iniestaGOAT
Senior Member
Xavi won the league with worse team.
No excuses.
We need that trophy.
No excuses.
We need that trophy.
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TheStig
Member
Lenglet should have Inigo's role last year as they are similar in quality and nobody pays more than 25% of his salary for his loans. He can do the job as a 4th or 5th CB in the team, might as well use him as another body in case of injuries since we have to pay him anyway. The only danger is that Flick will prefer him to Faye or even Cubarsi since he in more experienced bla bla bla. Eric is in a similar position and we should try to offload them but if nobody wants to pay it's better to keep them if we have to cover their salaries anyway. It's their loss if they won't get any minutes, not Barca's. They can always terminate contract if they wanna play.
Same with Fati, better to keep him and have him as a backup if no team is ready to pay more than 50% of his salary.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Yeah if no one really comes in for Lenglet then it does become a consideration of Lenglet v Inigo possibly.. and Lenglet is registered while Inigo they will need to find 9m for that could be spent elsewhere.
In previous scenario it would be 17m on the books for Inigo to stay and have to find 9m this season to make it happen. Against 10m for Lenglet and nothing needed further to register him.
Best case scenario is both leave really but hard to get them out.
Even if either stay then would think when fit Araujo, Christensen and Cubarsi are all ahead of them and probably Kounde too dependent on what they do at full back.
In previous scenario it would be 17m on the books for Inigo to stay and have to find 9m this season to make it happen. Against 10m for Lenglet and nothing needed further to register him.
Best case scenario is both leave really but hard to get them out.
Even if either stay then would think when fit Araujo, Christensen and Cubarsi are all ahead of them and probably Kounde too dependent on what they do at full back.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Would guess Garcia wants Girona and Girona think they can push it and get him on loan again.
TheStig
Member
It's a dick move but since Inigo is not registered we should just tell him he won't be registered and that he can find himself a new club. If he refuses we still have to pay him but it doesn't matter from FFP standpoint. We have more than enough CBs without him, another stupid transfer.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
100% Xavi pushed for him and his profile is right probably for what needed and the ball playing/zingers from back.
But at his age, with his injury record 9m a season is farcical.
I bet my bottom dollar it pissed off the board when Xavi made claims such as Garcia leaving was outwith his control and due to finances.. when he pushed for Inigo and they made a big financial effort to get him.
Surely to fuck there was a young defender out there could take a pun on for 25m and 4m a season that would have been better than Inigo or just kept Garcia.
At this stage, it seems Flick is the boards yes man.
But that may just be down to
A) studying the squad and how he thinks he can maximise it, and
B) his maturity to work together. Xavi used his credit as a player too much to demand his way.
In the end, it is not a bad thing. BUT if Yuste is deciding the transfers and not Deco with the SD, then that is my big worry and concern.
Clearly there are FFP issues today and everything is blocked until their is some cash inflow. So let's hope when that is cleared somewhat this summer, that we see some trust given to the SD to pull in some astute quality at A and B.
So far all the initial signs are positive. Good image against City youngsters who are further into their pre-season, in terms of game time atleast.
But that may just be down to
A) studying the squad and how he thinks he can maximise it, and
B) his maturity to work together. Xavi used his credit as a player too much to demand his way.
In the end, it is not a bad thing. BUT if Yuste is deciding the transfers and not Deco with the SD, then that is my big worry and concern.
Clearly there are FFP issues today and everything is blocked until their is some cash inflow. So let's hope when that is cleared somewhat this summer, that we see some trust given to the SD to pull in some astute quality at A and B.
So far all the initial signs are positive. Good image against City youngsters who are further into their pre-season, in terms of game time atleast.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
When are these FFP issues ever going to stop being a problem for us?
Once we get rid of the wages of Messi, Busquets, Alba, Suarez and Sergi Roberto.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
So should be all clear next summer then? We'll see about that. Somehow I doubt it.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Next summer COULD be a lot better.
They are allowed to put 2 years of projections into La Liga to approve and would have 2 years at new stadium as well as Corporate areas I believe they are selling off for 8-10 years.
The issue could be further down the line the way they are doing these deals and effectively levers by another name and impacts club long term..
If they take the corporate seats money in lump sums up front that is a heavily loaded income at the start as is the Nike deal and the 'bonus' being discussed.
That is not Nike giving Barca a bonus for the good of their health that is them paying what they would annually and taking off 100/150m or so now and paying it.
If they have already given away 50m or so in tv money, already given income from other areas for levers and will give more future income from corporate areas and Nike deal.. it will all be a negative as years go on.
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Yeah. There's no problem for accounting the short term bumps if they are natural such as a sign on bonus or the sale of corporate seats. But if we're calculating a 5 year contract payment as one seasons income then we are going to stress the club for the next board.
But the core issue right now is that we are a football club but are not making enough from the core assets of a club, it's players and prize money.
We are not a selling club, but we HAVE to sell talents consistently to replace with players we are confident that through our tier 1 first team training and academy training, are being replaced by someone better.
Instead we are selling raw youth players too early to generate some minimal cashflow, while again, wage loading ourselves on players who are old and hold no resale value.
But our hands are tied to an extent, until we are able to remove the immense burden of the deferral wages of Lenglet, Frenkie and the added ones of Lewy, Gundy, Inigo.
Secondly Xavi failed in Europe. I'm not going to go into individual compettions, and instead let the missing out on WCC qualification speak for the failures itself. These early exits and no points gained in Europa League runs also cost us immensely.
But the core issue right now is that we are a football club but are not making enough from the core assets of a club, it's players and prize money.
We are not a selling club, but we HAVE to sell talents consistently to replace with players we are confident that through our tier 1 first team training and academy training, are being replaced by someone better.
Instead we are selling raw youth players too early to generate some minimal cashflow, while again, wage loading ourselves on players who are old and hold no resale value.
But our hands are tied to an extent, until we are able to remove the immense burden of the deferral wages of Lenglet, Frenkie and the added ones of Lewy, Gundy, Inigo.
Secondly Xavi failed in Europe. I'm not going to go into individual compettions, and instead let the missing out on WCC qualification speak for the failures itself. These early exits and no points gained in Europa League runs also cost us immensely.
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