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That yesterday game pain me, I swear. All other games since Friday came, only my Barca (last game) spoil it My babe was mocking me, Because she already told me not to include Barca. That they are unreliable.

andrewbaba44:
Not yet that’s why I said his days are numbered

The Warey will still give us 25 league goals this season and even help us in retaining our title

I sincerely hope so. Because his plays these days is in contrast with his exploits of seasons past o.

This season go get as e go be o. If we find it so hard to beat Getafe despite all our exploits in preseason, what happens when we meet more formidable and clinical teams like R. Sociedad, Real Beti, Atletico and the likes?

The 2 departments we seem to have covered are defense and midfield. Our attack is a joke as it is. We need to reconstruct that aspect.

Relying on Lewandowski, Raphinha, Ferran, Fati, Yamal and Abde cannot get us very far o.

Lewandowski has lost form and his mojo. .
Raphinha relies on luck in front of goal.
Ferran is just Lord of movement and positioning.
Fati is hanging on glory days.
Yamal is just learning the ropes.
Abde is all speed and no brain.

We cannot and must not put all our hopes on these "Good today, bad tomorrow " players o.

andrewbaba44:
This ref need to leave football for UFC

Once again Lewandowski your days as a Barca starter are numbered

Who will start in his place or position?

Culer:
They will leave.

Add Error Garcia abeg

andrewbaba44:
So this club want to let fati leave because of a 31 year old snake ?

They will surely regret this rubbish

Abeg. If anybody is leaving to pave way for Neymar, it must be on loan basis only o. Neymar cannot be trusted o. A snake is always a snake even if it sheds its skin.

oliverano:
He's coming to bench Fati, Abde and may be Gavi sef, although that will help push Gavi back to midfield.

Ferran is a ST/RW. The return of Ney will not affect Ferran like Fati, Abde and may be Gavi.

Ferran looks safe

Since we don't have a back up striker to Lewa. I believe he and Fati will be used to deputise Lewandowski if he loses form or injured or against small teams. Thats if Neymar comes o

This invariably means that another hardship is uploading for Nigerians o. Prepare for TAX INCREASE.
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jpmoriarti:
Arnau Martinez name is again coming back into consideration. And he is generating more consensus among coaching staff and Deco. But it seems Girona will insist on his 20m euros exit club. That might be a problem for us if they refuse to shift ground.

As for the other names
Fresneda = Deco likes. Xavi prefers someone with more experience. Valladolid insisting on 20m euros but Barca believe they can make a deal.
Cancelo = Xavi likes. Deco does not. And his transfer fee or even loan fee does not come cheap.

As for my preference, anyone of Arnau or Fresneda is welcome. I dont want Cancelo.

Same here. Not denying Cancelo"s ability and experience. But I would rather buy both Arnau for present and Fresnesda for future out of Cancelo's money.

Many established players have come and flopped. Departing for lesser than half of their worth. Countinho, Andre Gomez etc comes to mind. Who says Cancelo cannot flop?

Let's go with cheaper options that can also deliver.
Moreover, Cancelo"s buy out clause can buy both of them, We go collect balance sef.

Geld:
Just watched his YouTube Videos...Damn!!!
The boy dey gimme Arjen Robben Vibes ❤️❤️❤️

Another young No. 10 midfielder?

jpmoriarti:
❗️Barça conducted an in-depth analysis on Joao Cancelo both on and off the pitch. They are worried with his attitude and problems with other managers. Xavi is convinced that he would be able to deal with Cancelo, considering his vast experience as a player.

— @mundodeportivo

This is my only major issue with this guy

Without Cancelo we can still perform. If he is always having problems with his managers, what is Xavi going to do to please him. Will xavi become his personal monkey?

If we can get someone else, why not leave him and his baggages. The same way people said Dembele"s indiscipline and injury too much in Dortmund, we do strong head carry am, what are we saying about him today? Did he justify the £115m we spent to get him?

Leave Cancelo with his attitude wahala o, or else he may later become a Canckerworm in the squad.

Geld:
Asin Xavi shouldn't even pity him... Infact make Barca no even register am for the upcoming season...this is what Igbos call "Igba Abu Ogbenye buru amoosu"....you no Sabi,oya give space make people Wey sabi play you say No..I even head the Arabs are ready to match his Salary yet baba is insisting on dieing at Barca

I no just understand what that guy is doing? And to make the matter worse, his contract ends in 3 more seasons o. ( 2026 ),

andrewbaba44:
So dembele wanted to be captain so he can captain us from the hospital ?

None of the players gave him a single vote

You see say that guy get maggots for inside him brain.

Kilishihunter:
If we can just erase dest and lenglet after dembele and kessie, men what a let off that would be on our wagebill

Help.me add Garcia and maybe Roberto join them

monerozi5590:
Chai! Dat private clause for en contract shock me.

Bros. Na we the fans get loyalty to club. Most Players are olosho, all they are about is football as a business, they go after the money, loyalty to club comes a distant second.

Even when they loose important games, they go out to party, while we fans sulk around.

Kilishihunter:
Yamal is probably going to spend lots of his time with the B team to not rush him and aid his first team development so he might not be a major part of the team which is the right thing considering his age
Raphinha is a dribbler we can't put our hope on, something that's vitally needed in this xavi's wing system

WHAT ??

Abegi o. TINUBU should not invade or use military action against Niger o, all because he is the Leader of ECOWAS.

Niger is our next door neighbour o. Even most people in the upper part of northern Nigeria are descendants of Niger Republic.

There are places where there are no distinguish border between our 2 countries. It will be like fighting your neighbour because he beat his wife or his wife beat him. E no concern you.

See pic below.

Guinea has also supported the coup. Nigeria should just leave Niger alone o

Obviously, this issue is a TRAP.

jpmoriarti:
He scored against Arsenal. Our pre-season opener. If he's fit, I'm sure he'll keep on scoring

Got your point. Yet, won't it be better we get another striker to deputise for him incase of injury , rest or bad form?

In retrospect, we can also use Ferran, or Fati upfront to play striker if he is not available sha. So no much stress. Moreover, since FFP may stop us from signing a new player.

Does any body realize that Lewandowski has been quiet for sometime now in front of goal. I think we need a substitute striker in case o.

Kilishihunter:
We'll have to look for na, Are there not scouts in the club? Saying who I want won't make Barça see my comments so it's just to wait and see how we'll act

Ok. Let's wait and see like you said. Because it will be a disgrace to the board if they pretend that they were not expecting this Dembele exit.

Kilishihunter:
Lamine yamal is too young to be consistently in the first team brrrrruuuhhh, Person wey dey skip age grades before he landed in Juvenil A where his current agemates are before xavi noticed him, We have to enter the market to sign a replacement, It's a must

Do you have any replacement in mind?

andrewbaba44:
Yes abde is more comfortable at the left ,he is still good on both wings though

I just wish we can escape till tomorrow where he doesn’t get to leave for 50M

Let's kidnap him or drug him to sleep before he finalises the deal and release him tomorrow before police gets involved.

My advice is learn how to drive . Be it car, bus or trucks. Driving has no age limit. Get busy with a driving job as a hussle to feed yourself temporarily while you plan for other ventures.

It also brings opportunity to meet people, connecting on business and knowing other hussles people engaged in to make big money.

Wish you best of luck.

jpmoriarti:
Nasooo 🤣🤣🤣

I don't know why all these Saudi people no dey look to taking our fringe players. Lenglet, Dest, Kessie, Alonso, Ferran Torres are all surplus to requirement.

Can we really call Franck Kessie a flop? Or is it because the midfield is overcrowded that push him down the pecking order. Or that his style of play just doesn't sit with ours.

jpmoriarti:
Yes. Same one. He had a decent season.
And he manages to stay fit too.

Your point shows that you base your opinions of him on his overall stats and fitness, not caring about his shortcomings.

Kilishihunter:
That Copa del second leg was what killed his rep coming into this season. Not getting a single take on against Camavinga a makeshift LB was always going to bring hardcore criticisms especially seeing how he was attacked before the game, Even against arsenal he was still losing duels against timber

Your point shows that you are not really swayed by his overall stats but his day-to-day display on the field.

jpmoriarti:
Nobody will put too much pressure on him. He'll understudy Raphinha. This is exactly what he needs. If he's handled properly, which he'll be, we can have a full blown superstar by age of 18.

Is it the same Raphinha that some cules calls useless that you want Lamine to understudy.?

No South Eastern state omitted. He did not even add his home-base state (Lagos) to the submitted list; Yet some people calls him anti-igbo.

Can we now see whose side the tribal bigotry started from?

With Inter Miami getting Messi in their team, all other MLS club are afraid of them. From being the punching-bag to become a threat in just 2 games, of having the GOAT in their squad.

On the other side, Al-Nassr"s fortune didn't
improve in the Camel's league, why??

Ibukzy:
Raphinha without thinking twice,bfore his value drop

Nice one there. But your opinion counts like his too. To each his own.

Ibukzy:
When last did Dembele miss 28 League games


Or should we also sell Pedri who recently is more injury Prone than Dembele

I'm not arguing anything bros. About the 28 games, that was just a sarcastic way of saying that he is injury prone. I may be wrong.

But if you have to sell one of the 2 between Dembele and Raphinha. Who would you choose to sell?