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Going off what I've read in the media:- Why would a club spend 100 million on a 20 year old and then sell him a season later? It can take years for a player of such an age to adapt to a team. When buying a player so young then it's just as much about the future as it is the present. If a club expect a 20 year old to be ripping the world apart and be at the peak of their game in just 1 season, then they simply have no right of purchasing players of that age in the first place and should be banned from doing so. It's that defence which needs the most work. It's been the team's downfall this season and the main reason for the Roma and Levante results, which mesnt an early exit from the Champs league and history being prevented from being made. Such hard work was ruined by league 2 style inept defending. This club is starting to remind me of Chelsea when it comes to transfer dealings and young players. That board need to fuck off and there needs to be massive changes to staff behind the scenes. All these young players being bought from Brazil who never even come close to playing before being loaned out is ridiculous as well. There is something going on there and it has nothing to do with buying these players in order to play them and better the team. I expect the same from Arthur, what's the point?

Abdoulaye Doucouré to L'Équipe - "Everton? No, that's not a step up for me. If I left Watford to join a club who's not better, that would be disrespectful."

well that's one way of doing a kit reveal

This is why Barsa, Madrid, United, Citeh, Bayern etc should be banned from buying 20 year old kids and fucking them off.

Was Mbappé ever close to Barça? It seems to me that Mbappé was more of a Real Madrid mistake. They had everything lined up to sign him and apparently Zidane wasn´t enthusiastic about him. I believe this is something Real Madrid will regret for a decade or more. But if Barça had a chance to sign Mbappé and chose Dembélé, as much as I like Ousmane, this is a huge, huge blunder. I mean, even a brazilian peasant like me realizes that Mbappé is the most talented U-20 in the world and with his maturity, he is pretty much a certain commodity. If Griezmann comes to Barça, Dembélé leaves, I think. Either in a permanent transfer or in a loan. He is too good to be benched. I´ll probably get burned by this opinion of mine, but I´ll say it: the Coutinho signing doesn´t make sense to me. He was not the player Barça needed to replace Iniesta. Dude builds his plays to finish it himself. Why would you want such a player in a team that has Messi? Agents, Chris. Those dudes know how to put their players in the right places. Remember when Juan Figger basically controlled Real Madrid´s transfer police? They went from him to Jorge Mendes. The Henrique and Keirrison deals are some shady, shady stuff. Everyone in Brazil, even at the time, knew that they were not good enough to play for Barça. Traffic made a good profit on them. Same thing with Douglas. The only one I can understand is the Marlon one. He has potential. Arthur is different because he was scouted by almost every big european club. He chose Barcelona. He had many options. I don´t know if it´ll work for Barça, but at least this is not Douglas. He is a real talent. By the way, @SirBalon, take a look at it. Apparently this is a Whatsapp message from the Barcelona group about Dembouz:

Yeah I read about his remark seemingly directed at Tuchel in one of Spain's websites this morning. These things happen like when Messi seemed to be flirting with Chelsea some years back and even added them or something about them (I can't remember which) to one of his social media accounts. I've learned (not just from that Messi scenario) to take these things with a pinch of salt and smirk at the journalist filling space with rather impotent, less intelligence to than normal young men with too much time on their hands which have to fill it with something. Who knows... As long as it's done cleanly and not behind anyone's back I don't care because fundamentally you don't want a player at a club that doesn't actually want to be there. Not that Dembélé doesn't want to be at Barça because I don't know about that, but that the club ALWAYS comes before any player and definitely before this young man. He needs to socialise and be a part of a group which seems to have been an issue of his even at BvB... This is a team sport!

That's right. I remember that preseason very well. Probably the one that left the biggest impression on me in recent years. By far. 2018-2019 jersey unveiling tomorrow at the famous 1992 Barcelona Olympic pools of Montjuïc. May be worn on the last match of the year vs Real Sociedad Sunday. Pre-season[edit] Win Draw Loss 24 July 2008Friendly Hibernian 0–6 Barcelona [show]Edinburgh, Scotland 26 July 2008Friendly Dundee United 1–5 Barcelona [show]Dundee, Scotland 30 July 2008Memorial Artemio Franchi Fiorentina 1–3 Barcelona [show]Florence, Italy 3 August 2008US Tour Guadalajara 2–5 Barcelona [show]Chicago, United States 6 August 2008US Tour New York Red Bulls 2–6 Barcelona [show]East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States 16 August 2008Joan Gamper Trophy Boca Juniors 1–2 Barcelona [show]Barcelona, Spain

Was cycling in Seville (using the city’s biking scheme) this morning going to play football and where we play is near Seville’s stadium. Was about to cross a small road and had to stop suddenly as a Range Rover was coming round the corner, it wasn’t a sudden sudden stop but because the lane was wet it made it look worse and I skidded and fell slightly off the bike. Luckily no harm done at all. As I got up I was expecting some abuse from the driver which would have been in typical Spanish fashion however the driver stopped the car to see if I was OK and was really nice about it. To my shock, it was the one and only Éver Banega.

This is what they are up against! Stop it... I'm gonna wee

@SirBalon Xx