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Not on the Xavi hype-train, but when his signing is good for one thing, it is for the development of our young midfielders. Nico, Gavi and Pedri are all talented, but with Xavi at least two of them should develop into world-class players. There is room for improvement for FDJ too. Before...

As if him being there would change anything. As president he has other things to do than jetting to Qatar to sign a new coach. Would been a different story if it was for a major sponsorship deal. In Xavi's case, the club sent the two highest people in the pecking order of sporting belongings...

Well, we get a new coach after international break and he needs to continue the cycle of coming back from an injury and having a new coach.

Rumour has it that Dembele was only declared fit for 15 game minutes for last game by medical team. Dembele himself offered to play longer due to the importance of the game. The consequence of it is that he'll be out for around 3 weeks, so he might miss the game against Benfica too.

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Think we have to distinguish between his financial and sporting decisions. What him and the club did was probably better for the upcoming years financially, but hurts us massively in the short term. It can be seen on the pitch week in, week out. Laying the blame on the doorstep of Koeman would...

Pain. Luckily extended his contract already this year until 2024.

Legitimate replacement for Ilaix by the looks of it...

Although I don't think current board would do it the Barto way, I believe it is more because Xavi doesn't want to burn bridges with the Qataris. According to Edu Polo (who seems to have good links with Xavi's camp): - Everything clear between Barca and Xavi. He'll earn less than in Qatar and a...

Not a Ballon D'Or performance (not that I expected one), but his electrifying pace has that wow-factor you rarely see at Barcelona games now with Leo and some other greats gone. Braindead or not, his opponents have respect for him because it is a standout-attribute. People also forget that he...

Yes, I'd also say it's Koeman's preferred 4-2-3-1. Best line-up available. We'd better don't need input from the bench though.

Nothing unusual after a longer knee injury, because the other knee has to carry more load. It would be more worrying if the issues were in his left knee.

Don't think that's the case. He just joined group training on Monday and they see it as too early. Sport is reporting he is gonna get some minutes at the weekend.

Next three games - FC.

In the end he assisted the goal of Aguero, but like I said after people were praising him for his golazo for the US:

Given how Koeman has handled players coming back from longer injuries: No! 20 minutes at the end of the game max.

I still hope that they have already an agreement for a new coach for upcoming season. The fact that we still don't have a sporting director makes me hope that Laporta hires Overmars and Ten Hag.

His bad performance in the Clasico can be explained by the fact of him playing half injured with an issue in his hamstrings. I agree that he didn't develop like expected. Is the player really to blame though with coaches like Valverde, Setien and Koeman? There might be a reason behind it when...

True. There are some things to consider. By the end of his contract, he'll be fully amortised and all he costs the club then is his salary. If you get a replacement and have to pay a fee, the cost of that replacement will be amortisation + salary for the length of his contract. Who can we...

I'd be more optimistic towards the game if Araujo was available.