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Xavi already seems to be making an impact at Barcelona with Nico offering some insight into some of the new coach’s methods on the training ground. “He is talking to everyone and is very close. At the end of training he comes and tells you what he wants from you. He helps us a lot and is...

According to German paper "Sport Bild" everything suggests that he'll become Haaland's successor at BVB and follow into his footsteps.

Tbh I really thought his future is German Bundesliga. However, the fact that Barca has been after him for a long time (way before the hype around him started) might help in tempting him to move to Barcelona. La Liga table obviously looks bad at the moment, but we'll see if Xavi can develop them...

Last year it was 38 La Liga + 6+2 CL games + 6 Copa + 2 Supercopa = 54 games Pedri played 53, FDJ and Griezmann 51 games. Dembele ranked 8th with 44 appearances and 11th if you count game time. FDJ had 4.492 minutes compared to 1st ranked Pedri in appearances with 3.526 minutes. Just didn't...

Btw, numbers of games in each season since he joined the club: 17/18: 24 games 18/19: 42 games 19/20: 9 games 20/21: 44 games

Exemplary effect of Dani Alves already coming to fruition. :coffee:

Getting a new coach during international break must be one of the most annoying combinations in terms of media reports. Xavi hasn't even trained most of the players in the squad, but is already after every other player on the market. :lol:

Scored a penalty and a back-heel goal for the Netherlands today. Game not over yet. 11 goals in 9 matches.

3 minutes too late is still 1hour and 27 minutes before training is starting. :dembele:

Never believed this would happen and always though this was kinda joke or Alves mentioning Barcelona in an interview to get attention from other clubs that he is a free agent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZnsgRzj89M Ladies and gentlemen, this is Dani Alves at 38yo, still playing better...

At the moment it is really hard to even train most of the things as two thirds of the squad aren't there. Who says Xavi will take still part when our internationals are back? There is also a big difference between "recently" retired Xavi taking part in training sessions and old average Setien...

Haha true People just overreacting and reading way too much into everything. It's just his first week, most of our players aren't even there yet and the first game hasn't even been played. Not that we will be able to say much after the first few games. It's just a human thing. Most people are...

I'm okay with it if he earns something like 5k a month, but getting a 38yo Alves back shows which state the club is in. He'll undoubtedly be good for the chemistry in the locker room and maybe there is a (nearer) future plan with him like training under Xavi and then working as a youth coach...

I believe it when I see it.

True. 1458287997502242817 10k over the span of 3 seasons are peanuts for Pique. It can help massively whoever gets it (I guess it will be donated to people in need) though.

Everybody was expecting that Planes will be gone after the election of Laporta because he is Bartomeu's man. Surprisingly, his contract got extended for 2 years by the new board as Laporta and Alemany were convinced by Planes' work in the sporting structure of the club. Now we have to wait and...

Sell to the highest bidder. Need the money for replacements more than we need him. Won't happen though. He is enjoying the Barcelona nightlife way too much and will only leave once his contract ends.

Need to wait and see. Might be that Xavi is taking a way more powerful role than previous coaches and that's the reason why Planes left days after his appointment. If the club replaces Ramon Planes by Jordi Cruyff, you know that Xavi is THE man.

That's probably because none with a say told him that it was needed for him to step down. Koeman always played him, Laporta seems to have a close relationship with him. Not only he knows how to play the people game, but also other experienced like Lenglet or Umtiti aren't any better than him...

Don't know. Turning up in a Lamborghini at the training facilities just after scoring his first goal for the club might not have gone well within the staff and board. I'm all for granting and fulfilling yourself a dream and he obviously earned the cash to get one, but this doesn't change the...