Barcelona

[Exiled_red]

Originally Posted by SB

You’d tell them to shove it up the ass wouldn’t you! Stay but take a pay cut

But the alternative seems to be Man Utd...

[SB]

Originally Posted by Exiled_red

But the alternative seems to be Man Utd...

Well yeah there is that to consider I suppose caught between a rock & a horrible place

[Irishnev]

https://twitter.com/sebsb/status/1551483843915517954

[kev776]

very well explained.

[SB]

Originally Posted by Irishnev

https://twitter.com/sebsb/status/1551483843915517954

So they are going to have a lot less revenue for what 20 years having sold 25% of future TV rights ? Sounds like they’re robbing Peter to pay Paul what a bunch of clowns. It’s ridiculous they are allowed to do this shit while demanding players forgo monies owed to them. Not sure they’d get away with this crap in the UK.

[RichC]

They're basically gambling with long term revenue streams to get themselves back in order in the short term.

Risky to say the least.

[Kenneth]

What’s their out if it doesn’t work? Government bailout, La Liga bailout, change of structure and sale to an oligarch?

[RichC]

Originally Posted by Kenneth

What’s their out if it doesn’t work? Government bailout, La Liga bailout, change of structure and sale to an oligarch?

Good question! Feels like they've had Peter Risdale in consulting for them.

[SB]

If it as a smaller club they’d have been declared bankrupt & deducted points & relegated. I’m waiting for the day it happens to them now.

[Bender]

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[Sus]

100% behind De Jong here - absolutely disgraceful how Barca tries to weasel its way out of all these contracts

[SB]

Originally Posted by Sus

100% behind De Jong here - absolutely disgraceful how Barca tries to weasel its way out of all these contracts

Totally agree. No one else in world football would get away with shit like this.

[Sus]

Originally Posted by SB

Totally agree. No one else in world football would get away with shit like this.

And then they go and spend the savings on other players! Talk about taking the piss

Really starting to dislike them now, almost on a Real Madrid scale. Between Barca, Real and Atletico, those are three unlikable clubs in La Liga

[SB]

Originally Posted by Sus

And then they go and spend the savings on other players! Talk about taking the piss

Really starting to dislike them now, almost on a Real Madrid scale. Between Barca, Real and Atletico, those are three unlikable clubs in La Liga

Yep 100% agree. It’s just taking the piss.

[Bender]

€50 million + add ons

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[Gray]

Poor Chelsea

[red g]

Welcome to the new normal Chelsea, Where Roman's Millions doesn't get you whoever you want, Whenever you want.

[Sus]

Still miles better off than they were pre 2003 - not that you'd know it from the balanced commentary from.Chelsea fans on twitter

[Bender]

Barcelona have put in a release clause for Jules Kounde of €1B

[SB]

Haha no fool would be paying anything like that. They are the only stupid club & I’ll bet they ask him to take a pay cut within 12 months

[SB]

Dupe . Site is so slow to post at present

[Bender]

More crazies from Barcelona

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[SB]

Selling off their assets on top of the future TV rights should have alarm bells ringing IMO. Relegation to the 2nd division would be comical

[Pablo]

They are a financial shitshow. Some of the stuff they are doing now will ruin them in a few years.

One thing I do wonder is why the oil oligarchs have never been in for Barca/Real. I think it must be this, just too much of a mess to even contemplate taking over.

[ChesterDave]

What is/are Barca Studios?

[Bender]

Originally Posted by ChesterDave

What is/are Barca Studios?

Barca Studios is The division for the creation, production, and distribution of club audiovisual content is responsible for FC Barcelona's in-house television channel, Barça TV.42 mins ago

[rudedog]

Originally Posted by Bender

Barca Studios is The division for the creation, production, and distribution of club audiovisual content is responsible for FC Barcelona's in-house television channel, Barça TV.42 mins ago

Real Madrid should buy it and use to broadcast loads of parody/defamatory content about Barca

[SB]

Originally Posted by rudedog

Real Madrid should buy it and use to broadcast loads of parody/defamatory content about Barca

imagine if we could afford it

[Mr Pink]

Originally Posted by SB

imagine if we could afford it

Haha would be great, we could just have that “corner taken quickly” clip on repeat indefinitely

[Sus]

Originally Posted by Mr Pink

Haha would be great, we could just have that “corner taken quickly” clip on repeat indefinitely

and the crying in the dressing room afterwards

[Rafa Justice]

Originally Posted by Pablo

They are a financial shitshow. Some of the stuff they are doing now will ruin them in a few years.

One thing I do wonder is why the oil oligarchs have never been in for Barca/Real. I think it must be this, just too much of a mess to even contemplate taking over.

The resistance from the fans would be huge. Too much of an initial outlay, nothing like the sense of 'achievement' from taking a nothing club like City/Newcastle up the table. Do that and they're seen as saviours and defended to the hilt, evidenced on social media as we speak... sportswashing completed.

[SB]

Originally Posted by Mr Pink

Haha would be great, we could just have that “corner taken quickly” clip on repeat indefinitely

That’s the one and the clip showing Messi looking on in disbelief

[Exiled_red]

Originally Posted by Rafa Justice

The resistance from the fans would be huge. Too much of an initial outlay, nothing like the sense of 'achievement' from taking a nothing club like City/Newcastle up the table. Do that and they're seen as saviours and defended to the hilt, evidenced on social media as we speak... sportswashing completed.

A large part is ego/image, if you take over one of the biggest clubs in the world and win them a few more titles, so what? People will say they would probably have won those without you. If you take over a no mark club and give them success the like of which they haven't seen before, the fans love you, and you can point at it as your success.

[Buzzo]

I used to love the Barca ethos. One of the last teams to sell the shirt, and even then it was to UNICEF. Look at them now. Leveraged beyond any recognisable sane level.

[spud_gun]

Originally Posted by Buzzo

I used to love the Barca ethos. One of the last teams to sell the shirt, and even then it was to UNICEF. Look at them now. Leveraged beyond any recognisable sane level.

UNICEF was a cynical move to allow them to pave the way for paid shirt sponsorship.

[Buzzo]

Originally Posted by spud_gun

UNICEF was a cynical move to allow them to pave the way for paid shirt sponsorship.

Nah, they could have just gone straight in with a big sponsor and nobody would have batted an eyelid. The ethos of the club has changed over the last 15 years.

I have mentioned before but Hearts front of shirt sponsor is MND Scotland, with the actual sponsor DELL giving up the prime real estate on the short for a small bottom of short on the back location. I would love to see this replicated.

[Bender]

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[Charly]

Is that because they wrote off the deferred wages they owe to everyone they are trying to sell?

[Bender]

Another Circucs of a club

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[Jaco_Pastorious]

Originally Posted by Bender

Another Circucs of a club
https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/s...83526778249216

So Barcelona say that the contract given to the player by Barcelona should be cancelled becuse it is not legal, and if the player does not disgregard that contract and take a pay cut, then Barcelona will take...Barcelona to court????

The player did not sign a deal with individuals, he signed it with the club so would love to see this one play out through the courts.



Nothing more than a scumbag of a club now. Would love to see them collapse totally and be wound up. No doubt before that could happen they would get into bed to a greater degree with some oil country.