sold: Bonano, Enke
Defense:
Kept: Reiziger, Puyol, Oleguer
Sold: Frank De Boer, Andersson, Christanval, Sorin
Midfield:
Kept: Xavi, Cocu, Gerard, Lucho, Motta, Iniesta, Gabri
Sold: Mendieta, Rochemback, Riquelme
Attack:
Kept: Kluivert, Saviola
Sold: Dani Garcia
So, out of 23 players who played in a season 2002/03, Rijkaard sold 10 players RIGHT AWAY.
And out of 13 players whom he kept from a previous team, after the first season, he sold also Reiziger, Cocu, Lucho, Kluivert, Saviola.
So, out of 23 players with loser's mentality from 2002/03, 12 Months later, Rijkaard sold 10+5 of them.
And in the end kept only 8 players from a previous era:
Valdes aged 21, Xavi 23, Iniesta 19, Puyol 25, Oleguer 23, Motta 21, Gabri 24, Gerard Lopez 24
Those players were young, hungry and motivated.
Had 0 CL trophies won, and only a few of them won 1 La Liga before that (Xavi with Van Gaal and Gerard with Valencia).
So, we had a team with 2 players who actually won ANY trophy in their career iirc
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Of course that they were running like crazy, fighting and cried after winning a CL in 2006.
For example, today:
Messi has 8 La Ligas and 4 Cls
Busi has 8 La Ligas and 3 CLs, 1 World cup and 2 Euros
Pique has 8 La Ligas and 3 Cls,1 World cup and 2 Euros
No successful story ever started with words: we had a team filled with 32 years old players who have won everything in their career, who currently have zero motivation and zero fighting spirit and we have built a team around them which will dominate the world in the upcoming years...