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TalabiAudu:
I'm very happy as a rival they've not seen the light.

Let that cycle continue! Amen!

tesppidd:
It's already a consensus that Alba, Pique, Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal and co have to go.

So be specific. Stop hiding behind the term "ancestors"


Entire team form aside, which of the 'ancestors' over at Bayern is better than Messi, or has been better than Messi in the last 5 years?
Muller or Lewandowsky?


Grow some balls and henceforth say "kick Messi out of Barca"


Damn, All these viewing centre fans wey we get here sef.
Covid nor let una dey see match watch again. Watch highlights and think you have become a football luminary.

GrammarNazi1:
This is an arrogant statement! Were you not trying to attack the same perceived arrogance?

tesppidd:
I wouldnt say lucky.

But rewatch Lyon's second goal that made it 2-1 and tell me why that goal was allowed to stand.

Even with Stevie Wonder as centre referee and a sheep in charge of the VAR room, that goal shouldn't stand.

I really don't understand how VAR works any longer.

FergieRaww:
"VAR has been a tool" pls expatiate on this?!

was Lyon able to afford VAR that Pap wasn't able to? or was the conspiracy included in Sterling's miss to be on the conspiracy not to let Man city advance??

my guy you don't know more than the technicals in that VAR room .. so shut it!

Sommyroy10:
Bruv leave that thing. This is the third time or so you are saying this. There is no coach that would come here and won't praise Messi. When the coach that gave him the opportunity that made him what he is today, keeps saying he wouldn't have won so much if not for Messi.
What the journalist just have to ask, "How do you feel about working with Lionel?"

tesppidd:
It's already a consensus that Alba, Pique, Busquets, Rakitic, Vidal and co have to go.

So be specific. Stop hiding behind the term "ancestors"


Entire team form aside, which of the 'ancestors' over at Bayern is better than Messi, or has been better than Messi in the last 5 years?
Muller or Lewandowsky?


Grow some balls and henceforth say "kick Messi out of Barca"


Damn, All these viewing centre fans wey we get here sef.
Covid nor let una dey see match watch again. Watch highlights and think you have become a football luminary.

LordAdamX:
Oh, salary was a big issue. Perez delayed salary talks for 18 months. And you don't know what was in Perez mind when he bought Hazard. This is a man who was so clueless that he bought Mariano as a replacement for Ronaldo (and gave him the #7 jersey) and sacked Lope because according to him he was unable to utilize a team with several players who were shortlisted in the Balon D'Or team of the season. The same players who would later crash out of all competitions in a single week.

The salary was not an excuse.

===

You cannot say it had NOTHING to do with what happened on the field, when he publicly criticized the front office on transfer policy.

The friction between Perez and Ronaldo did not start in 2018. It was a perennial niggle but he did not leave until our sporting situation looked like it'd spiral out of control. He had already been booed in the Bernabeu because there was a section of the fanbase that believed he was part of the glaring problems. Yet there was no sense of urgency from the front office to remedy the problems. It was after the Lope catastrophe that Perez saw what everyone else was seeing.

Zidane left too. Neither Zidane nor Ronaldo would have left if RM still looked like world beaters. That's the reason I said CR7 time with us had ended. You either die a hero, or live long enough to be the villain. Messi is living out the latter part.

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Dazzall. Of course, the blame does not ONLY rest on Messi.

My issue is with the "exoneration" by his fans of ANY culpability. After FIVE consecutive years of embarassments... That makes no sense!

Seriously, a coach with a working brain, change in mentality, 2-3 new players and this Barca team will be VERY different.

-Lord

haymekus:
You have countless spoken how important Vidal is to this team and how important he would be next season, even to the extent of saying he should always start ahead of puig


Barely 48 hours ago same you was analysing how Vidal would be the second most important player against Bayern, and just like every other game he has played since he came to Barcelona, he kept on running up and down like a headless chicken


No player has been better than Messi since the past five years, we all know that, but you can’t still compare his performance now and that of 5 years ago. The fact that coaches are been forced to play his friends is something I certainly don’t understand, if he and his friends thinks they are too big to defend or to be left on the bench, then they should be shown the door.

temi1290:
I really don't want to believe this shit I just heard

A scout abi journalist from Chile claimed Barcelona had the chance to sign Alphonso long before Bayern came on board but Bart gave the most flimsy excuse ever given on planet Earth

'He is Canadian,no thanks'

Debroslink:
You don't understand the reason why I made that statement. The person I quoted understood what I saw saying.

Adiwana:
That's where the problem is, Bart. Alphonso Davies is the perfect Alba replacement and for some reason we signed Firpo ahead of him. Anyway,yhe club election has never been so needed

temi1290:
Who makes transfer decision based on nationality of the player?? na wa


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Barcelona president Bartomeu rejected chance to sign Alphonso Davies because ace is Canadian despite legend’s recommendation

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In a surprising bit of news from TUDN broadcast Luis Omar Tapia, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu rejected the chance to sign Alphonso Davies before the ace joined Bayern Munich.

Tapia claims that legendary Bulgaria and Barcelona striker Hristo Stoichkov spoke to the Catalan outfit’s head honcho about the left-back months before Bayern registered an interest in the starlet.

Shockingly, Tapia adds that Bartomeu discarded Davies as an option simply because the youngster is Canadian, snubbing the opportunity to pursue a top talent and a legend’s recommendation in one move.

19-year-old Davies was absolutely phenomenal in Bayern’s 8-2 win over Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-finals last night, with the north American talent registering a sensational assist.

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Davies, who has already won 17 caps for Canada and is undoubtedly one of their biggest sports stars right now, performed so well that he even earned praise from the world’s best in Andy Robertson.

Barcelona’s decision to turn down the talent is one thing, but with Tapia also claiming that Bartomeu’s entire basis for this choice was Davies’ nationality is another extremely controversial point.

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BlueAngel444:
Madrid fans are some of the most kind hearted fans look how they like angels have taken up barca's case yo discuss it to full lengths, such kindness
understanding the current pain of their rivals and showing them pity.

tesppidd:
The French league and The Bundesliga have all 4 semi finalists.

They ended their leagues much earlier than the Serie A, La Liga and the EPL.

I wonder if the extra month rest benefited PSG, Leipzig and Lyon.

Sulele04:
Barca ucl,laliga,copa del rey 2020-21 treble winning team
griezzman
fati messi dembele
puig de jong
firpo umtiti araujo roberto
ter stegen

manager:mauricio pochettino

Adiwana:
The annoying thing is that we were the club that had eye for this type of players but everything just went to shambles. Anyway,our rebuilding starts now

Sulele04:
Barca ucl,laliga,copa del rey 2020-21 treble winning team
griezzman
fati messi dembele
puig de jong
firpo umtiti araujo roberto
ter stegen

manager:mauricio pochettino

temi1290:
The situation taya person,this board should just sack setien and appoint Sarabia as caretaker till after the election, because I'm very sure Bart is going, and I don't want him to take any transfer decision for this club again, except for the players that he has put up for sale and the very few players he is looking to buy.heard Eric Garcia,Bernado Silva,Dayot Upamacano,Carglar Soyuncu, are being linked to Barcelona.

NegroAcheiver:
Or the barca b coach.

haymekus:
Koeman?


Bartomeu please have mercy naw, this man ain’t gonna be different from valverde & setien, besides our next president might have better plan


Las las thunder go fire bartomeu I swear

tesppidd:
Sorry but only 3 of this team deserve a place in the starting line up in a treble winning team.

Messi
Puig
De Jong.

Are you still putting hope in Dembele?

Just forget Dembele.

Veeque:
Did you just say forget Dembele

Do you know the relief I feel when that boy plays? The feeling you have when you know there is someone in our team that will destroy opponent defense. The last I had that feeling was when neymar was in the team.

Dembele is the fastest, trickiest player in Barca. The 2nd best attacker. Mention who is better than Dembele in that team when it comes to effectiveness. Suarez?? Fati? Griezmann? Who?

If that boy is properly managed, trust me, he'll excel. If he could do it at dortmund, why can't he do the same at barca. He's 23.
Other attackers like Fati, Pedri, Trincao, konrad will help reduce the pressure and ensure good rotation.

The future isn't lost. We need a good manager to bring the best out of the youths in the team. Lastly, we need a good defense.