Swap with Messi in January confirmed, Messi accepting that 40-50% wage cut instead and playing for us on that updated reduced wage, that we want Dembele on.
He's worse than dembele ffs.I would prefer to see us go get St Maximin from Newcastle or Adeyemi rather than been held ransom.
@ReshadRahman_
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�� This is the exact message coming from those close to Ousmane Dembele: ?They [Bar?a] tells us that there is no money for the renewal *we* want..but they want to sign Haaland?
Don't blame his camp for that.
It's perfectly reasonable.
A player wants above all to be wanted and showed respect by his club.
And that applies as well to all other renewals or contracts of our players above 23 or so.(the exception being Ansu, Pedri, gAvi, etc who are so young that their priority is to just play for Barca atm, and not where they stand in the wage structure.
But, mind you, that will come later for them when they are 23-25 as well)
Imagine you are De Jong, who can go to any elite club in Europe you want, and Barca wants to pay Haaland 3 or 4 times the wage you are getting.
That won't cut it.
The player feels being 2nd tier for the club.
Same for Dembele. He knows top clubs like Bayern Chelsea UTd give him the money he wants, and that Barca CAN give him the same money, but prefer to give it to Haaland??
That does not go down well with people of some even minimal ambition.
Of course,
this does not apply to the old granny Amigos, who employ the same logic, but already stand on high-wage contracts, are heading soon intro retirement, and no other club wants them.
PS: That's why Laporta should ASAP quit the Haaland leaks.
You see how much it can hurt the club at the moment.
@ReshadRahman_
?
2h
�� This is the exact message coming from those close to Ousmane Dembele: ?They [Bar?a] tells us that there is no money for the renewal *we* want..but they want to sign Haaland?
Don't blame his camp for that.
It's perfectly reasonable.
A player wants above all to be wanted and showed respect by his club.
And that applies as well to all other renewals or contracts of our players above 23 or so.(the exception being Ansu, Pedri, gAvi, etc who are so young that their priority is to just play for Barca atm, and not where they stand in the wage structure.
But, mind you, that will come later for them when they are 23-25 as well)
Imagine you are De Jong, who can go to any elite club in Europe you want, and Barca wants to pay Haaland 3 or 4 times the wage you are getting.
That won't cut it.
The player feels being 2nd tier for the club.
Same for Dembele. He knows top clubs like Bayern Chelsea UTd give him the money he wants, and that Barca CAN give him the same money, but prefer to give it to Haaland??
That does not go down well with people of some even minimal ambition.
Of course,
this does not apply to the old granny Amigos, who employ the same logic, but already stand on high-wage contracts, are heading soon intro retirement, and no other club wants them.
PS: That's why Laporta should ASAP quit the Haaland leaks.
You see how much it can hurt the club at the moment.
@ReshadRahman_
?
2h
�� This is the exact message coming from those close to Ousmane Dembele: ?They [Bar?a] tells us that there is no money for the renewal *we* want..but they want to sign Haaland?
Don't blame his camp for that.
It's perfectly reasonable.
A player wants above all to be wanted and showed respect by his club.
And that applies as well to all other renewals or contracts of our players above 23 or so.(the exception being Ansu, Pedri, gAvi, etc who are so young that their priority is to just play for Barca atm, and not where they stand in the wage structure.
But, mind you, that will come later for them when they are 23-25 as well)
Imagine you are De Jong, who can go to any elite club in Europe you want, and Barca wants to pay Haaland 3 or 4 times the wage you are getting.
That won't cut it.
The player feels being 2nd tier for the club.
Same for Dembele. He knows top clubs like Bayern Chelsea UTd give him the money he wants, and that Barca CAN give him the same money, but prefer to give it to Haaland??
That does not go down well with people of some even minimal ambition.
Of course,
this does not apply to the old granny Amigos, who employ the same logic, but already stand on high-wage contracts, are heading soon intro retirement, and no other club wants them.
PS: That's why Laporta should ASAP quit the Haaland leaks.
You see how much it can hurt the club at the moment.
Let's not get into the 'Dembele is a flop' pseudo-argument that only BF regulars put forward.
When Chelsea UTD and Bayern want you, and their (elite) coaches as well, then there is no discussion here.
IF someone can't get this, there is not point
The question is whether Haaland or Mbape or X wanna-be superstar, who is in Barca's transfer radar, AND
1) does NOT currently play for Barca
2) has NOT established himself as a Barca legend or the like
3) has NOT played for an elite club yet
is entitled to higher salary OR even X times the amount of money Dembele gets/
And you should also answer that from the perspective of the player, not your own (say 'I like Mbape more, I think he should get x times more money')
Too late for that
Should have signed it and renewed Messi while spending big in the summer if we are going to sign CVC deal
Imagine if he signs for Newcastle
Wonder how [MENTION=4451]Birdy[/MENTION] is gonna defend that
How is he gonna sign for Newcastle when Chelsea, UTD, and Bayern want him??
Only a salary much higher compared to the ones getting from the other 3 can justify that
Imagine if he signs for Newcastle
Wonder how [MENTION=4451]Birdy[/MENTION] is gonna defend that