FinBarcelonafan
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Truth. We are in trouble.
Endrick
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Truth. We are in trouble.
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
Of course Endrick would reject us, just like Haaland did. There is really nothing we can do, we are a ship wreck with our current financial situation and La Liga's noose on us. We can't compete on money or trophies right now with clubs like Madrid. And it is going to stay that way for a couple of years until we get our wage bill and finances in order and when the Nou Camp Nou starts bearing fruit.
That's why it is even more crucial for us to find the hidden gems and try to identify and lock them up before other clubs approach them and prices skyrocket. Brazil and France are churning out a lot of talent, so do other countries, we need to be very smart in our scouting. Now we are almost like Dortmund (however we won't turn into Dortmund as a club whose business model is on selling players to replenish) where a lot of oldies are gone and there are plenty of rooms and opportunities for younger players to prove and establish themselves, there is no reason why we can't find and attract those players that clubs like Dortmund, Sevilla etc. are finding.
Deco needs to get to work. There are other gems in Brazil for sure.
That's why it is even more crucial for us to find the hidden gems and try to identify and lock them up before other clubs approach them and prices skyrocket. Brazil and France are churning out a lot of talent, so do other countries, we need to be very smart in our scouting. Now we are almost like Dortmund (however we won't turn into Dortmund as a club whose business model is on selling players to replenish) where a lot of oldies are gone and there are plenty of rooms and opportunities for younger players to prove and establish themselves, there is no reason why we can't find and attract those players that clubs like Dortmund, Sevilla etc. are finding.
Deco needs to get to work. There are other gems in Brazil for sure.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Predictable how Barca media will react.
Enrick really wanted to come and fell in love with city etc.. but couldnt match the offer of Real.
Then they will start to use Lamine Yamal as the clubs bet and compare it to time Robinho signed for Real and Barca didnt try as had Messi coming through.
Enrick really wanted to come and fell in love with city etc.. but couldnt match the offer of Real.
Then they will start to use Lamine Yamal as the clubs bet and compare it to time Robinho signed for Real and Barca didnt try as had Messi coming through.
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
Exactly, we should just copy Madrid's approach. Their penchant on locking up these young players (teenagers), especially Brazilian ones is a low risk, high reward approach. Don't know what the heck we are doing.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Barca doesnt have the money that Real does and is not as big a draw.
It is very unlikely get better of them even if competing for these players.
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
We might not be able to directly compete with Madrid on the players both clubs want right now, but we should be able to compete on some other players, especially if other clubs have not started approaching them yet. We might not have the same pull as Madrid does in Brazil, but we should still have a very big pull there as traditionally we had been big in Brazil in the past. Plenty of fish in the sea, if we can't get the top ones, at least do our homework to identify and unearth the next ones and start doing the groundwork.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
The issue just now is also the first team still has some clear holes in it and dont have much to spend at all.
It is very unlikely they spend anything have on players not ready to come into first team now.
They will be looking in Brazil always.
iniestaGOAT
Senior Member
Bro they are spending 70m on 16 year old
This is high risk high reward not low risk
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
70m in the grand scheme of things, especially in today’s world is not much of a high risk at all, considering how much players are selling for these days and the highly promising nature of him. If he ends up half as good as what he is supposed to be, it is not a bad deal for Madrid.
Madrid has been gambling on youngsters and there had been both some hits and misses, the hits (such as Vinicius and Rodrygo) alone already got their money back. Unfortunately we didn’t have the foresight or money to do the same. It is not too late for us.
iniestaGOAT
Senior Member
What are you smoking? We are in no position to gamble 70m on little kids who will only be able to play for us after two years.
Also his YouTube videos are hot garbage no football IQ
Luftstalag14
Culé de Celestial Empire
Sure, we just keep spending big money on the likes of Ferran Torres and keep plucking the holes with some band aids here and there, and keep trailing behind Madrid and other clubs. No wonder why we continue to struggle.
wisconsincule
Senior Member
Looks to be signing for Madrid? Hopefully he flops. Odds are against Vinicius, Rodrygo and this guy all working out.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
That is not a correct comparison.
Whether Torres is good value or not the point is team needs players now for first team and that is the intention.
They dont have that money to spend on future players as it stands.
MTL_Barca
Well-known member
Well that's more on Torres being underwhelming, but when we bought him we absolutely needed a starter to reinforce the attack.
And going forward we'll have to keep doing that, we need a new midfielder and a new RB starter (or another CB if Kounde stays playing RB). LB we might get lucky with Balde but who knows. Only in attack we could invest into a future gamble right now but even there another LW and CF could be needed quite soon.
If Coutinho & Griezmann didn't flop completely we may be in a position to gamble right now, but because they (and Dembele for the most part of his Barca career) were simultaneously expensive and useless the squad is severely lacking.
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