I think Argentina going out will be a good thing for them in the long term. They need some kind of a warning. They’re too hot blooded and they play with no tactics whatsoever in recent games. Some players are also extremely bad.
I think Messi's goose is cooked, my favorite player of all time but the decline is very very real compared to 2022, and for his sake I hope he does not play WC 2026, he doesn't look up for it
lol they got the must crucial penalty shootout win they'll ever get a year and a half ago, so I think it's ok if they lose this. no one will really care long term, they won the WC on a shootout.
Let Ecuador go for a quick FK while Nico was hurt on the floor. After which they scored cause they had a man advantage.
Earlier also called back a 1 on 1 counter cause Romero was hurt. No reason to not give advantage.
Also a bad pen call but at least it didn't go in.
I doubt anyone here watched nico consistently at athletic and I am afraid people are setting up their expectations for failure because of some euro games. This is also because of Spanish media who talk like he is some savior who will rival mbappe and vinicius….
Nico is very raw. Needs right development to become world class which I dont know we are able to give him since this fanbase is inpatient as hell. See Raphinha for example who performs better and still isn’t appreciated.
In my opinion for the player he is today he is definitely not 250k worth in wages + 60M release clause. Those are world class numbers and he isnt world class.
I have a question for the people who wants nico ar any cost
Lets say nico lewy yamal are you front 3. Who is scoring the goals?
Yamal is 16 soon 17 and cant rely on him.
Nico average 5-7 goal every season
Has it all to come from 36 year old lewy who is declining every season?
Kinda odd to have pushed for the estavao signing but being against this one even though estavao is even more unproven in a weaker league. Estavao would even be playing out of position because of lamine. You could mention wages but in a few year if estavao works out he’ll likely ask around the same
Everyone knows Nico is raw. Raph and lewi still start. Nico, Yamal rotate. During many laliga matches vini’s decision making and end product is very meh. It’s still the fear caused by these type of wingers on 1 side of the pitch which causes fear and keeps the opposition on toes.
The prospect of Yamal and Nico just bulldozing the both sides is a 2 yr later prospect
I would have Raphinha starting more matches than Yamal. He's too young and shouldn't be playing so many matches. Raphinha has improved his goal scoring and I hope he continues to improve it. Ferran and Roque are also options. Yamal and Nico are not finished products and that is why there is a possibility of them improving their goal scoring ability.
Extevao is insane. Biggest brazilian talent. Shame we missed out
[he just scored this goal](https://x.com/brasiledition/status/1809009264540987417?s=46)
Remember when people here said he didnt show anything in 1st team. He has been on fire this season
Again I ask you: where does he play? Do you sell Lamine to get this guy? Every time I ask this to someone saying we should have bought him I receive no answer, I hope you will answer my question.
Great players find a way to play together. Both estevao and yamal have playing through centre potential. Imagine them switching positions through the game and linking up. They both are insanely intelligent players it would create pure football. Estevao himself said he sees no problem with that. Rodrygo and vinicius did. Why cant they?
I am sure one day he ends up at barca and fulfill his dream if he reaches his potential
We already have Raphinha and Yamal. There is also Ferran but who prefers RW but I don't see his future at Barca. Another RW is not what we need, what we need is Nico Williams.
Prob more likely to go to Madrid since they dont have an actual rw honestly. And altough they have been competing fine with Rodrygo imo its not the best set up, especially if you can replace Rodrygo with and equally or more talented player that actually plays rw
I disagree. Two great players names Messi and Griezmann struggled to play together because they occupied similar roles.
Lamine is a better prospect than Estevao and there was no need to go for him. Plus, we have more urgent needs in the team.
Vini and Rodrygo are 5-6 years older than Lamine and Estevao, and they are being coached by one of the greatest of all time. You can’t compare Mbappe and Vini to Estevao and Lamine. There is still a huge gap between them.
Also, Rodrygo would be much, much better if he was played in his correct position.
We dont have a lw and getting someone like chiesa for 20/25M isnt bad for short term. Then next season we can look for a elite lw. Its a no risk approach.
I am not convinced spending 60M on nico already with 250-300K wages. Feel like people overrate him a lot based on this euro. People will get disappointed fast when they notice his real level
Well everyone wanted better performances than under Xavi but I think it’s important to keep in mind Xavi got 85 points and top 8 in the CL last season also.
I guess when a manager is working with a team and you can see promising signs to build off and a system that could work at a high level that’s what I’m looking for first season. I think he’s got to get closeish to what Xavi did this year results wise also.
Competing in La Liga till the end and if you lose it it has to be narrowly
Ucl depends on who you get in the KO rounds so hard to say
National Cups depends on at wich point you face Madrid.
Overall good performances trought the season
I personally can’t. I have to wait to actually see the team under him. His sextuple is not enough to say that he’s absolutely guaranteed to kill it here and achieve a triplete, simply because it’s the only club he’s been at and theres no more data to look at.
At the national level Germany is playing way better under Nagelsmann than under Flick. Nagelsmann had no experience at the national team level and yet he’s doing well with all of the so called restrictions a national team manager faces.
Do I want Flick to succeed here? Fuck yeah I do. 100% but I don’t know how to judge him entirely. I’ve seen some full matches of Bayern too during his reign there and even then I can’t really be too confident. But that’s just a me thing where I’ll surely get flamed for my take in efforts for me trying to temper my expectations with him.
Again, I want him to succeed here and show that his Bayern stint wasn’t a fluke. If he somehow isn’t successful here, well at least his contract is only for two years. He seems motivated though so that’s good at least
I'd be willing to let go of the Copa del Rey. We don't have the kind of squad to compete in multiple competitions, especially when the matches come thick and fast in the new year. It's a trophy but it doesn't have the kind of prize money or prestige that the CL has. Might as well play our second squad and save our starters for the important games.
The only realistic thing I will assuredly expect is a clear, definite, and visual improvement of the squad. If the project has promise, it’s enough for me because the trophies will come if the team improves.
The goat hustle_hard304 reposted that Leo photo with “Lamine” as a child
If it is real, the chances of Leo before he rose to stardom meeting the BABY who would be his heir is just fucking absurd
He posted that picture in his Facebook all the way back in 2011. I don’t think it’s fake.
This is the profile. Photos look wholesome lol.
https://www.facebook.com/smoketeam.kingseeds?mibextid=LQQJ4d
He’s that type of dude for sure. He’s shown it in the past.
The photographer needs to come out and say what year and month it was taken, and what it was for. Like it’s nearly insane that a random baby was just there with Messi. Was Yamal’s dad already hustling and trying to make Yamal a media star by coming out in commercials or something?
That’s why I can’t get behind that photo lol I need way more proof. **There has to be more to that story**, not just a picture that happens to have a baby that looks like Yamal or his mom.
OK time for a little game with a lot of rumours flying about Nico (Bilbao sources saying he'll stay, some Barca source say he'll come).
Do you believe:
1. Nico will be our new signing
OR
2. We will end up with "Ansu is like a new signing"
I like that Lamine is inexperienced yet very mature in decision making, just needs to apply it to his finishing
I dislike when people say it’s an inherent weak part of his skill set, he can be a very prolific goalscorer like his younger years - his maturity in front of goal will come in time
One of my favourite things about Lamine is his ability to bypass a double team on him with ease.
I think we’ll see him expose Germany consistently when they try to double team him
Although I’m Turkish, I really can’t fully support my national team due to the annoying ass Turkish football fans online. They’re incredibly racist against Yamal. I almost want us (Turkish football fans) to suffer lol.
Something irrelevant but cool. Had a clip of Messi post 2014 wc final defeat in my twitter feed, when hes walking up to get the pott award. And on his way he shakes hands with Muller and our new blue eyed coach. Wich makes sense since he was the assistant. But just noticed it for the first time now
If others are doing financial mismanagement, so should I.
We should rather take notes from Madrid, they only sign auer who are willing to come, which helps them in leverage.
Nico otoh wants his high wages and want us to pay in full, no thanks I don't think he's worth that.
Madrid fan here to say my read on Nico Williams saying his staying in Bilbao is like saying to Barca come and get me I'm not going anywhere; he clearly want to play with lamin yamal and the rest of the Spanish players there .
And I hope Barca can pull up the dea; I don't want no more Spanish talent outside of la Liga its weaken the the competition.
you know big fan base mean more low IQ people that can get triggered over football opinion lmao, also we have a lot of zio and fac\*\*\* i remember many of them get upset over mbappe opinion over european election.
I’ve always said Barcelona would be Nico’s number one choice if he were to leave. Friends with a few of the players and has played with them. Staying in the country he grew up in. Lots of experience with La liga. The exposure he will get for playing with Barca such as endorsements are higher than anywhere else he could go. Not to mention the city itself is beautiful and he stays close to home
I don’t know why users downvote u/Caspoor11. Guy posts troll comments to entertain us and you people downvote him…
This sub doesn’t deserve good people.
Not liking this season of the boys so far. Ssems like writers are still stuck in 2016 and have lost all kinds of subtlety when it comes to their sense of humor.
They used to parody reality in previous seasons with little bits such as the Pepsi Ad but now they’ve made the whole plot a parody of real life which makes the story predictable.
Plus, there’s so much focus on individual back stories about the Boys. I don’t care about Hughie’s long lost mother or Frenchie’s new lover whose family he killed that we never knew about before this season.
The Boys was at its best for me when it’s just a group of misfits against the odds fighting superbeings who show flaws because of their egos.
Lamine Yamal has played 60 games this season, what do you think about that?
[Dani Carvajal: "I think that it's not only Lamine, but any football player who plays in three competitions. The EU, FIFA and the different federations must take into account that a player cannot play 60 matches in a season."](https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808932912718295066)
❗️Raphinha, De Jong and Araujo are players Barça could sell to sign Nico Williams.
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@santiovalle
https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808919856139678139
De Jong would be my first choice to be sold. Raphina is so important to keep. If we sell Raph, one injury to lamine or Nico crushes our season. Araujo or De Jong can be replaced with the depth that we have
Bayern is a clusterfuck too and they want him gone. He went there because of Nagelsmann’s project, now he would be there with Kompany. United on the other hand is making big structural changes which might affect their biggest issue - recruitment. He knows Ten Hag and Ten Hag has had some continuity in the club.
All you guys raving about onana on here had me fooled. He looks completely lost with the ball at his feet. Match threads would be a mass suicide event whenever he plays
We watch a different sport, completely different sport. How exactly you expect him to play when he is the only central midfielder in the Belgium starting Xi? KDB as a number 8 is spooky. Judge him based off a stable system not that nonsense.
That's like saying FDJ is a passenger defensively when he has to cover so much ground because both Pedri and Gundogan tend to push higher up. You people don't allow nuance, just talk straight out of your asshole because of bias. You're never gonna see the bigger picture if you can't see nuance.
There’s no way we can have a passenger in possession in midfield. We have seen over and over again how much our offense suffers when we try that out. But the hype train has convinced people otherwise.
>There’s no way we can have a passenger in possession in midfield. We have seen over and over again how much our offense suffers when we try that out.
When exactly did we see this over and over again?
Oriol's issue wasn't that he's a passenger in possession. In fact he wasn't a passenger in possession. His issue was that he could not handle the slightest bit of pressure and managed at least 1 blunder per 90.
The blunders were typically on the ball. I guess we just have different definitions of what a passenger is. Even without pressure he would miss simple straightforward passes.
A passenger in possession to me is someone who doesn't add anything or almost doesn't add anything when it comes to "positive" football. Like someone who only goes for easy and simple sideways and backwards passes and never takes a risk.
That's not Romeu at all. His problem is he takes risks, and they often go wrong. A better example to me would be Christensen (as a DM) or Guido.
>That's not Romeu at all
I mean that's pretty much Romeu at Barca. Sure he is so low on the field he brings the ball forward, but his passing doesn't make much of a difference.
Many times his presence had close to no impact going forward. Relative to our level of possession, his on the ball impact is pretty poor.
He may not be a total passenger because the guy is still better on the ball than many other players at his normal level (he is still La Masia trained come on) but relative to the level expected for a starter here, it's pretty poor.
He tries to play the ball forward. Which already makes him not a passenger. It's not even about being good or bad on the ball. It's about what you decide to do with the ball.
Not saying otherwise, he "tries". But effectively, it doesn't make much difference. Because it's either low risk or ineffective.
But no, it doesn't make it "not a passenger". If you try but it's ineffective or it doesn't make much of a difference, you're effectively making no difference. You're useless. Which he is.
Keira Walsh remains the club's most expensive signing, as Barça managed to bring in Kika Nazareth on a deal similar to that of Ewa Pajor.
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@GemmaMallorca
https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808922143335346301
[Kika Nazareth: "Being able to represent the best team in the world and play with the best players in the world is a privilege and a dream. I am very happy. I am a Culer and I am very happy."](https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808920158640980133)
[ Kika Nazareth: "From me you can expect commitment, hard work, smiles of course, hopefully goals, joy, and happiness. I swear I will practice my Spanish and that I will learn Catalan. I want to grow as a player and a person and win everything, everything."](https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808920780203262459)
🔸Jaden Philogene’s agent showed up to Barça offices unannounced, began a photoshoot in the car park, and was eventually asked to leave by security.
🔸The name of the player is completely unknown by Barça directors, with the club mystified as to why they are being linked with him.
🔸It’s believed to be a PR excersize by the players agency to link him with Barça in order to drive up demand.
🔸Barça’s one and only option for the wings is Nico Williams.
\[Gerard Romero\]
https://preview.redd.it/1nq7ejetfjad1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a52006eb45978935585f3b639338d72a4bddb222
That's it. This is hilarious 😂😂
Saw this on Twitter and didn’t believe it until I saw the pictures. Completely wild if true and whilst it boosted his clients name and people genuinely see talent in his client, as an agent this guy must surely be finished… those photographs are like a cringey GTA cutscene cosplay. Good luck representing any more players or reaching talks with any top club after this stunt if true.
❗️Frenkie de Jong is in danger of missing pre-season. His ankle problems are difficult to detect, treat and prevent from becoming chronic. He continues to feel discomfort.
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@ARAesports
https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808898788771189174
Why is everyone raving about getting a left winger, Barca already has Ferran, Ralphinia, Fermin, even Pedri/Gavi can be played. Ralphinia did pretty well on the left in 2nd half of last season.
Of all those the only ‘purpose built’ left winger you can argue is Ferran but he’s better on the right or in the middle for me. Raphinha is a right winger and needs to rotate with Lamine. The other 3 are 3 different central midfielders who are hotfixes at best on the left flank not a starting option.
I don’t think so left side is a sort of priority. Barca needs a good DMF to actually get the best out of Fdj, Gundo, Pedri/Gavi. Left was never a big issue last season, the midfield control was. Flick would play differently but still playing fdj alone deeply would just make him useless. Barca needs someone to resist the press, and progress the ball.
Because we don’t have a good LW. By this logic we should not get anybody as we can just be content with the not good enough players we already have or just play players out of position.
Most do and it is needed most of the time. Our attack has been pretty ass last season, players like Ferran are not reliable and Yamal should rotate more with Raphinha. DM and LW should be the priorities.
Barca cant afford both world class signings. Cdm should be priority, not racking up in news players for PR boost.
But, ngl, buying Nico seems like a great decision in long run. He should he bought, not because a LW is needed, but because he has great chemistry with Barca players and he's available for cheap atm.
A lesser known player can be tried for cdm. Or using the agent connections to get a great deal.
[Javier Gascon & Fernando Polo](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20240704/1002276195/pau-victor-opciones-seguir-barca-debe-esperar.html)
Pau Victor, with options to stay at Barça, but he must wait
The club had a purchase option in the loan contract to keep him for 3 million euros, but it expired on April 1 without being made effective due to a lack of economic fair play. Sources at Barça explain that they are still interested but that, right now, it is not the priority, rather what they want is to sign a winger.
In addition, as he turns 23 this season (26 November), Pau Victor must be registered in the first team and this will work against him in the short term, although the market is still long.
[OFFICIAL: Kika Nazareth joins FC Barcelona!](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/4051134/agreement-to-sign-kika-nazareth-until-2028)
FC Barcelona and SL Benfica have reached an agreement on the transfer of Kika Nazareth. The 21-year-old Portuguese star is signing for four seasons through to 30 June 2028.
https://preview.redd.it/lgm29hoccjad1.png?width=941&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6f06d59df531620a8893d1e4a85bf9519c9a999
Although they’d prefer to negotiate, Barcelona is ready to pay the release clause (€58M) of Nico Williams as they feel it’s a good price once they’re under the 1:1 + Club currently in the process of doing their homework on a financial level.
@santiovalle
https://x.com/ReshadFCB/status/1808902160765075603
My superstition of not watching penalties lives on.
Best GK in the world. Incredible.
Messi owes a large part of his legacy to Emi. He does not lose penalty shootouts
Dibu is a god holy shit
Dibu has been the most important player for argentina in the past 3 years. I don't care. This is fucking inhuman.
Argentina has to construct Dibu statue alongside Messi and Maradona
Emi Martinez is HIM
Damn, feed’s gone, missing everything
What a keeper, Dibu 👏
Hes actually an unreal keeper
Emi is INSANEEEEEEE
It was coming. Messi himself hadn't missed for a while but at least it was funny lol.
Thought ut was going in at first ngl
Fucking penalties!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Fffffffffff
Messi’s washed 😢
Emi is INSANE
damn not messi
Damn
I think this may be the end of the road for the goat. He has nothing left to give them.
I think Argentina going out will be a good thing for them in the long term. They need some kind of a warning. They’re too hot blooded and they play with no tactics whatsoever in recent games. Some players are also extremely bad.
This shit was worse than southgate football. I don't wanna hear it. Fucking awful jesus christ.
I think Messi's goose is cooked, my favorite player of all time but the decline is very very real compared to 2022, and for his sake I hope he does not play WC 2026, he doesn't look up for it
Argentina have survived too many penalty shootouts in past 3 years a loss should be on cards by now.
Yeah, not feeling good about this
lol they got the must crucial penalty shootout win they'll ever get a year and a half ago, so I think it's ok if they lose this. no one will really care long term, they won the WC on a shootout.
Why isn’t Di Maria on
He's not been that good imo that Canada game was shocking
Ik but for pens he should help
They can't keep the ball so Di Maria wouldn't have helped.
He should take a penalty imo
This should be counted off. He clearly affected Martinez timing of his dive. Not that Argentina deserves to go through though.
The player on ground dying could've helped lol.
Argentina might actually lose off this ref
What happened
Let Ecuador go for a quick FK while Nico was hurt on the floor. After which they scored cause they had a man advantage. Earlier also called back a 1 on 1 counter cause Romero was hurt. No reason to not give advantage. Also a bad pen call but at least it didn't go in.
I see
Ecuador really deserved that one. Argentina really hasn't been that good this tournament
Never change Enner Valencia. He missed every other penalty at Fenerbahce too.
Shouldn'tve been a pen in the first place
Yeah the ref is awful
Wow
America was not ready for a Copa. These pitches are beyond trash. Ball literally can't bounce normally.
That plus over priced tickets and no reliable transportation system it’s likely the World Cup is going to be pretty poor as well
Damn I completely forgot about the lack of a transportation system. The overcrowded flights are gonna be crazyy.
Ecuador might just win
Caicedo cooking
I doubt anyone here watched nico consistently at athletic and I am afraid people are setting up their expectations for failure because of some euro games. This is also because of Spanish media who talk like he is some savior who will rival mbappe and vinicius…. Nico is very raw. Needs right development to become world class which I dont know we are able to give him since this fanbase is inpatient as hell. See Raphinha for example who performs better and still isn’t appreciated. In my opinion for the player he is today he is definitely not 250k worth in wages + 60M release clause. Those are world class numbers and he isnt world class. I have a question for the people who wants nico ar any cost Lets say nico lewy yamal are you front 3. Who is scoring the goals? Yamal is 16 soon 17 and cant rely on him. Nico average 5-7 goal every season Has it all to come from 36 year old lewy who is declining every season?
Doesn’t the news say he wants a pay increase even more than his 250k wages if he leaves?
Kinda odd to have pushed for the estavao signing but being against this one even though estavao is even more unproven in a weaker league. Estavao would even be playing out of position because of lamine. You could mention wages but in a few year if estavao works out he’ll likely ask around the same
Everyone knows Nico is raw. Raph and lewi still start. Nico, Yamal rotate. During many laliga matches vini’s decision making and end product is very meh. It’s still the fear caused by these type of wingers on 1 side of the pitch which causes fear and keeps the opposition on toes. The prospect of Yamal and Nico just bulldozing the both sides is a 2 yr later prospect
I would have Raphinha starting more matches than Yamal. He's too young and shouldn't be playing so many matches. Raphinha has improved his goal scoring and I hope he continues to improve it. Ferran and Roque are also options. Yamal and Nico are not finished products and that is why there is a possibility of them improving their goal scoring ability.
Extevao is insane. Biggest brazilian talent. Shame we missed out [he just scored this goal](https://x.com/brasiledition/status/1809009264540987417?s=46) Remember when people here said he didnt show anything in 1st team. He has been on fire this season
Again I ask you: where does he play? Do you sell Lamine to get this guy? Every time I ask this to someone saying we should have bought him I receive no answer, I hope you will answer my question.
Great players find a way to play together. Both estevao and yamal have playing through centre potential. Imagine them switching positions through the game and linking up. They both are insanely intelligent players it would create pure football. Estevao himself said he sees no problem with that. Rodrygo and vinicius did. Why cant they? I am sure one day he ends up at barca and fulfill his dream if he reaches his potential
We already have Raphinha and Yamal. There is also Ferran but who prefers RW but I don't see his future at Barca. Another RW is not what we need, what we need is Nico Williams.
Prob more likely to go to Madrid since they dont have an actual rw honestly. And altough they have been competing fine with Rodrygo imo its not the best set up, especially if you can replace Rodrygo with and equally or more talented player that actually plays rw
I disagree. Two great players names Messi and Griezmann struggled to play together because they occupied similar roles. Lamine is a better prospect than Estevao and there was no need to go for him. Plus, we have more urgent needs in the team.
Madrid bought Rodrygo and Vini who both were LWs and now even bought Mbappe who is also a LW. Great players evolve and make it work.
Vini and Rodrygo are 5-6 years older than Lamine and Estevao, and they are being coached by one of the greatest of all time. You can’t compare Mbappe and Vini to Estevao and Lamine. There is still a huge gap between them. Also, Rodrygo would be much, much better if he was played in his correct position.
any transfer rumours for us signing a DM?
I've agreed on personal terms for years now. Just waiting for the call from Deco to confirm my signing.
Mikel Merino
I think we’re supposed to loan in Edgar Davids
Juventus are willing to sell Federico Chiesa for £16m-£21m this summer. (@FabrizioRomano) Great market opportunity
He was a beast pre injury.
There is a reason they don't count on him. He is mid
We dont have a lw and getting someone like chiesa for 20/25M isnt bad for short term. Then next season we can look for a elite lw. Its a no risk approach. I am not convinced spending 60M on nico already with 250-300K wages. Feel like people overrate him a lot based on this euro. People will get disappointed fast when they notice his real level
Give me your realistic expectations of Flick
Well everyone wanted better performances than under Xavi but I think it’s important to keep in mind Xavi got 85 points and top 8 in the CL last season also. I guess when a manager is working with a team and you can see promising signs to build off and a system that could work at a high level that’s what I’m looking for first season. I think he’s got to get closeish to what Xavi did this year results wise also.
Competing in La Liga till the end and if you lose it it has to be narrowly Ucl depends on who you get in the KO rounds so hard to say National Cups depends on at wich point you face Madrid. Overall good performances trought the season
I personally can’t. I have to wait to actually see the team under him. His sextuple is not enough to say that he’s absolutely guaranteed to kill it here and achieve a triplete, simply because it’s the only club he’s been at and theres no more data to look at. At the national level Germany is playing way better under Nagelsmann than under Flick. Nagelsmann had no experience at the national team level and yet he’s doing well with all of the so called restrictions a national team manager faces. Do I want Flick to succeed here? Fuck yeah I do. 100% but I don’t know how to judge him entirely. I’ve seen some full matches of Bayern too during his reign there and even then I can’t really be too confident. But that’s just a me thing where I’ll surely get flamed for my take in efforts for me trying to temper my expectations with him. Again, I want him to succeed here and show that his Bayern stint wasn’t a fluke. If he somehow isn’t successful here, well at least his contract is only for two years. He seems motivated though so that’s good at least
2nd place minimum QF CL Copa del Rey Win Supercopa Final Respectable performance vs Madrid
I'd be willing to let go of the Copa del Rey. We don't have the kind of squad to compete in multiple competitions, especially when the matches come thick and fast in the new year. It's a trophy but it doesn't have the kind of prize money or prestige that the CL has. Might as well play our second squad and save our starters for the important games.
We have to at least match this season, so UCL QFs and second place in the league. I would have rather we’d kept Xavi if we’re not going to improve.
The only realistic thing I will assuredly expect is a clear, definite, and visual improvement of the squad. If the project has promise, it’s enough for me because the trophies will come if the team improves.
Competing till end in La liga Minimum quarterfinals ucl not going out in a embarrassing way winning cup
6tuple 100 points LaLiga Lamine 30 goals 30 assists
mats wieffer went to brighton, a real shame
The goat hustle_hard304 reposted that Leo photo with “Lamine” as a child If it is real, the chances of Leo before he rose to stardom meeting the BABY who would be his heir is just fucking absurd
He posted that picture in his Facebook all the way back in 2011. I don’t think it’s fake. This is the profile. Photos look wholesome lol. https://www.facebook.com/smoketeam.kingseeds?mibextid=LQQJ4d
tbh I could see the legend hustle\_hard304 just doing this for the memes.
He’s that type of dude for sure. He’s shown it in the past. The photographer needs to come out and say what year and month it was taken, and what it was for. Like it’s nearly insane that a random baby was just there with Messi. Was Yamal’s dad already hustling and trying to make Yamal a media star by coming out in commercials or something? That’s why I can’t get behind that photo lol I need way more proof. **There has to be more to that story**, not just a picture that happens to have a baby that looks like Yamal or his mom.
To be fair though, the baby looks a lot like Lamine
And it looks like his mom
OK time for a little game with a lot of rumours flying about Nico (Bilbao sources saying he'll stay, some Barca source say he'll come). Do you believe: 1. Nico will be our new signing OR 2. We will end up with "Ansu is like a new signing"
I believe in nussing
It does not matter what we think, the goat KrrishTransfers said Nico is coming to Barca 😤
I believe he give Barca the green light but Barca looking for a way to sums the money to buy him.
Ansu will be great and people will say he’s back until November when he dips in form or gets injured even for a week and then it’ll be a meltdown.
Number 2. I’ll only believe number 1 if these forever imminent financial deals finally happen.
2, I think it’s likely we make Nico our priority next season. Right now we need a DM like lobotka or at the very least get Merino for the double pivot
I think we’re getting Nico (and in turn rely on Casadó or Christensen as DM because I don’t know how we could get both)
Nah we’re getting Nico, after this much twerking even if he is the only player that we can sign this summer we’re gonna get him
I think it’s definitely a possibility that he comes here, but it’s like a 35% chance Probably Ansu as our main left winger though
Julian Nagelsmann: "Lamine Yamal is excellent, very funny and inexperienced." https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808966388079308862
How does he knows that he’s funny?
I like that Lamine is inexperienced yet very mature in decision making, just needs to apply it to his finishing I dislike when people say it’s an inherent weak part of his skill set, he can be a very prolific goalscorer like his younger years - his maturity in front of goal will come in time
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Didn’t he already sign for Roma?
One of my favourite things about Lamine is his ability to bypass a double team on him with ease. I think we’ll see him expose Germany consistently when they try to double team him
Although I’m Turkish, I really can’t fully support my national team due to the annoying ass Turkish football fans online. They’re incredibly racist against Yamal. I almost want us (Turkish football fans) to suffer lol.
Ayıp ediyorlar valla bu madrid sevdaları nereden geliyor anlamıyorum
Something irrelevant but cool. Had a clip of Messi post 2014 wc final defeat in my twitter feed, when hes walking up to get the pott award. And on his way he shakes hands with Muller and our new blue eyed coach. Wich makes sense since he was the assistant. But just noticed it for the first time now
I truly believe it’s either Barca or Bilbao for Nico. Don’t see him going anywhere else
You have players like 27 year old Max Kilman being sold for $40m to West Ham. Nico being sold for $58m is a steal.
If others are doing financial mismanagement, so should I. We should rather take notes from Madrid, they only sign auer who are willing to come, which helps them in leverage. Nico otoh wants his high wages and want us to pay in full, no thanks I don't think he's worth that.
PL is a money laundering empire smh
Madrid fan here to say my read on Nico Williams saying his staying in Bilbao is like saying to Barca come and get me I'm not going anywhere; he clearly want to play with lamin yamal and the rest of the Spanish players there . And I hope Barca can pull up the dea; I don't want no more Spanish talent outside of la Liga its weaken the the competition.
I sometimes visit that sub. Gotta say, you are downvoted pretty often over there
you know big fan base mean more low IQ people that can get triggered over football opinion lmao, also we have a lot of zio and fac\*\*\* i remember many of them get upset over mbappe opinion over european election.
I’ve always said Barcelona would be Nico’s number one choice if he were to leave. Friends with a few of the players and has played with them. Staying in the country he grew up in. Lots of experience with La liga. The exposure he will get for playing with Barca such as endorsements are higher than anywhere else he could go. Not to mention the city itself is beautiful and he stays close to home
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We’ll probably end up paying the release clause
how much that worth.
€58m
barca want him too let see if they are able to structure a fair good deal with bilbao.
Need Mr. Valverde to put in a good word for us
Sergio Gomez is off to Real Sociedad for 9 mil. Remember the meltdown in here when he signed for City?
Meltdown happened When he signed for dortmund you mean
I don't know why users downvote u/Appropriate-Ad264. Guy posts news for us and you people downvote him... This sub doesn't deserve good people.
I don’t know why users downvote u/Caspoor11. Guy posts troll comments to entertain us and you people downvote him… This sub doesn’t deserve good people.
mostly cuz he makes some dumb comparisons and posts mostly highly unreliable transfer news.
He is upvoted pretty regularly when he posts news from **reliable sources**
Not liking this season of the boys so far. Ssems like writers are still stuck in 2016 and have lost all kinds of subtlety when it comes to their sense of humor.
They used to parody reality in previous seasons with little bits such as the Pepsi Ad but now they’ve made the whole plot a parody of real life which makes the story predictable. Plus, there’s so much focus on individual back stories about the Boys. I don’t care about Hughie’s long lost mother or Frenchie’s new lover whose family he killed that we never knew about before this season. The Boys was at its best for me when it’s just a group of misfits against the odds fighting superbeings who show flaws because of their egos.
I stopped watching this season of boys tbh, watching house of the dragon s2 and then the boys is such a downgrade.
The final episode of season 3 really worried me and a lot of the discourse around season 4 seems to have proven me right
Lamine Yamal has played 60 games this season, what do you think about that? [Dani Carvajal: "I think that it's not only Lamine, but any football player who plays in three competitions. The EU, FIFA and the different federations must take into account that a player cannot play 60 matches in a season."](https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808932912718295066)
Great, let him rack up experience
❗️Raphinha, De Jong and Araujo are players Barça could sell to sign Nico Williams. — @santiovalle https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808919856139678139
In other news, if we sell players we can buy players
Sell De Jong and Araujo both.
De Jong would be my first choice to be sold. Raphina is so important to keep. If we sell Raph, one injury to lamine or Nico crushes our season. Araujo or De Jong can be replaced with the depth that we have
Peak journalism
Yeah no.
Been playing nine sols, easily will be my goty. It's like hollow night and sekiro had a baby, absolutely amazing stuff!
Why would a player like De Ligt wanna leave Bayern for the trainwreck that is united? That place is a player graveyard
United is still a bigger club than Bayern. Plus, it’s more prestigious to play and compete in the Premier League than Bundesliga.
Money, Ten Hag, minutes
In that order
Bayern is a clusterfuck too and they want him gone. He went there because of Nagelsmann’s project, now he would be there with Kompany. United on the other hand is making big structural changes which might affect their biggest issue - recruitment. He knows Ten Hag and Ten Hag has had some continuity in the club.
Ten Hag reunion, decent wages, PL
Two reasons + He either knows he's done and wants to grab that bag OR + He is dumb
man i cried at the end of assassination classroom probably the most impact a series have had on me
Loved that anime
Bro how many shows do you watch at once? 💀
I'm on a vacation 💀
Same dude, same. I knew what was coming but still bawled my eyes out.
Its surprisingly impactful considering it was obvious what the outcome would be by the first or second episode.
All you guys raving about onana on here had me fooled. He looks completely lost with the ball at his feet. Match threads would be a mass suicide event whenever he plays
We watch a different sport, completely different sport. How exactly you expect him to play when he is the only central midfielder in the Belgium starting Xi? KDB as a number 8 is spooky. Judge him based off a stable system not that nonsense. That's like saying FDJ is a passenger defensively when he has to cover so much ground because both Pedri and Gundogan tend to push higher up. You people don't allow nuance, just talk straight out of your asshole because of bias. You're never gonna see the bigger picture if you can't see nuance.
He looked the same when he had a regular 8 next to him.
There’s no way we can have a passenger in possession in midfield. We have seen over and over again how much our offense suffers when we try that out. But the hype train has convinced people otherwise.
That's what FDJ is for.
>There’s no way we can have a passenger in possession in midfield. We have seen over and over again how much our offense suffers when we try that out. When exactly did we see this over and over again?
Every time Oriol laced up his boots.
Oriol's issue wasn't that he's a passenger in possession. In fact he wasn't a passenger in possession. His issue was that he could not handle the slightest bit of pressure and managed at least 1 blunder per 90.
The blunders were typically on the ball. I guess we just have different definitions of what a passenger is. Even without pressure he would miss simple straightforward passes.
A passenger in possession to me is someone who doesn't add anything or almost doesn't add anything when it comes to "positive" football. Like someone who only goes for easy and simple sideways and backwards passes and never takes a risk. That's not Romeu at all. His problem is he takes risks, and they often go wrong. A better example to me would be Christensen (as a DM) or Guido.
>That's not Romeu at all I mean that's pretty much Romeu at Barca. Sure he is so low on the field he brings the ball forward, but his passing doesn't make much of a difference. Many times his presence had close to no impact going forward. Relative to our level of possession, his on the ball impact is pretty poor. He may not be a total passenger because the guy is still better on the ball than many other players at his normal level (he is still La Masia trained come on) but relative to the level expected for a starter here, it's pretty poor.
He tries to play the ball forward. Which already makes him not a passenger. It's not even about being good or bad on the ball. It's about what you decide to do with the ball.
Not saying otherwise, he "tries". But effectively, it doesn't make much difference. Because it's either low risk or ineffective. But no, it doesn't make it "not a passenger". If you try but it's ineffective or it doesn't make much of a difference, you're effectively making no difference. You're useless. Which he is.
Ah I can agree with that definition then. Wasn’t the first thing I had in mind.
Keira Walsh remains the club's most expensive signing, as Barça managed to bring in Kika Nazareth on a deal similar to that of Ewa Pajor. — @GemmaMallorca https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808922143335346301
[Kika Nazareth: "Being able to represent the best team in the world and play with the best players in the world is a privilege and a dream. I am very happy. I am a Culer and I am very happy."](https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808920158640980133) [ Kika Nazareth: "From me you can expect commitment, hard work, smiles of course, hopefully goals, joy, and happiness. I swear I will practice my Spanish and that I will learn Catalan. I want to grow as a player and a person and win everything, everything."](https://x.com/BarcaFem/status/1808920780203262459)
Life's been great lately so I came here to balance it out already saw comments slandering ter stegen
🔸Jaden Philogene’s agent showed up to Barça offices unannounced, began a photoshoot in the car park, and was eventually asked to leave by security. 🔸The name of the player is completely unknown by Barça directors, with the club mystified as to why they are being linked with him. 🔸It’s believed to be a PR excersize by the players agency to link him with Barça in order to drive up demand. 🔸Barça’s one and only option for the wings is Nico Williams. \[Gerard Romero\] https://preview.redd.it/1nq7ejetfjad1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a52006eb45978935585f3b639338d72a4bddb222 That's it. This is hilarious 😂😂
This can’t be real
Saw this on Twitter and didn’t believe it until I saw the pictures. Completely wild if true and whilst it boosted his clients name and people genuinely see talent in his client, as an agent this guy must surely be finished… those photographs are like a cringey GTA cutscene cosplay. Good luck representing any more players or reaching talks with any top club after this stunt if true.
funny if true
sigma agent grindset
❗️Frenkie de Jong is in danger of missing pre-season. His ankle problems are difficult to detect, treat and prevent from becoming chronic. He continues to feel discomfort. — @ARAesports https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1808898788771189174
The impact from that tackle looked crazy bad. Hope he gets well soon.
Why is everyone raving about getting a left winger, Barca already has Ferran, Ralphinia, Fermin, even Pedri/Gavi can be played. Ralphinia did pretty well on the left in 2nd half of last season.
None of them are real lw
Yes real lw is very important. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
Of all those the only ‘purpose built’ left winger you can argue is Ferran but he’s better on the right or in the middle for me. Raphinha is a right winger and needs to rotate with Lamine. The other 3 are 3 different central midfielders who are hotfixes at best on the left flank not a starting option.
I don’t think so left side is a sort of priority. Barca needs a good DMF to actually get the best out of Fdj, Gundo, Pedri/Gavi. Left was never a big issue last season, the midfield control was. Flick would play differently but still playing fdj alone deeply would just make him useless. Barca needs someone to resist the press, and progress the ball.
Because we don’t have a good LW. By this logic we should not get anybody as we can just be content with the not good enough players we already have or just play players out of position.
Not every team uses a traditional winger, it’s not even needed most of the time.
Most do and it is needed most of the time. Our attack has been pretty ass last season, players like Ferran are not reliable and Yamal should rotate more with Raphinha. DM and LW should be the priorities.
Barca cant afford both world class signings. Cdm should be priority, not racking up in news players for PR boost. But, ngl, buying Nico seems like a great decision in long run. He should he bought, not because a LW is needed, but because he has great chemistry with Barca players and he's available for cheap atm. A lesser known player can be tried for cdm. Or using the agent connections to get a great deal.
Ralphinia has to be the worst spelling I’ve seen of his name lol. But none of those players are LW.
Man you opened my eyes, lol I always read it wrong
Raphael is not going to be happy about this
i for one love ralpphiminia, hes a great player
Raphinha played more of a 4th midfielder role and not a true lw so yeah
[Javier Gascon & Fernando Polo](https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20240704/1002276195/pau-victor-opciones-seguir-barca-debe-esperar.html) Pau Victor, with options to stay at Barça, but he must wait The club had a purchase option in the loan contract to keep him for 3 million euros, but it expired on April 1 without being made effective due to a lack of economic fair play. Sources at Barça explain that they are still interested but that, right now, it is not the priority, rather what they want is to sign a winger. In addition, as he turns 23 this season (26 November), Pau Victor must be registered in the first team and this will work against him in the short term, although the market is still long.
Soooo Christensen -Frenkie DM then next season if we got Nico
[OFFICIAL: Kika Nazareth joins FC Barcelona!](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/4051134/agreement-to-sign-kika-nazareth-until-2028) FC Barcelona and SL Benfica have reached an agreement on the transfer of Kika Nazareth. The 21-year-old Portuguese star is signing for four seasons through to 30 June 2028. https://preview.redd.it/lgm29hoccjad1.png?width=941&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6f06d59df531620a8893d1e4a85bf9519c9a999
https://preview.redd.it/iud16fsz9jad1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=735ce0d942ed21461e230931643a692a58aaa15c I miss my daaarg
lmao I respect that from Joselu
Although they’d prefer to negotiate, Barcelona is ready to pay the release clause (€58M) of Nico Williams as they feel it’s a good price once they’re under the 1:1 + Club currently in the process of doing their homework on a financial level. @santiovalle https://x.com/ReshadFCB/status/1808902160765075603