Yes, you're only implying financial reasons. There's a lot more to it. Your mistake was blaming the guy in the first place.
Martin Braithwaite | Barcelona
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
He was on 300k a week in China?forgot about that. Truth be told, we would not have got him over the line with him being on 300k a week in China were it not for him being a United fan.
Madness.
I Don’t think Braithwaite believes his own luck. Odds for him playing in Barcelona 1-1,5 years ago was worse than winning the EuroJackpot, get struck by a lightning and discover a survived dinasour in a cave full of unicorns on the same day.
But hey, good luck, perhaps he has a lucky punch and get’s Rolling.
But hey, good luck, perhaps he has a lucky punch and get’s Rolling.
I really don't get what the fuss is about. I know I shouldn't believe all I read but didn't even the President in Leganes say he's happy about the outcome? They got like 4-5x his value in that transfer with decent backups.
So many people on here just jumps to the conclusion that Barca have screwed Leganes, while the people in and around Leganes doesn´t.
So many people on here just jumps to the conclusion that Barca have screwed Leganes, while the people in and around Leganes doesn´t.
We had Bakambu on a plane coming to Barcelona, they told him to turn back to China.
Everything was sealed and done with Angel for ~10M, even Getafe while obviously not too happy, were somewhat satisfied with selling him for his release clause, but the board shot the deal down apparently due to his age (gonna turn 33), but that played in our favour, pay 9 millions, give him 1 or 2 seasons of contract and move on.
And they end up signing a worse player than Angel, for a bigger transfer fee, that screws a lot more the selling team and with an almot 5 year contract, to a player that's 28 y/o.
This board is just mental, not to mention that our "warchest" to go for Lautaro this summer just got 20M smalle, due to a player that, if we eventually sign Lautaro, will be 3rd choice behind Lautaro and Suarez and will get less than 200 minutes next year.
Everything was sealed and done with Angel for ~10M, even Getafe while obviously not too happy, were somewhat satisfied with selling him for his release clause, but the board shot the deal down apparently due to his age (gonna turn 33), but that played in our favour, pay 9 millions, give him 1 or 2 seasons of contract and move on.
And they end up signing a worse player than Angel, for a bigger transfer fee, that screws a lot more the selling team and with an almot 5 year contract, to a player that's 28 y/o.
This board is just mental, not to mention that our "warchest" to go for Lautaro this summer just got 20M smalle, due to a player that, if we eventually sign Lautaro, will be 3rd choice behind Lautaro and Suarez and will get less than 200 minutes next year.
Never seen him play but he's been bang average whenever I've played as Denmark on Pro Evo.
Would you swap him for Ighalo?
Well that says it all. That said, have you played him when he's red up?
Probably, Ighalo is a more proven player.
Beats the purpose though, when we had Bakambu's loan already done with us and I rate him higher than Ighalo and Braithwaite, somehow we end up with the worst option and one of the most expensive. I can only thank god we didn't pay 70+M for Rodrigo or 60M for Willian Jose.
I had issues with him in pro evo but went to edit player and now he's as good as Neymar for 1/10 the salary.
Boro reject
This is the most amazing thing which i saw in years. Despite having shit load of players plus youth team, Barca are allowed to buy new player. On top of that club which is going to be relegated because of that, can't sign anybody.
Amazing amazing stuff. Imagine being Leganes fan?
Amazing amazing stuff. Imagine being Leganes fan?
And there's no way this cant be abused in the future by fake medical reports.
It reminds me of when Ragnar Sigurðsson (FCK) was frequently linked to Liverpool after the last Euros and then they bought Ragnar Klavan instead or "the wrong Ragnar"As a Dane this is both quite exciting and absolutely hilarious. He is barely good enough to feature for the national team, but now he will be playing with Messi and co
Assisting Messi in his first game. He must be buzzing 
19 starts and only 2 goals this season tells us everything thats wrong with Barca at the moment. Looking clueless again tonight. Messi won’t even pass him They have Dembele and Griezmann on the bench.
They have Dembele and Griezmann on the bench.I’m surprised there’s an actual thread on this guy
Still struggling to understand what's gone on here.
Had a mate at school whose last name was Braithwaite. We used to call him Braith-a-waite-a for our personal enjoyment. Extra emphasis at the end.
Blokes called Braithwaite shouldn’t play for Barcelona. It just isn’t right.
He must have the greatest agent to ever walk this earth.
He scored 4 goals the season before Barcelona signed him at Leganes. I know he was a total panic buy — was it something like they could only buy from La Liga clubs as it was mid season emergency injury(?) — but bloody hell. You’d have at least thought he was doing well before they signed him
4 goals and 7 assists - in a team that managed 37 goals. That’s almost 30% of all their goals he had an involvement in. It’s important to look at the team he played for, and not just the stats - that Leganes-team wasn’t exactly the right place to be as a striker, if you wanted to be judged purely on goals scored.
I’m danish so I’m so very buzzed for the lad and I do have a soft spot for him - but I acknowledge how €18million for him is maybe €10million too much and yes - he’s very lucky to have been the chosen one, because he isn’t traditional Barça-quality.
That being said - two great assists today.
Even with this mediocre Barca, he sticks out badly. Just playing in team way beyond his talent.
His first assist today was pretty good
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Well he is the Danish Messi
We should hire him as CEO. Guy knows stuff
The only Braithwaite who did anything significant in sport in recent times was Carlos.
Messi’s heir already stepping up. Give this man the number 10 shirt already!
Is this guy any good then?
Asking cos this video is ripping the piss out of him.
Asking cos this video is ripping the piss out of him.
He’s doing what we all want the Barca players being forced out to do. He’s got 2 years left on his contract and is refusing to budge from leaving by terminating his contract. He’s insisting on being paid out in full. At the moment his salary is going towards the la liga restriction cap. Good on him!
It really is bizarre how Barca and their fans believe just because this mess was created by the previous president, that they are not accountable anymore and everyone should participate in fixing the mess they created.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNbYbx53
It really is bizarre how Barca and their fans believe just because this mess was created by the previous president, that they are not accountable anymore and everyone should participate in fixing the mess they created.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNbYbx53
I heard Umtiti and Neto and many others in the same situation, right?
Yeah. They are being named as shameless due to them asking for what they are rightfully owed. It seems like Frenkie has taken a similar stance too.
Neto and Umtiti are willing to leave Barcelona. Braithwaite does not.