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[JamDav1982]

JamDav thinks spending one summer at the level of EPL teams is enough to compete with them. Now that's some grand delusion shit...

Nah fake news.

Xavi was left a lot of good players worth hundreds of millions and spent hundreds of millions more on top.

This summer there has been big salaries given out x2 and a young player tied up for future.

Usual Serghie 'poor Xavi' narrative.

Were wrong a year ago on squad and wrong again as usual.

Moronic to complain about 'tiny budget' for Poor Xavi when trying to go for players in position he spent 120m on already.

The quality of squad he inherited was worth hundreds of millions and some of best players in world growing in their positions.

EPL teams with poor squads spending 200m is not as much an advantage as the players Barca have and spent little on but are top players.

But aye Serghie you were telling us a year ago how Real are elite across all areas of park, Barca have no chance against them in league and worse than Spurs.

This year just more 'poor Xavi'.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

Hundreds of millions is not a 'tiny budget'.

Same old narrative.

He has spent hundreds of millions on top of being left MATS, Balde, Araujo, Pedri, FDJ, Gavi, Dembele etc and then Lamine etc coming through after that.... hundreds of millions worth of players.

Folk need to stop making out Xavi has his hands tied as much as he does.

If Xavi is desperate for Silva now Dembele has gone... then that is on him for spending 120m worth on RWs he doesnt fancy to step up.

Fokk are too extreme either way.. it is either full on 'poor Xavi' narrative by same folk or it is 'Xavi is totally shit' from others'. Both as extreme as each other.

That's the amount pep spent one right backs in city when he was getting started.
Just chill bro.

Arsenal and Chelsea spent over 700m in two years and you are whining about 100m.

Show some respect.

 

[serghei]

Lol, worth hundreds of millions in some projection mode. As in Pedri is so great for a 19 year old he must be Iniesta 3.0 at 23.

Hilarious. These players only beat Costa Rica at the last WC.

The title we won last year was mostly down to Xavi's managerial work, Madrid's lack of consistency and luck.

 

[JamDav1982]

Lol, worth hundreds of millions in some projection mode. As in Pedri is so great for a 19 year old he must be Iniesta 3.0 at 23.

Hilarious. These players only beat Costa Rica at the last WC.

The title we won last year was mostly down to Xavi's managerial work.

Fake news.

Pedri is a top young player and Xavi was left a very good young core worth hundreds of millions.

A year ago you were all about poor Xavi and how Barca were 'hundreds of millions behind' competing with Real and worse than Spurs.

Usual clueless nonsense.

Mental gymnastics..., Xavi couldnt win the league as squad not good enough... Barca win league with better squad... its all down to Xavi.

Textbook Serghie mental gymnastics.

If Barca dont win league... will be back to squad not being good enough and poor Xavi.

Textbook Serghie.

 

[serghei]

Worth hundreds of millions based on projections in the future lol. How many players from Barca in top 25 at the Ballon d'Or last season? Probably zero, Lewa for his Bayern season.

 

[JamDav1982]

Worth hundreds of millions based on projections in the future lol. How many players from Barca in top 25 at the Ballon d'Or last season? Probably zero, Lewa for his Bayern season.

Nope worth 100s of millions now and top clubs would pay that for those players as would have last summer.

Do better.

So clubs spending big on young players dont count either than as these are 'projections for future'?

Nonsense stuff and Pedri, Araujo etc have proven more than majority of these players are signing anyway.

Less than a year ago you claimed Spurs were a tier above Barca and Barca squad 'hundreds of millions' behind Real so poor Xavi had no chance.

Wildly wrong as per usual then just go back to 'poor Xavi' again regardless.

 

[serghei]

You do know very young players are supposed to worth that because of their projected growth, right? It's not their real current level.

 

[JamDav1982]

You do know very young players are supposed to worth that because of their projected growth, right? It's not their real current level.

Nope the players are worth hundreds of milliond due to current level and potential level across many years.

It is terrible point anyway as you are pointing to what other clubs spend in market and they pay for potential in younger players also and those same clubs would pay 100s of millions for players mentioned.

The point is their market value and that compares to what other clubs are buying players for.

Do better.

 

[serghei]

Other top clubs are also buying players in their prime. Players Barca can't even touch. We are severely limited in regards to what players we can pursue to improve the team.

We can't even replace Busquets with a top player lol.

If we don't fix the finances soon, the club is gonna lose its position in football. It's already happening. Barca are perceived more like a has-been that is poor and can't compete financially.

 

[JamDav1982]

Other top clubs are also buying players in their prime. Players Barca can't even touch. We are severely limited in regards to what players we can pursue to improve the team.

No they arent. They are buying a mix and Xavi inherited players of different ages anyway that were all at high level.

Chelsea spent hundreds of millions and dont have better squad than Barca for example. Almost all players with potential.

Barca are currently limited on what can spend in comparison to some others but that is balanced off by the players there that Xavi didnt have to spend a penny on and players are still brining in.

Barca have given out big wages to sign one of CL winners best players and bought one of most sought after young CFs in the world.

They could well sign another of Citys starters for big money also.

Barca have young exciting squad and top class players. Xavi has a good squad to work with.

If he doesnt trust Raph/Torres on RW now Dembele has gone then that is on him and the spending of 120m.

Barca are not 'hundreds of millions' behind Real and worse than likes of Spurs and never were.

 

[serghei]

Only top player in his prime that Xavi inherited is De Jong. Don't make a fool out of yourself. He inherited a team on 9th place in La Liga, filled with kids, overpaid inflated oldies, in deep financial mess, and not much else. A team that had to do a massive clearout of top earners the summer before.

And from then on, they only had money to invest with those levers for a summer. You can't do shit with that. You have to spend like that for 3-4 summers in a row to get back and compete with the mega-rich teams of today.

The team and the fans have a massive hard-on for self-delusion. We are going down a road of only two possible outcomes -> a) change the club's financial structure, b) change the club's priorities and aspirations inside the sport. From to win and be the best, to trying to compete with the rich teams.

 

[JamDav1982]

Only top player in his prime that Xavi inherited is De Jong. Don't make a fool out of yourself. He inherited a team on 9th place in La Liga, filled with kids, overpaid inflated oldies, in deep financial mess, and not much else. A team that had to do a massive clearout of top earners the summer before.

And from then on, they only had money to invest with those levers for a summer. You can't do shit with that. You have to spend like that for 3-4 summers in a row to get back and compete with the mega-rich teams of today.

The team and the fans have a massive hard-on for self-delusion.

Fake news.

You are the fool that claimed all this shit a year ago and how Barca could not compete with the 'elite across all areas' Real Madrid and worse than Spurs.

Xavi inherited hundreds of millions worth of players at different stages and better players than majority of EPL are spending big on.

Usual Sergie nonsense.

As wrong now as were a year ago.

Keep telling us how Barca cant compete without hundreds of millions when just beat Real to league by double figures and two squads worse than Barca made it to semis and final of CL.

Delusion of the 'poor Xavi' Barca boys.

 

[JamDav1982]

JamDav taking L in here as usual.

Nothing new.

Fake news.

Do better.

Pining for JamDavs attention here as usual.

Reported for trolling.

 

[serghei]

Delusion. The club failed to make CL groups for two years in a row. Regularly beating Celta, and Elche, and exploiting a lack of consistency by Madrid to win a league title doesn't change that.

Pedri, Gavi, Balde, these are fine talents. But they are teenagers. In a normal top team they would be rotation players, that are being given minutes as promising future players, not as main starters.

There's a reason why Barca are the top club with most youngsters minutes out of all. It's because they don't have top players in their prime anymore, so these kids simply have to play.

 

[JamDav1982]

Delusion. The club failed to make CL groups for two years in a row. Regularly beating Celta, and Elche, and exploiting a lack of consistency by Madrid doesn't change that.

Aye Xavi fucked up in CL I agree and made poor decisions before set on better team later in season.

Barca have better squad than CL finalist last year and another semi finalist also.

So now Barca are so bad they can only beat poor sides and only won as Real inconsistent.... Barca beat Real x3 times last season in reality and beat Atletico twice with better squad than both.

Textbook Serghie nonsense.

Never known a Barca fan to be more obsessed with the brilliance of Real than Serghie.

Few months ago Real were the 'elite mentality monsters' who Barca and squad cant compete without poor Xavi getting hundreds of millions more to spend.