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Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 6:41pm On May 18
Jamiuokolaa:
Orobosa
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Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 6:41pm On May 18
Kilishihunter:
I think Flick wants someone who's fast and good with 1v1 situations asides being good on the ball probably why he isn't moved by bastoni. If we don't go on to sign a CB then I think we might spend heavily on our attack
Flick knows ball 👌

Shey nah me and you argue when I tell u say Batsoni isnt that fast. For me Batsoni will not make much difference for barca. He's good but not special like someone like Gvadiol, Saliba, Gabriel, Magwaya etc.

Vuskovic is a snail though. Too slow and too young to lead the back for barca.

On a side note, the main issue is departures. Araujo is earning a lot according to what I read online. For there to be a CB signing, some defenders must be sold. Without departures, there'll be no incoming transfers.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 6:51pm On May 18
AirBere:
Shey nah me and you argue when I tell u say Batsoni isnt that fast. For me Batsoni will not make much difference for barca. He's good but not special like someone like Gvadiol, Saliba, Gabriel etc.

Vuskovic is a snail though. Too slow and too young to lead the back for barca.

On a side note, the main issue is departures. Araujo is earning a lot according to what I read online. For there to be a CB signing, some defenders must be sold. Without departures, there'll be no transfers.
Yes we argued on that aspect though I admitted he isn't the fastest I suspect he'll struggle in our highline. He isn't that great in 1 v 1 situations too but I still like him cause of his ball handling and tactical fouls. Vuskovic is slow but he's physical and good with defending. We were scouting him before Tottenham signed him. Araujo says he doesn't want to leave and I'm not sure any of the EPL top clubs would want to pay a premium for him. Serie A where he would have thrived are even financially handicapped than laliga
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 6:53pm On May 18
Kilishihunter:
Yes we argued on that aspect though I admitted he isn't the fastest I suspect he'll struggle in our highline. He isn't that great in 1 v 1 situations too but I still like him cause of his ball handling and tactical fouls. Vuskovic is slow but he's physical and good with defending. We were scouting him before Tottenham signed him. Araujo says he doesn't want to leave and I'm not sure any of the EPL top clubs would want to pay a premium for him. Serie A where he would have thrived are even financially handicapped than laliga
Yeah, Araujo no want go because he's earning so much. If na me, I'm going nowhere grin grin grin

Let's see how it goes Sha...
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 6:57pm On May 18
AirBere:
Yeah, Araujo no want go because he's earning so much. If na me, I'm going nowhere grin grin grin

Let's see how it goes Sha...
Flick vetoing the move means he has another alternative in mind. So let's see what happens in the coming weeks. As much as martin has been solid this season we still need someone solid either with experience or just talented in holding his own at the backline. We have to do that if we have any plans of winning the UCL in the coming years with PSG, Bayern, arsenal, real Madrid (they'll be back) man city solidly in contention
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 8:11pm On May 18
Fermin will miss the world cup due to injury. This is terrible for our lad
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 7:18pm On May 19
Inter reportedly have interest in araujo but he said he's not leaving
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 1:24am On May 20
FINALLY..... we'd be in the 1:1 rule by July 1st. 😎

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by jpmoriarti(m): 8:24am On May 20
abduleez1:
FINALLY..... we'd be in the 1:1 rule by July 1st. 😎
It confuses me. If because Lewandowski had to leave for us to get back into 1:1, won't it take another player with a salary command of Lewandowski, to get us right back out of it? Does it mean we're now permanently inhibited from signing top level superstars who commands such huge salary?

I mean, I am very optimistic about the club's financial recovery but everything seems to me like papering through a crack. If the deeper problem is not generating enough revenue vis a vis our expendicture, then I guess that's where the medium and long term strategy should hinge on, not all these letting go of players with huge salary.

Yes you can argue that perhaps Lewandowski no longer deserved such massive outlay due to his obvious drop in productivity with his age. However, we need players with such calibre if we hope to move to the next stage of the trying to dominate European football once again. And players of such calibre don't come cheap.

So what gives here?
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 10:35am On May 20
jpmoriarti:
It confuses me. If because Lewandowski had to leave for us to get back into 1:1, won't it take another player with a salary command of Lewandowski, to get us right back out of it? Does it mean we're now permanently inhibited from signing top level superstars who commands such huge salary?

I mean, I am very optimistic about the club's financial recovery but everything seems to me like papering through a crack. If the deeper problem is not generating enough revenue vis a vis our expendicture, then I guess that's where the medium and long term strategy should hinge on, not all these letting go of players with huge salary.

Yes you can argue that perhaps Lewandowski no longer deserved such massive outlay due to his obvious drop in productivity with his age. However, we need players with such calibre if we hope to move to the next stage of the trying to dominate European football once again. And players of such calibre don't come cheap.

So what gives here?
I understand your skepticism. But we were going to achieve 1:1 this summer whether Lewandowski leaves or not. Lewandowski leaving after being a huge part of our massive wage bill makes things easier. Any savings on wages and player sales or income from external revenue source becomes a plus for the club as it means we can use up every single penny we earn now for player purchases or wages for new signings.

Another player I hope we'd move away from the club at the immediate term is Ansu Fati. Dude earns big money for little impact. Selling him for €11mn and freeing up his wages is also a net positive.

To me I believe letting players go at the right time is a skill we need to learn. We hold on to many players till it becomes un-beneficial for the club.
Players like De Jong should have been let go a while ago, same way as Ter Stegen where we held on to him for too long till the relationship turned parasitic and toxic, while it was so obvious Stegen was washed.
Same way we're holding on to Christensen due to emotional attachment despite him having no bearing or contribution to the club. Funds just wasting away for a player that won't play a single minute.

We need to become ruthless and unemotional in dealing with our players. This system is what breeds the trend where our players don't want to leave and saying "I love this club" despite it being obvious the club doesn't want to be in love no more.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 10:39am On May 20
jpmoriarti:
Yes you can argue that perhaps Lewandowski no longer deserved such massive outlay due to his obvious drop in productivity with his age. However, we need players with such calibre if we hope to move to the next stage of the trying to dominate European football once again. And players of such calibre don't come cheap.

So what gives here?
As I've pointed out since last year we'd get into 1:1 rule by this summer.

Here's the fundamentals:

• I've been talking about La Liga's auditors validating the sale of VIP seats since last year. And it's been confirmed now that €71mn has been validated.
Note: this is not the total sales of all the VIP seats. This is a sale of about 3,000 seats. Barca has a total of over 9,000 VIP seats planned. I believe some of the sold seats would soon come online, hence the validation from auditor.
More seats coming up in the future means future earnings.

• I also talked about the massive revenue potential of the new Spotify Camp Nou stadium when it's fully completed and the associated ventures like the hotels are complete. Projections from Barca is about €300mn+ in year 2028/29, Barca's last revenue from the Camp Nou before renovations was around €97mn from the stadium alone (tickets, concerts, and museum inclusive).
That means a revenue triple that sum. Do you know what that kind of amount would do to our cash flow and balance sheet.

So that means we're also planning to grow our revenue base as you pointed out beyond our present capacity.

• As much as we've gotten into 1:1 rule, our wages still needs to be cut. It means we're out of the worst situation for now of inability to sign players and hoping for some players to go before we can make signings. No. That will be a thing of the past with the 1:1 rule now.

But doesn't also mean we spend lavishly because our finances isn't really up to it for now.
Managing our wages is very important because if we don't we'd sooner return to our "broke era" in 3 years time.

Staying in 1:1 rule or worse being in 4:1 rule isn't permanently. It moves with your financial health. You can be good this season, and due to loss of revenue or mismanagement you're battling for your life next season. That's why letting go players like Lewandowski who's got little to offer at present is actually necessary and not really a choice.


• Then there's sponsorships, and other revenue streams and business. I heard we've struck a deal with a Gulf company for using our name in a real estate project. About €10mn or so in yearly payments if I remember correctly. That's an added revenue.

• There's the Nike deal renegotiation for better deal. There's also a host of other sponsorships happening in the background. We even struck another one for a logo that will be on our shirts at the back of our away jersey I think; replacing the UNHCR or UNESCO logo.

So, money is coming from various places.

We did €950mn last season with a foreign stadium. With our new stadium revenue will definitely be up and we'd easily surpass €1bn this season. We could even beat Madrid as highest revenue.

Imagine we competing with Madrid and it's new stadium with Lluis Company's. Now imagine what we'd do with our own home stadium in full capacity. I'd like to see the earnings call and see how much revenue we gather at the end of this season to see the impact of the Spotify Camp Nou. That way I can to some extent gauge the projections of revenue Barca are looking at.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 10:47am On May 20
AirBere:
Flick knows ball 👌

Shey nah me and you argue when I tell u say Batsoni isnt that fast. For me Batsoni will not make much difference for barca. He's good but not special like someone like Gvadiol, Saliba, Gabriel, Magwaya etc.

Vuskovic is a snail though. Too slow and too young to lead the back for barca.

On a side note, the main issue is departures. Araujo is earning a lot according to what I read online. For there to be a CB signing, some defenders must be sold. Without departures, there'll be no incoming transfers.
Gvardiol?? You say.

That guy is overrated to me tho. I no know wetin Guardiola see for him body.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 1:00pm On May 20
abduleez1:
Gvardiol?? You say.

That guy is overrated to me tho. I no know wetin Guardiola see for him body.
He's actually quite good. Versatile and rarely make mistakes.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 7:24pm On May 20
AirBere:
He's actually quite good. Versatile and rarely make mistakes.
Few times I've watched him na mistakes I dey see for him game. Prolly just one game I've seen him where I would say he performed really well.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 8:40pm On May 20
abduleez1:
Few times I've watched him na mistakes I dey see for him game. Prolly just one game I've seen him where I would say he performed really well.
cheesy cheesy
Like this abi...
On a serious note, he's a good player(CB/LB)

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 9:32pm On May 20
AirBere:
cheesy cheesy
Like this abi...
On a serious note, he's a good player(CB/LB)
.
Yeah
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Derumklala12(m): 10:15am On May 21
Nkw wey we don guide I just want to say.
Forget your day 1s
Sell EVERYBODY apart from Garcia pedri and yamal.

Buy Arsenal's entire defense
Bayerns attack
And PSG's midfield

And some Madrid players to fill our bench
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Derumklala12(m): 10:18am On May 21
AirBere:
Unfortunately, Flick didnt see it as a fantasy...

Anyways til next season. Mourinho is coming grin grin
" Mourinho is coming"

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 11:41am On May 21
Derumklala12:
" Mourinho is coming"
Be there.... wink

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Derumklala12(m): 12:00pm On May 21
Neymar mama no dey pray for am 😂😂
See pesin wey won go wc
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Derumklala12(m): 11:32pm On May 21
Alvarez deal moving hot again...
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by obonujoker(m): 8:07am On May 22
Different Leagues, Same Ronaldo

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 9:00am On May 22
Derumklala12:
Alvarez deal moving hot again...
SCAM!! undecided
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Derumklala12(m): 10:29am On May 22
obonujoker:
Different Leagues, Same Ronaldo
All I can say is Omo 😂

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 10:29am On May 22
Derumklala12:
Nkw wey we don guide I just want to say.
Forget your day 1s
Sell EVERYBODY apart from Garcia pedri and yamal.

Buy Arsenal's entire defense
Bayerns attack
And PSG's midfield

And some Madrid players to fill our bench
How did you come to the conclusion we guide. After the noise and gradual backing out of deals part of our fanbase seem to be worried.

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 10:32am On May 22
abduleez1:
SCAM!! undecided
Alvarez that's psg or arsenal bound. I prefer we buy an older striker so we can monitor that Egypt kid abdelkarim in our academy who we'll probably sign from Al alhy, he seems to have good potential
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Bimmarlykay(m): 10:33am On May 22
obonujoker:
Different Leagues, Same Ronaldo
Shameless fanbase,Big Boyz talking WC,this one's they cry on top Almajiri league. grin

Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Kilishihunter: 10:41am On May 22
Ter stegen not being called for the world cup means he's likely to dig in his heels and stay till his contract expires. I don't know why neuer who retired was still called up when they are other goalies waiting for their opportunities. I feel sorry for stegen in that regard even though he also sabotaged his chances by refusing to leave in the first place. Araujo doesn't want to leave, fati wants to see if he can stay despite having a good spell on loan. Christensen is being renewed for whatsoever reason and clubs will still want to take advantage of our situation so it's going to be tough to get cash for players again
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 1:13pm On May 22
Kilishihunter:
Ter stegen not being called for the world cup means he's likely to dig in his heels and stay till his contract expires. I don't know why neuer who retired was still called up when they are other goalies waiting for their opportunities. I feel sorry for stegen in that regard even though he also sabotaged his chances by refusing to leave in the first place. Araujo doesn't want to leave, fati wants to see if he can stay despite having a good spell on loan. Christensen is being renewed for whatsoever reason and clubs will still want to take advantage of our situation so it's going to be tough to get cash for players again
Shey I tell you say without departures and I don't mean weak departures like Roony, Espart, Héctor Fort, Casado, Cortez etc.

Without top earners leaving, barca isn't signing even a free agent except those who are already there like Sir Clifford(MBE) and Cancelo.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by jpmoriarti(m): 1:25pm On May 22
AirBere:
Shey I tell you say without departures and I don't mean weak departures like Roony, Espart, Héctor Fort, Casado, Cortez etc.

Without top earners leaving, barca isn't signing even a free agent except those who are already there like Sir Clifford(MBE) and Cancelo.
Sir Clifford is going to world cup while your cherished Cold Palmer is going to sit his ass in England cheesy

Maybe we should take Joao Pedro off your sorry hands, so he gets noticed by Brazil.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by abduleez1(m): 5:48pm On May 22
Kilishihunter:
Alvarez that's psg or arsenal bound. I prefer we buy an older striker so we can monitor that Egypt kid abdelkarim in our academy who we'll probably sign from Al alhy, he seems to have good potential
Same sentiments. I'd happily pay €70mn for Harry Kane. And invest the rest on a CB or RB.
Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by AirBere: 7:22pm On May 22
jpmoriarti:
Sir Clifford is going to world cup while your cherished Cold Palmer is going to sit his ass in England cheesy

Maybe we should take Joao Pedro off your sorry hands, so he gets noticed by Brazil.
grin grin grin
He's here to stay...5year contract!

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