malvolio
Senior Member
who the fuck was going to confront him? busquets? alba?
even pique was undermined by griezmann in the PSG home match. and he is supposed to be the leader out of those 4.
Philippe Coutinho
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who the fuck was going to confront him? busquets? alba?
even pique was undermined by griezmann in the PSG home match. and he is supposed to be the leader out of those 4.
JamDav1982
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Pique is an arrogant twat.
In that PSG game he was screaming and blaming the forward players when he was the worst player on the park.
Griezmann at least stood up to him and called him out on his ego driven shite leadership.
Rarely ever happens.
Said it many a time but Pique treats Barca like his own little social club that he has far too much power and influence not warranted at all by the shit he shows on the pitch.
The best man managers like Fergie would have dumped him and his behaviour out the squad years ago.
I doubt anyone confronted Coutinho in any serious way and at best had a small word. Maybe Frenkie if considered senior enough as think he would. Or MATS but after his role in defeat probably not.
In that PSG game he was screaming and blaming the forward players when he was the worst player on the park.
Griezmann at least stood up to him and called him out on his ego driven shite leadership.
Rarely ever happens.
Said it many a time but Pique treats Barca like his own little social club that he has far too much power and influence not warranted at all by the shit he shows on the pitch.
The best man managers like Fergie would have dumped him and his behaviour out the squad years ago.
I doubt anyone confronted Coutinho in any serious way and at best had a small word. Maybe Frenkie if considered senior enough as think he would. Or MATS but after his role in defeat probably not.
@victorlozano73: "Sergi did not sub in Coutinho because he was warming up like he walked down to his fridge to get tomatoes and prepare a salad. He didn't say it literally, but you can tell when a player is not in the condition to play such a high level match."
At least it was in the warm-up. Busquets looks like that on the pitch.
Messi983
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Philippe Coutinho traveled 22,250 km with Brazil this international break and played zero minutes. [sport]
Stunning. Even Tite has realized this guy is done
Stunning. Even Tite has realized this guy is done
Birdy
Senior Member
You mean what Pep demanded in 2012 and Rossel's board back then refused to satisfy??
JamDav1982
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Birdy
Senior Member
We don't know if it's fake news or not.
It's a rumor that made much much sense.
Pep smelled the Amigo culture before it was even a thing. He has a great nose about these dressing room things
JamDav1982
Senior Member
It is fake.
Pep gave the reasons he left and it is not even logical on the timeline of when things happened.
Dont doubt Pep may have seen things in the squad he did not like and felt was losing control of them and being able to motivate some of them to same level. He has said that but he didnt make demands that were not met.
Birdy
Senior Member
The reasons he gave might be valid, but might also be only part of the reasons he left.
The other part (wanting to eradicate Amigo culture in the making) was something he could not say in public
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Ok believe he wanted to get rid of Fabregas a few months after he signed him and left as board said no...He demanded in October players be sold the next summer and told them he was leaving on spot when board said no?
It is not true and zero evidence of being true. While no one on any side has ever contradicted Peps words on why he left.
Could make up any reason and claim 'it may be the case'.
It is not saying he didnt see the culture or players changing... he did say that and was struggling to motivate them in same way as part of reason he left but he didnt ask for players to be sold to stay.
There is zero evidence of that and these things come out.
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Birdy
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More like telling the board: I can continue ONLY IF you give me the power to make sweeping changes in the squad by eradicating the bad crop there (Fabregas, Pique, Alves primarily)
We will never have evidence for this, unless someone in a biography or so after some years say it
JamDav1982
Senior Member
So he told them in October a few months after signing Fabregas he was a bad egg an would leave if not sold?
No wonder Pep gets pissed off when folk believe that nonsense. He almost left before Fabregas was even signed for reasons he did in end.
There is zero evidence of any of it happening and it doesnt need a biography.
There was in fact a 'biography' written with Peps input that does give reasons he left.
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