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I don't know if you already heard, but while mentioning Espai Barca I was referring to some dirty businesses Barto and his board, keyword: Overpaying. There were some reports about it in Catalan Media some weeks ago. The internal audit brought this one up. I hope Laporta is talking about that...

Bullshit. Laporta and Guardiola have a very close relationship and he already knows that Pep will stay at City. Coming back in 2 years after Leo left to the US and rebuilding Barca from the scratch sounds more like something Pep would do. Xavi as coach of the B-team or Guardiola assistant is...

We are in a transition phase, not in a transition year. Younger, specialized DMs that have the quality to play here don't grow on trees. Gini will be a stopgap to let replacements develop while Busquets will slowly get phased out. We don't have the best offense of all time, but scoring isn't...

Guess the topics will be: Results of audit/due diligence Espai Barca Super League sporting direction economic situation of the club

I agree on the fact that Busi is the best midfielder in the passing department. I also agree that he was great in many games last season. You need to play 3 at the back to get the best out of Busquets though which brings other weaknesses to light. I doubt that we'll see that system very often...

FDJ and Leo. Let's not act as if Wijnaldum has two left legs. His passing is better than Vidal/Paulinho and good enough to find a teammate. Leo's game is very different to what it was 5 years ago and I don't think he would stop dropping deep with prime Xavi and Iniesta behind him. Barca should...

Sign-on fee might be key here. You can have a lower salary and still get more in the end because you get a sign-on fee of let's say 5M. He surely won't get a "loyalty" bonus on top of a raise if he's at Liverpool. Length of contract plays a role too. I don't know how many years Liverpool offered...

I'm cool with him if he takes FDJ spot and FDJ takes Busquets' spot. We lacked power and physicality against strong sides and he provides that.

Is TV3 reliable, especially with the new board? I feel bad for Koeman if that's really what they told him in the meeting. This doesn't really sound like something Laporta would do, but you never know. The obvious is that they talked about Wijnaldum, but Koeman's agent was there too which...

Your agent doesn't show up with a lawyer when you just talk about club's interest. You take your lawyer with you when you negotiate the contract. Things are already serious and I'm sure everything will be settled before Euro2020 starts. Maybe we'll have to wait for something official from the...

First and foremost you should be a good defender and Araujo has all the necessary traits to be one. I'm tired of those ball-playing defenders who get bullied around by physical strikers and pacey wingers. Araujo should be a clear starter next year, especially if we go back to a backline of 4.

I'm disappointed about the performances against top teams, but he undoubtedly made the team fitter and he didn't get the signings he wanted last summer. The injury of Ansu was a major hit as he was very effective and the only attacker on form by that time. He clearly didn't trust many bench...

Aguero, Wijnaldum, Garcia and Emerson. Depay pending on Koeman's future. I like Laporta's offensive approach tbh. Of course, with all of those free agents you must be quick anyway, but signing players early kinda pressures players in the squad to find a new club or else they'll rot in the stands.

Laporta must be pretty confident to offload some of the lazy asses if media reports are to believed and Aguero, Wijnaldum, Garcia pretty much done deals. Depay pending Koeman's future. Emerson seems to join the club too. 4 of them are free, but their wages must be afforded too which is...

Let's hope Klopp didn't run him into the ground and he still has some energy in him unlike Pjanic. Then, and only then, he'll be a win for us.

Of course he is not gonna leave without the club paying the difference between his wages to what another club will offer him. I'm not even sure if he is interested in that as no decent club with prestige will be after him. As things look now he is physically finished on a professional level...

But Bartomeu was the one who gave them well-paid longterm contracts although they were entering their decline already, which makes it even harder to get rid of them. Right now only Alba is worth his money. Never was his biggest fan, but I gotta admit that. Crazy that Sergi Roberto is earning...

Free players on a rather low salary aren't what got the club in this mess. Anything that happened after Neymar with overspending for Dembele, Coutinho and Griezmann is what the club got into this mess. When you spend 450M on 3 players and only one of them becomes a fixed part in your first XI...

lol Bayern isn't dropping Flick for Nagelsmann. Flick is dropping Bayern for the DFB-team. That's why those Barca rumours are ridiculous. He has been Low's right hand and becoming his successor one day always has been his dream. Not every coach has the ambition to be a club manager over coaching...

Felix would be another square peg in a round hole. Hard pass.