He was 'kind' enough to repay that debt by 'letting' us have Ferran Torres for 65M in installments. Nice guy that Pep.
Nah. I just think Pep knew Ferran Torres wasn't worth the hype.
His technical ability is just insane. I was cringing reading opinion last year that he'd be no good for Liverpool. He was getting some hate for reasons I will never know.
Admittedly he won't perform like today every week but he has been one of the top midfielders in the last decade.
Ferran is fine, the hate gets a bit out of hand. He will easily outscore the likes of Luis Diaz, Raphina and co.
I am not saying he's a better player though, but a different type. Best case as always is to get a nice combination of different skill sets.
He's a poor man's Jota.
Watched him in the Prem quite a lot.
Nah. I just think Pep knew Ferran Torres wasn't worth the hype.
You are ridiculously biased though.
Personally I was pretty torn on the Ferran signing to be fair, but so far he has proven me wrong. Good player and major reason for our 2nd half of the season.
He didn't take our biggest talent, our coach at the time, didn't show he valued Thiago enough & the board didn't have the common sense to tell him to at least make sure he plays enough games to eliminate his buy out clause, then the best coach in the world hand picks you play in his new project.
Easy choice for Thiago, easy choice for pep, dumb management by the board & Tito.
Not really. He's a good player and I watched a lot of him in the Prem.
He never stood out and City could easily part with him. He's a good young player but let's not act like he's some sort of world beater or goal machine.
Him and Jota are basically the same player but Jota is the better goalscorer due to his immense movement and aerial ability.
He didn't take our biggest talent, our coach at the time, didn't show he valued Thiago enough & the board didn't have the common sense to tell him to at least make sure he plays enough games to eliminate his buy out clause, then the best coach in the world hand picks you play in his new project.
Easy choice for Thiago, easy choice for pep, dumb management by the board & Tito.
I didn't watch Barca back then but I know Thiago wasn't better than our starting midfield then, whether it was worth playing him more to keep him versus needing to field the best at the time to keep winning I wouldn't know.
You literally made an account on a Barcelona forum to big up your players (and Liverpool) while consistently shitting on Barcelona That's pretty much 90% of what you do here, and I am a bit baffled why. There's no connection between the teams, unlike lets say Real.
I don't see the Ferran-Jota comparison either to be honest. The more interesting comparison for me is with Diaz. Both wingers, both vastly different, but really hard to say who the more effective player will be. Pretty sure Ferran will outscore him comfortably, but Diaz is the superior dribbler.