Been thinking for a while that I really hope we get these or Real in the CL next season.
Barcelona to fire Valverde. Quique Setién to take over
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I said that was a shambolic decision straight after Barca hired him. Clueless manager. But it's obvious that he isn't the only problem. Atrocious decision making over the last 3 years from Bartomeu and the board.
This is on nobody but Bartomeu. He's overseen the disintegration of this side and wasted Messi's final year of greatness. There are two £100m attacking midfielders sat on the bench right now because they don't fit into the side. And a thirdb£100m plus player currently out on loan for the same reason. Meanwhile they've a creaking central midfield and defence.
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Shambles of a club. Big money signings, ridiculous debt.
I know United have problems but it'd be 5x worse in a league that doesn't generate the sort of money the PL does.
I know United have problems but it'd be 5x worse in a league that doesn't generate the sort of money the PL does.
Xavi?
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Big job for whoever is coming next.
Perhaps the saddest thing is that this isn’t even surprising. There have been too many shambolic humiliations in recent years and just like the scoreline it’s reminiscent of Arsenal.
He's going to get the Lane Kiffin treatment. Hope he's able to arrange his own transportation back to Spain.
As others have a said they're a spent force at the top now.
I know we've had our share of big money flops but I cannot fathom how they have spent so much money since Neymar left only to have to spend that much again (probably more) just to overhaul the team.
I know we've had our share of big money flops but I cannot fathom how they have spent so much money since Neymar left only to have to spend that much again (probably more) just to overhaul the team.
Said for years their transfer policy has been a joke. Time for a bit of a rethink after this humbling. Sacking Setien is the easy thing to do but there's far deeper problems there.
Think 7 of their line up are over 30 so that's something they need to shake up.
Think 7 of their line up are over 30 so that's something they need to shake up.
Bartomeu has to be writing his resignation letter now.
Firing a manager who won them 2 La Liga and still had them in first place in La Liga at that time for nobody. Weirdest decision.
Name another club with a worse transfer history
Dembele, Griezeman and Coutinho, 400 million odd wasted and the last of Messi's best years(and Suarez for that matter, huge decline from him physically).
Outside of Ter Stegen and De Jong they might have to change the rest of the team within the next 2 years.
They would still have lost under Valverde tonight, and embarrassingly as well. They are playing shit for a couple of seasons now. Real improved, that is why they won the league.
This job is career-ending; I would think twice about taking it if my bank account was full of millions.
Their signings are idiotic and yet they keep on signing players for 100m when they are not working. Their squad is ageing like mad with no replacements in sight. Messi's contract is crippling them, they have to find more money every year just to pay for it. I think that job is going to be bigger than ours; when Messi goes they are screwed.
Their signings are idiotic and yet they keep on signing players for 100m when they are not working. Their squad is ageing like mad with no replacements in sight. Messi's contract is crippling them, they have to find more money every year just to pay for it. I think that job is going to be bigger than ours; when Messi goes they are screwed.
They are done for the next 5 years IMO, i can see them not winning anything for quite some time. They need a huge rebuild and a new strategy. They lost embarrassingly over the years in the CL with no change, and tonight was the pinnacle. Dead team, i predicted an embarrassment, and we got one, even worse than anyone could have imagined.
They have got what they deserved. Wanted better football. Well it was definitely entertaining tonight.
Fact of the matter is you can’t blame him. The squad is aging and generally just shite.
looked like Moyes there tonight
Why wasted money to fire a manager for someone worse?
And now he might be fired as well.I actually never understand why Barcelona fans don't like Valverde. His first season was very good imo.
There were things Barcelona could have done to lose less badly today. Possibly even get a result. But this squad is devoid of pace and power. It lacked the ingredients to really compete and that's down to decisions made long before Setien. This club wasted every penny if got for Neymar. Mad...
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They will probably give the job to Xavi or the new fad of legacy player manager. The club is a mess
Valverde finished top of the CL group with Inter & Dortmund in the group. Still had them in 1st place La Liga at that time. 12W 4D 3L was his La Liga 19/20 record. And some reason Barcelona fans wanted him gone & Barcelona board fired him. If the replacement is top manager, I understand but who is Setien?
End of an era.
If Xavi is man enough and not a P, he shouldn’t wait for the next board and come out, claim the job.
With a similar level of spending? There is none.
PSG fecked them in every way possible, they've been attempting to make up for it by dick swinging in the market ever since but instead utterly embarrass themselves again and again. That they were close to winning the league reflects extremely poorly on La Liga.
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For at least 4 years I've been calling for Bartomeu to resign. He's terrible. The club is a mess. Abondening la masia, Political Messi, ridiculous player transfer policy..etc.. Wasted years. Only reason for his coninuity is that Messi carried us to win la liga 4 times. But the problem was always there and always evident.
They have nothing.
They're in far worse shape now than in 2008.
Neymar would be stupid IMO to go back.
They're in far worse shape now than in 2008.
Neymar would be stupid IMO to go back.
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Sancho to Barca incoming?
If messi leaves the club this summer they are absolutely screwed co considering they cant spend big wisely to save their life at the moment
More likely they go mad in trying to get Neymar back, and shoehorn him, Suarez and Messi in like it was 3-4 years ago.Sancho to Barca incoming?
P...erson who wants to avoid a shitshow?
If they hire Xavi, it'll be just continuation of how garbage they're run as a club.
He has to clean this mess or else Barcelona will see demise like United and Milan
Firing Valverde while they were first on the table and with him having won La Lia last season, and replacing him with a farmer has to be one of te worst decisions ever.
This guy makes Moyes look like Sir Alex.
This guy makes Moyes look like Sir Alex.