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This is the Barcelona obsession we are talking about. Whatever Barcelona want, we also want.
Real Madrid never wanted to sign Bernardo Silva initially. They are signing him just because Barcelona wanted him.
They rushed to sign Dumfries on a desperate 4-year deal for a 30-year-old player, just to make sure he doesn't end up at Barcelona.
The same way they want to sign Gvardiol after learning that Flick's preferred option is Gvardiol and not Bastoni or Schlotterbeck.
They submitted a €150m bid for Alvarez and publicly announced it (when do clubs start doing that?) just because they don't want him to end up at Barcelona and make the deal complicated.
Now they are pushing to sign Marc Cucurella just because Barcelona also wanted him.
This is how they signed Arda Güler and most of their legends. This is not normal; it is an acute obsession. Always wanting to block Barcelona by all possible means.
A supposed 'biggest club' doesn't have a project other than blocking its rival. This is an example of the theory of people who have forgotten themselves
It depends on how we strengthen the defence in January. I still believe we need a right back and a left centre back, especially if we aspire to compete for the UCL. In La Liga, if we focus on ourselves instead of what Real Madrid is doing, we have a real chance to three peat.
Honestly, I don't know. Only the future will tell. The renewal feels rushed right now. But based on his current form, renewing makes sense. His fitness over the coming months and year, plus how he adapts to the striker role, will decide if it's right or wrong.
Another group responsible are Twitter comp bros who've made La Masia their niche. They expose every young player and tag them with legends' names. 'Next Messi.' 'Next Iniesta.' Before preseason, Twitter was full of Tunkara comps calling him the next Lamine and putting unnecessary pressure on the kid. I know 80% of these kids and who's actually good, but I hold back from overhyping or talk too much about them.
🚨🎖| 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍: Barcelona are taking strict measures to protect their young academy talents from excessive media exposure and social media pressure.
The latest example is 12-year-old Hugo Galdeano, whose videos have accumulated 285M VIEWS and whose Instagram account, managed by adults, has over 212,000 followers. He gained around 30,000 followers in just a few days after the LaLiga Futures tournament in Orlando.
DAZN and Movistar wanted to interview him, but Barcelona maintained strict control over the process. The club reviewed the questions, requested the removal of certain topics and rejected comparisons between Galdeano and Pedri. Even a special message from Andrés Iniesta was requested to be addressed to the entire team rather than the youngster alone.
Barcelona's general policy is to avoid individualising young players. Even after hat-tricks or outstanding performances, the club prefers collective posts rather than putting individual children in the spotlight. It also avoids publishing individual MVP awards through its FCBMasia account.
The club has introduced restrictions on sharing footage from inside La Masia and dressing rooms involving minors. Players who have ignored these rules have reportedly been warned.
Barça also holds discussions with the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan Police) to educate youngsters about online dangers, inappropriate private messages and sports betting. The sporting management has additionally warned some families against excessively exposing their children on social media.
The priority is to let young players develop away from unnecessary pressure, protecting their privacy and ensuring that their football comes before their social media popularity. [@La_SER] #fcblive 🏠
Plettigoal says Barça are interested in Jonathan Tah. Why are we back in for him? When he was supposed to sign for us for free, he chose Bayern for a bigger signing bonus. Now that Kim Min Jae is benching him, suddenly Pini Zahavi is using Barca's name to pressure Bayern for playing time. It's a no from me.
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One of the greatest mistakes Barcelona have ever made was allowing so many local journalists to have access to Lamasia. The second one was allowing so many random people scam journalistic career through their little access to the club.
The academy has become a PR machine, a leak source, and a cashcow for these guys. Ever since Flick had Casado, Hector Font and others training separately, Sport newspaper and the local media have been running endless articles to emotionally blackmail the management and criticise Flick.
They know their only source of getting dressing room leaks, training leaks are through these kids, so they would do anything to prevent the club selling them even if it at the detriment of the club.
So grateful Deco cut all their sources of getting transfer news this summer. They have been the major reason Real Madrid were able to hijacked many deals from Barcelona.
Notice how none of the Catalan journalist is talking about De Jong? That's because the consensus outside Catalunya is that he played well against Atletico. Wait until Barca lose a game with him in the lineup. Then they'll say he's been useless for 7 years and never did anything good.
Just incase, here is my back up account @InsightFCB. If you are interested, you can follow me.
The armband is symbolism. Real captaincy comes from within. Frenkie once said leadership isn't about shouting or being performative. He said he learned what leadership is from Messi. He chooses the right time to speak. My captain.
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My match observations:
– The first half was a not upto standard. The Fermín López goal didn't change anything. Second half was better and had more energy and intensity.
– Anthony Gordon is a fraud. There is no need to sugarcoat or pretend anymore. He is the laziest and most pretentious player in the team. €80m in the bin.
– Not gonna lie, Joan García is starting to give me the same feeling I always have watching Courtois.
– With this current defence, if we go far in the Champions League, it would be a miracle.
– Bernal deserved to start, but I am beginning to think the club want Frenkie de Jong out, and it is going to backfire on us.
– Fermin Lopez gets my man of the match.
– Raphinha had a very poor first half. He was more concerned about dropping deep than being in the right striker position between the centre backs.
– I never expected a day would come where Frenkie de Jong would play as right back. And he didn't play bad.
– Raphinha had a poor game.
– Bernal wasn't bad, and he wasn't good either.
– I felt incredibly safe with Christensen anytime he was on the pitch. He doesn't make mistakes.
– Lamine Yamal's playmaking is his biggest asset. Even when he is having a hard game, he can still change it with a pass.
– Shout out to Lamine, Pedri, Christensen and Frenkie De Jong.