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I think that the explanation is rather simple. Leonardo took over and wants to create a genuine team rather than a collection of a few individual stars with egos the size of Siberia. Neymar never really having settled in Paris, Ligue 1 being Ligue 1 and the Qatari ambitions of becoming the...

El Ministerio de Hacienda, al rescate del Barça.:worthy: I could not have imagined that the Ministry of Finance would come to our rescue and turn into a great ally of ours. We just need Nasser and Leonardo to change their tune and declare Neymar untransferable. Talk about desperation and...

Djokovic has only lost 5 times against Nadal and Federer in Grand Slam Finals. The US Open final in 2007 as a 19 year old against a prime Federer, the US Open final in 2010 against a prime Nadal, the French Open final in 2012 against Nadal (the best clay player in tennis history by far - nobody...

Firpo is a "crack" offensively but more of a wing-back than an actual left back in a 4-3-3. In many ways echoing Alba's early career. However Alba is 30 years old and mostly remains in his prime. Not sure if Firpo is willing to warm the bench for an extended period of time as I don't see Alba...

Djokovic.:worthy: Huge credit to Federer as well but Djokovic will eventually beat all the records.

The best player in the world, Messi, can never be a problem on his own. The problem in recent years have been the utter lack of sporting project and long-term planning from the board and absurd managerial appointments exemplified with the likes of Valverde or before that Martino. That and the...

Rico is claiming that the club expects to sell Rafinha for a similar transfer fee as what Denis Suárez went for. Something in the range of €10-15 million. The negotiations with Valencia are ongoing. I have to say that this is a very optimistic goal given Rafinha's injury history and the fact...

If Neymar will be bought there will not be room for Coutinho nor Dembélé in the squad nor would it be financially foreseeable. Not sure how anyone can even entertain such an idea to begin with. It should be painfully obvious to everyone except for the well-known trolls on this forum. Coutinho...

Sport is reporting that Neymar will return to Paris on Monday where he will meet up with Leonardo and once again tell of his wish to leave PSG for Barça as he did before going on holidays. https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/neymar-viaja-manana-paris-para-hablar-con-psg-7552595 The board is...

MD wrote about those statements earlier today. Apparently during the presentation of Neto (Kia is the agent of Neto as well) Bartomeu and Segura told Joorabchian that Coutinho is not for sale but since then André Cury has been trying to include Coutinho in possible Neymar deal.:lol...

ceWT3AK1SeI hWVsoFjQJyY Natàlia Arroyo wrote a great article for Ara about the many tactical options that the Griezmann transfer enables. https://www.ara.cat/esports/barca/antoine-griezmann-encaix-barca-navalla-valverde_0_2268973276.html

Griezmann is without a doubt a world class player. No sane person can deny that. An elite player in fact and in my top 5 of best offensive players out there currently. In isolation his purchase is great as well. The club bought a proven goalscorer, playmaker (in terms of assists and linkup...

11 days later and all 4 have been signed. Impressive. Have to give credit to the work of Nacho Rodríguez. The team that we are building is arguably one of the strongest European teams ever. On paper that is. Will be exciting to see how it will work in practice. The expectations will be huge but...

Let us not kid ourselves. With Malmierda at the helm Suárez is untouchable. So provided that Neymar will somehow not be bought (I am still convinced that we will end up signing him) our attack will be the same old attack with Griezmann replacing Coutinho on the "left", Suárez playing upfront...

Coutinho was always an overrated fraud of a player if you ask me. Warned against his signing in May 2017 and openly wrote on this forum that he would turn into a flop, even more so as he was branded as the "ideal replacement" of Don Andrés.:lol: Griezmann and Neymar are not comparable with...

If we get rid of Coutinho, Dembélé and other players deemed transferable if the right offer arrives (Umtit, Rakitic etc.), the useless board will buy Neymar 100%. Neymar wants out (desperately) and PSG are open to getting rid of him as well as they have learned from 2 failed seasons in a row and...

Not sure in which universe a starting lineup composed of a 33 year old Suárez that offers little defensively and in terms of pressing nowadays, a 32 year old Messi who is even worse on that front, 27 year old (28 year old at the time of the CL knockout stage next year) Neymar of all players and...

That was my initial point. It happens way to rarely that we end up signing German players let alone players bought directly from the Bundesliga. In past decades that was more understandable due to the significant difference in playing style and the strengths and weaknesses of the average German...

Luckily he has been rather straightforward in all of his interviews. Just told that he expects to start most matches. Great stuff. The dinosaurs in the team that he will compete against better prepare their season tickets and player seats at the bench.

I cannot imagine anything else other than Griezmann becoming a Barça player before Monday when the training restarts.