Erling Haaland

[iniestaGOAT]

Barcelona always had an attacker who carries ton of load, who is a superstar player.
Other than Messi, I fail to see which one we "made" tbh.
Neymar, Suarez, Villa, Henry, Eto, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Romario, Kluivert etc were all big and marquee signing.
Has been that way for few decades, way before we had the La Masia rush.

We tried to make our own superstar again with Fati and Dembele, failed miserably with both.

Please. XAavi Iniesta never needed anybody to carry them.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

I don't know about that. I see Laporta a pretty stubborn man and president.

Every Barca preisdent try untill the last moment and go to extreme lengths to get their star. Excetpt barto. He simply didnt care.

 

[Raketa10]

Dude, Barca had the most successful team of its history with 9 or 10 starters coming from La Masia.

Then I am telling you one more time, you are using the term 'star player' in an very openly defined sense to suit your argument.
Example:
Galactico/Marquee signing is : Both Kaka AND CR7 to RM in 2009
Galactico/Marquee signing is NOT: Dani Alves to Barca in 2009, Eto'o to Barca in 2004

Then you count these guys as 'stars' because they turned out to be pretty damn good for our playing style and football.
They were NEVER marquee signings to begin with, and their status and wages AT THE TIME of their transfer confirms that.

Barca always bought players to strengthen the squad in key position. Barca's ideology is not comprising a collection of Galacticos as is RM's.

We didn't have as many stars as RM but every strong team we had was always upgraded with at least one superstar. People tend to forget that apart from GOAT Messi we had other superstars like Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Ibra, Henry, Laudrup, Stoickov etc.

 

[Birdy]

Barcelona always had an attacker who carries ton of load, who is a superstar player.
Other than Messi, I fail to see which one we "made" tbh.
Neymar, Suarez, Villa, Henry, Eto, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Romario, Kluivert etc were all big and marquee signing.
Has been that way for few decades, way before we had the La Masia rush.

We tried to make our own superstar again with Fati and Dembele, failed miserably with both.

Hell no they were NOT!

You are manipulating the definition of marquee signing here to fit your argument, as Jammy does.
Marquee-signing is signing a 'Galactico' player that is established AS SUCH already, and comes in a club to be the LEADER of the team, and also 'defining an era'
while he gets paid according to that (usually ludicrous wages), and his transfer features also a fee (and commission) that reflects all the above

All the above conditions have to obtain to say you have a marquee-signing in place.
Marquee signing is NOT:
- a top young prospect who is not established yet at top level
- a top established player that will strengthen the squad but will never be no1 in hierarchy or leader of the team
- a player that his transfer just costed (maybe a lot) of money

And mind you, it has nothing to do with the outcome of the transfer. The player might flop or not

Some of the names you listed like Villa, Eto, Henry, Kluivert, Ronaldo are NOT even close to the definition.
In our recent history the only one that somewhat fits the definition is Ronaldinho, who you didn't mention.
Barto tried to somewhat approximate the definition with Coutinho and Griezman, but given the presence and status of Messi in the team, their status would be secondary to begin with

PS: The club still believes in Fati
Dembele was never a marquee signing. The fact that BvB milked us in his transfer is another question.

 

[Temptation]

Haaland has been a goal ratio merchant this season.

His tangible impact has been nonexistent this season.

Underwhelming season.

 

[JamDav1982]

Seems to be City or Real but can never tell with Raiola and how he uses the headlines of players being on verge of signing somewhere to panic others into offering more.

If it is City the Barca press will be giddy and putting up headlines of how Haaland was impressed by Barcas offer and leaves door open for move in a few years.

Impossible to tell at this point where he goes as so many headlines but City with Pep for few years then onto Spain after that seems a decent move to go to top team now..create history with them and Pep before onto Barca/Real with both doors still open.

 

[JamDav1982]

Hell no they were NOT!

You are manipulating the definition of marquee signing here to fit your argument, as Jammy does.
Marquee-signing is signing a 'Galactico' player that is established AS SUCH already, and comes in a club to be the LEADER of the team, and also 'defining an era'
while he gets paid according to that (usually ludicrous wages), and his transfer features also a fee (and commission) that reflects all the above

All the above conditions have to obtain to say you have a marquee-signing in place.
Marquee signing is NOT:
- a top young prospect who is not established yet at top level
- a top established player that will strengthen the squad but will never be no1 in hierarchy or leader of the team
- a player that his transfer just costed (maybe a lot) of money

And mind you, it has nothing to do with the outcome of the transfer. The player might flop or not

Some of the names you listed like Villa, Eto, Henry, Kluivert, Ronaldo are NOT even close to the definition.
In our recent history the only one that somewhat fits the definition is Ronaldinho, who you didn't mention.
Barto tried to somewhat approximate the definition with Coutinho and Griezman, but given the presence and status of Messi in the team, their status would be secondary to begin with

PS: The club still believes in Fati
Dembele was never a marquee signing. The fact that BvB milked us in his transfer is another question.

Birdy making some shit up here every time gets corrected about 'galactico' signings and star players a new definition comes out.

Gone from issue of 'multiple stars' to in actual fact buying 'one leader'.

Doesnt understand Barcas philosophy on either.

 

[te amo barca]

[@amazonprimenow] | Matthias Sammer, BVB’s external adviser: “When I saw Man City’s offer for Haaland I passed out.”

 

[KingLeo10]

Dortmund don't even pretend to be anything other than a stepping stone club. If there was a club that embodies the definition of a cuck, it's them.

They routinely have the talent to make cracks at being a Tier 1 club, but are happy to fleece non-German clubs while preparing some of their other talent to leave on free to their overlords - Bayern

Disgusting mentality.

 

[OGbarca]

i like haaland more than mbappe (whos destiny is real...) but i think the Norwegian is likelier to flop career wise like Neymar did

that is, tremendous hype when young, multiple clubs fighting for his signature and offering ludicrous sums...but 0 bdors in the end

 

[Messigician]

[@amazonprimenow] | Matthias Sammer, BVB?s external adviser: ?When I saw Man City?s offer for Haaland I passed out.?

Lmfao

How are Dortmund fans okay with this

If Laporta talked about Pedri this way we would chase him out of the club

 

[Temptation]

Lmfao

How are Dortmund fans okay with this

If Laporta talked about Pedri this way we would chase him out of the club

Some people like cuckold

 

[Zidane82]

🚨| Xavi & Jordi Cruyff met with Erling Haaland four days ago; the transfer is not ruled out yet.
@orioldomenech [🎖️]

 

[Messigician]

Europa league club

Never talk about star players again it's cringe

Rafael Yuste (Bar?a vp): "Haaland? Almost ruled out." [via marca]

Yuste: "There are transfer operations that we should not finalize for the sake of protecting the club."

 

[FCMessi]

Almost All big ticket transfers in Europe in recent history have been flops.

Is Haaland immune to the curse?