Joan Laporta

[mc_lovin]

Mate you're delusional.

Gundogan, Martinez, Cancelo, Felix, Romeu. Don’t think we could have got more quality in with close to zero money spend.

Plus 100m in net profit. Brilliant window imo.


Take a look at some EPL clubs what they got for 100s or millions in comparison. Wouldn’t trade with any of them.

 

[malvolio]

Gundogan, Martinez, Cancelo, Felix, Romeu. Don’t think we could have got more quality in with close to zero money spend.

Plus 100m in net profit. Brilliant window imo.

It's never 'zero money spent'. We pay agent commissions, signing on fees, bonuses and wages.

Apart from Gundogan, who is at the end of his career, we got some unwanted players.

You'll wake up when you'll see them on the pitch.

 

[mc_lovin]

It's never 'zero money spent'. We pay agent commissions, signing on fees, bonuses and wages.

Ladida. It’s really fucking tame in comparison to other clubs, you get the point.

 

[khaled_a_d]

It's never 'zero money spent'. We pay agent commissions, signing on fees, bonuses and wages.

tbf, that can be said about every transfer too, whether it is free agent or 220M player.

 

[FCBarca]

You get lemons like the shit Bartomeu left, you make lemonade and Laporte has done that

 

[Porque]

You get lemons like the shit Bartomeu left, you make lemonade and Laporte has done that

That or Crispy Duck in Lemon Sauce. I think Laporta chose the latter.

 

[jamrock]

RB Check
DM check
LF Check

Add to that 1 CB, 1 young striker, 1 of the best Midfielders in the world

Going along with our signings from last season.

Two brilliant transfer windows, especially under the circumstances.

So much for those who said.

" we should have signed a RB, DM and LF because we pulled levelers and won't be able to do it this summer" 😂😂😂


Like I said, and others who has a bit of sense and calmness as well TBH, it was always a two summer transfers window job to fill the holes in the team, but some just had to talk non sense.

Another W for me, always being right about everything systematically important to the club.

Even Bigger W for the GREAT JOAN Laporta.

L for the barto and rosell fanboys.

I wish Fati stayed & I'm not 100% sure about Felix but such is life, no excuse for xavi not to win the league again this year.

Absolutely insane transformation of the squad over the past two years, on a shoe string budget.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Good job by Laporta

 

[mc_lovin]

Squad is unrecognizable from two years ago and that with a net spend of roughly -20m. If you want to feel extra good look how much certain PL teams spend and the quality they brought in.

It's not just Laporta though, the whole club did a phenomenal job.

 

[FCBarca]

Nice thread update

 

[JamDav1982]

Best bit of business at Barca has been FDJ refusing to leave.

Best player at club truly.

The core of MATS, Araujo, Balde, FDJ, Gavi, Pedri, Lamal et is impressive list at club to inherit for the future and are the better players.

Have good squad with players added even if money on Raphinha, Lewa etc could have been better spent and DM should have been covered better than Romeu.

LOT of talent inherited in La Masia still to come and a better La Masia production line than Laporta etc left previously. The changes made after they left only now being seen for developing players for number of year through youth system.

As said would not be able to make signings team needed at DM... and has proven to be the case. That should have been addressed a year ago and better signings than Lew/Raph should have been made.

Felix is worth a punt at AM to allow Fati to go out and try to get regular football.

Romeu at DM is awful.

Some bum up Romeu and make out FDJ is not needed, Abde is better than Ferran and Lamal is 'shite'... usual suspects who claim got it right.

 

[jamrock]

Previous board had nothing to do with Balde, gavi and lamal coming through, much the same way Laporta didn't with Messi and the likes.

You can never really tell when a golden generation will pop, they just need leadership around them that is willing to give them the opportunity to shine when they do, which Laporta has proven time & again he's willing to do.

Could be luck, but this will be the 2nd time he's building a successful Barcelona based on a solid core of young players, unlike under barto/rosell where it was always spend first and saw the best la masia product we had in generations (Thiago) walk out the door.

But they do get credit for signing pedri and Araujo on the cheap, excellent bit of business, even if they both seem to be made of glass.

 

[JamDav1982]

Previous board left Balde and Lamal in youth system chief. Can add Gavi to that also and others to come.

Hence why held up as players club did not have to sign.

Better La Masia production line left than was by Laporta last time round.

Thiago walked as he had Xavi and Iniesta on front of him and Pep insisted on Fabregas..while he had a chance to go be starter at current CL champions.

Understandable from him.

Best thing that has happened to Barca in last two windows is FDJ refusing to leave.

Biggest L is for those who wanted FDJ to leave and thought likes of Kessie the better player.

Not a player been signed since that is as good as the main man Frenkie for Barca. Gundogan may have chance. Lets see.

 

[serghei]

The sooner we are able to form a midfield 3 out of Pedri, De Jong, Gundogan and Gavi the better. This Romeu thing is not quite right. He's obviously a Girona level player. Has no bussiness starting for us.

If neither can play DM, then this position is a priority next summer.

 

[mc_lovin]

The sooner we are able to form a midfield 3 out of Pedri, De Jong, Gundogan and Gavi the better. This Romeu thing is not quite right. He's obviously a Girona level player. Has no bussiness starting for us.

If neither can play DM, then this position is a priority next summer.

Or we just continue with the box midfield and count on the forward we just signed that's not a left winger and fits perfectly at LAM in hope to lessen our offensive woes in particular games.