Coutinho was bought for marketing reasons. After Neymar left, we didn't have a big player who had a contract with Nike, our main sponsor.
Barcelona's analytical department and Valverde were against this transfer.
Obviously, this is the most failed transfer in Barcelona's history.
Well, look. Yes, we overpaid for Dembele, but it was potentially this very good transfer even with the overpayment. Dembele had gigantic potential. Just gigantic.
Could we have predicted that injuries would ruin him? By the way, we all know that under Valverde, training was enjoyable, becouse...
As long as there are people who still praise this lazy little ball-less dictator in this thread (admittedly, individually he is indeed the best in history) I will remind people that he is responsible for Barcelona's failures (especially in the Champions League) both in terms of play and...
https://learning.coachesvoice.com/tactical-analysis-liverpool-4-barcelona-0/
The hosts also managed to play through single pivot Fabinho on several occasions, as neither Lionel Messi nor Luis Suarez offered any significant help in Barcelona’s defensive phases. When drawing the Barca block over...
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Press like this with his best friend?
Don't make people laugh.
Yes, it is a TEAM sport, which is why Leo has to run and labor without the ball with the team. No one is asking him to run 12km per match, but give the team at least 9-10km.
Pep, Xavi, Luis Enrique, Flick, Emery.... Every system coach appreciates this guy, and only barcaforum users lying on the couch with a can of beer in their hands think he is an average player who is not worthy to play in Barcelona.
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I don't agree that Messi has stronger partners in the national team, than CR.
I don't think it's necessary to discuss Leo's success in Argentina in the context of the problem we're talking about, because:
1) national team and club games are on different planes.
2) Leo...
It's not the only one I'm highlighting. But his lazy play without the ball is the ONE of the main reasons for our problems in the Champions League since the 2013-2014 season and since 2017.
The problem is that when one of your players practically doesn't work without the ball, you have to...
When Pep was in the team, everything was fine. Messi ran enough.
Then there was a period when he started to get lazy. Luis Enrique came in - with whom he had a conflict - and I'm sure the reason was Leo's lazy play without the ball. They found a solution and came to an agreement. So, under Luis...
And I'm not arguing that Messi is individually the best player in History. I don't think he should have been hard pressed to work without the ball, but he should have been running without the ball at least at the level of today's 37 year old Lewandowski. A team in modern football cannot be...