Mateu Alemany

[Porque]

Alimony is leaving because Laporta has got sucked into extending what he came in to solve.

We are going back to bloating the salary cap with the majority going onto Messi wage, with the hope that Busi, Messi and Lewa have the legs to keep going until we return to Camp Nou and for income to jumpstart again.

Awful moves a year after the famous levers. When Messi leaves again, there's no levers and a shot to pieces executive team with all the talent who were there to plan our bail out, having quit already.

 

[JamDav1982]

Alimony is leaving because Laporta has got sucked into extending what he came in to solve.

We are going back to bloating the salary cap with the majority going onto Messi wage, with the hope that Busi, Messi and Lewa have the legs to keep going until we return to Camp Nou and for income to jumpstart again.

Awful moves a year after the famous levers. When Messi leaves again, there's no levers and a shot to pieces executive team with all the talent who were there to plan our bail out, having quit already.

100%.

The club has not directions and living one day to the next with short term decisions.

Both Xavi and Laporta cant see past end of their nose and it has always been same at Barca by every board.

Alemany is better off away from it where can do the job employed to.

Barca never ever learn and have been same for years. Nothing has changed.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Alimony is leaving because Laporta has got sucked into extending what he came in to solve.

We are going back to bloating the salary cap with the majority going onto Messi wage, with the hope that Busi, Messi and Lewa have the legs to keep going until we return to Camp Nou and for income to jumpstart again.

Awful moves a year after the famous levers. When Messi leaves again, there's no levers and a shot to pieces executive team with all the talent who were there to plan our bail out, having quit already.

Part of that is the transfers like Ferran and Raphinha not really paying off like they should, to an extent Lewa.
A big sum of money was used on signing attackers, really we shouldn't even be thinking of touching that part of the field again after our outlay and the fact we are is already a blunder.

Near enough 200m in a season spent on attackers and now we are signing Messi on his gigantic wages for the attack again. Bad squad planning.

 

[serghei]

Everyone is so sure as if Messi is already training with the team on 50m a year salary lol.

 

[JamDav1982]

Messi in isolation isnt bad but it is the team around him and pandering to Busi, Alba, Roberto etc and then compoundig it with a 35 year old striker on huge cost on books.

All while the other signings going after are 32 yr old CB and a 33 yr old midfielder.

Nothing changes.

 

[serghei]

Messi in isolation isnt bad but it is the team around him and pandering to Busi, Alba, Roberto etc and then compoundig it with a 35 year old striker on huge cost on books.

All while the other signings going after are 32 yr old CB and a 33 yr old midfielder.

Nothing changes.

Roberto? He's on a measly wage... why you even mentioning him. And Alba, if we get rid of him we need to sign a new player at LB and with our situation... don't know if that's to be desired.

You guys seem to be in denial about the financials of the club. We are mostly restricted to signing free agents, and if we get rid of Alba we also need to pay him all that he's owed, which is a lot according to reports.

 

[serghei]

Nothing changes... compare the minutes of Pique, Alba, Busi this season vs last season. Just commenting for the sake of it.

 

[Porque]

For what it's worth I think Antonio Cordon is very good. He clearly done excellent work with Villarreal and in terms of a broad eye for talented squad building, probably better option than Alemany. Had ideas with how to take Betis but they too have been capped by salary cap issues.

Never worked on our kind of scale and need for instant gratification though.

But not what we need right now. We needed a SD to be razor focused on the finances and reign in on the salaries and signing direction of Laporta and Xavi. The man for that was Alemany even if the Atleti deals looked like we got the shorthand.

I know Villarreal ran a tight ship, but is Laporta and Xavi willing to let the man do his work? All signs suggest that Cordon wouldn't last long either it he come in with ideas of his own.

 

[JamDav1982]

Roberto? He's on a measly wage... why you even mentioning him. And Alba, if we get rid of him we need to sign a new player at LB and with our situation... don't know if that's to be desired.

You guys seem to be in denial about the financials of the club. We are mostly restricted to signing free agents, and if we get rid of Alba we also need to pay him all that he's owed, which is a lot according to reports.

'Measly wage' or not it is money and on and older injury prone player who is not worth a place in a squad building for future.

Nothing changes at Barca.

 

[JamDav1982]

Nothing changes... compare the minutes of Pique, Alba, Busi this season vs last season. Just commenting for the sake of it.

All of them should have been out long before now.

No attempt was even made.

Nothing changes.

 

[serghei]

Alba:
This season - 1700 mins
Last season - 3900 mins

Busi:
This season - 3000 mins
Last season - 4400 mins

Pique, we retired the guy.

So things change, and even fast, from one season to another. You are just moaning too much.

 

[JamDav1982]

Alba:
This season - 1700 mins
Last season - 3900 mins

Busi:
This season - 3000 mins
Last season - 4400 mins

Pique, we retired the guy.

So things change, and even fast. You are just moaning too much.

All too many minutes and Pique had to chose to retire himself.

Nothing changes and too much given to amigos.

Should have been out long ago.

 

[Luftstalag14]

So basically Laporta wants Messi back and keep the amigos for as long as possible and Alemany disagrees? Laporta the dictatorship is stuck in the past.

So fucking retarded Laporta is. His tunnel vision has driven so many good people away, Alemany is not the last one.

More rumors that we won't be able to accommodate Messi, that is the good news.

 

[Luftstalag14]

For what it's worth I think Antonio Cordon is very good. He clearly done excellent work with Villarreal and in terms of a broad eye for talented squad building, probably better option than Alemany. Had ideas with how to take Betis but they too have been capped by salary cap issues.

Never worked on our kind of scale and need for instant gratification though.

But not what we need right now. We needed a SD to be razor focused on the finances and reign in on the salaries and signing direction of Laporta and Xavi. The man for that was Alemany even if the Atleti deals looked like we got the shorthand.

I know Villarreal ran a tight ship, but is Laporta and Xavi willing to let the man do his work? All signs suggest that Cordon wouldn't last long either it he come in with ideas of his own.

I have heard good things about Cordon too. But to your point, it doesn't matter any more, whoever is foolish enough to come will have to suck up to Laporta and let him dictate. What's the point of really having a SD when Laporta is still here? Him and his friends (Yuste, Enric Masip etc.) will run the show and make anybody their stooge essentially.

This club.

 

[Porque]

Part of that is the transfers like Ferran and Raphinha not really paying off like they should, to an extent Lewa.
A big sum of money was used on signing attackers, really we shouldn't even be thinking of touching that part of the field again after our outlay and the fact we are is already a blunder.

Near enough 200m in a season spent on attackers and now we are signing Messi on his gigantic wages for the attack again. Bad squad planning.

Didn't Alemany say just yesterday that we're going to have a very interesting summer. And today he announces he is leaving

I'd love to know the shitshow going on behind the scenes. For Alemany renewing to basically go "screw it, im going in the space of ,24 hours".

Though to be fair, even if we are playing turgid stuff, the squad itself seems to be in good harmony.

And for Alemany himself, going to Villa is a way more interesting opportunity than Barcelona. Club with alot of upside, low expectancy and a budget to sign. Compared to the grind of returning us to financial stability, with limited freedom to reach that said stability. And probably bring forced to agree with counter intuitive decisions to this.

I'm a Barca fan and I'd take the Villa job!