Barcelona

[Angryred]

Or given how "well" Barcelona was run the past few years they probably bought him from themselves.......

Ah, the influence of creative accountancy!

[Irishnev]

Xavi taking the job - paying part of his own release clause as Barca are broke

[rodo]

even though there are some restrictions still in the place they are only getting 40 to 50,000 for home games

[Corndog]

They have banked so much on his arrival over the years.

Gives me the feeling that it won't work out how they want, too hyped up.

I've only seen a few interviews of him but he's pretty arrogant


Thinks nobody plays the game like barca do, despite the fact that their style is inspired by ajax.

[Irishnev]

They have banked so much on his arrival over the years.

Gives me the feeling that it won't work out how they want, too hyped up.

I've only seen a few interviews of him but he's pretty arrogant


Thinks nobody plays the game like barca do, despite the fact that their style is inspired by ajax.

I really liked Xavi as a player and from what I’ve seen of him as a coach his team in Qatar played the ‘ Barca’ way. It’s worth saying that his side were the richest team in the league so they had a huge advantage

This will all depend on the expectations of the fan base and the board. If they think they should win the league/champions league in the next few years then he’s set up to fail.

Barca are €1.5 billion in debt - they need to clear that and they will need full houses in the Nou Camp + champions league football to enable that. They have a core of really good young players - Gavi, Pedri, Fati.......they need to give Xavi time and use the academy. The older players on big money need to be phased out - Pique, Alba, Busquets etc and they need to get rid of the remaining flops Dembele, Pjanic, Lengelet etc

Because it’s Xavi you’d expect him to have more patience than others but Barca fans are fickle are used to winning. Top 4 and debt reduction is a big mindset change for them. Like others I used to admire what they stood for but they became a basket case over the last while - it will be an interesting watch to see how/if they recover

[baitman]

Spiral into the abyss would be lovely

[Kenneth]

Aspas scored a 96th minute equaliser today making it a 3-3 draw with Celta Vigo. Barca in 9th in La Liga.

[Irishnev]

Aspas scored a 96th minute equaliser today making it a 3-3 draw with Celta Vigo. Barca in 9th in La Liga.

And Barca were 3-0 up

[Fosterbloke]

And Barca were 3-0 up

Hahaha nice


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[Irishnev]

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[Norbs]

Yes, yes, yes!

Take that Messi you greedy cunt. I knew someone would do it in the end

[Norbs]

And those ******s in charge of La Liga reject it

[Charly]

To be fair, isnt there a minimum wage structure?

I think its funny.

[Angryred]

There will be some creative accountancy being carried out to allude to some expenses being accrued by the player!

[Irishnev]

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