The demise of Football Club Barcelona

[Kev0909]

Oh shit here we go agaaaaaaaaaaaaain.

I'd love a good read on the way home from work tonight ! Xxx

[Taksin]

Then problem then becomes HOW is such a model suddenly responsible for the last 3 seasons failures in the transfer market?

Who else is responsible for it?

If you want to say 'Bartomeu', then the next question is, who appointed him?

[Taksin]

I have to say - the things you find interesting I find utterly mundane - borefest material...

I don't believe you, here.

[redebreck]

Irrespective of who owns a football club, any club that goes for big-name signings, and the transfer costs and wages entailed, is going to struggle financially unless subsidised by the state.

[Taksin]

Irrespective of who owns a football club, any club that goes for big-name signings, and the transfer costs and wages entailed, is going to struggle financially unless subsidised by the state.

unless they can afford it.. but, yes, costs can become overwhelming.

I would have thought Barca fail the FFP rules on this basis. Does anyone know whether they have been pulled up over those rules?

[CCTV]

They've both got excellent trophy hauls of late, but it's difficult to compare. Bayern have infinitely better income/infrastructure than the other sides in their League, to the point where it's almost like comparing Celtic/Rangers to the other SPL sides.

Barcelona meanwhile have had (arguably) the best to ever do it on their books in recent years, having won one(?) European Cup prior to the 05/06 win over Arsenal if I recall correctly.

Bayern will be "up there" for the next 10-20 years unless something drastically changes. Barcelona on the other hand could go either way - they need very, very intelligent recruitment if they are to stabilise and not have a bit of a collapse, though we see the "bouncebackability" of club sides regularly in Football - ourselves being a good example, Man United are well improved after a few difficult years and AC Milan are finally getting somewhere, so to be fair there's no reason Barcelona can't, though moving Messi etc on would do them good long-term.

Celtic have rangers and vice versa, German league and French League are the least competitive of the top 5 leagues.

[CCTV]

As per Barca think only Umtiti has been a good signing since they signed Suarez.

They've lived off the legacy of the side put together by Pepsi.

It's been a badly run club for far longer than 3 seasons.

[Steveo]

As per Barca think only Umtiti has been a good signing since they signed Suarez.

They've lived off the legacy of the side put together by Pepsi.

It's been a badly run club for far longer than 3 seasons.

Agree since 2014 really. Obviously still won plenty due to legacy of amazing squad but it’s been downhill from there really - and since Neymar - it’s been a nose dive

[CCTV]

Agree since 2014 really. Obviously still won plenty due to legacy of amazing squad but it’s been downhill from there really - and since Neymar - it’s been a nose dive

Yup, they panicked big time trying to meet fans expectations in replacing Neymar.

That move really shook them and real, putting in massive buyout clauses and then paying for those clauses in wages.

City and PSG (Chelsea less so) really screwed their wage structures. Real have skirted it by having a net spend on transfers little more than Leeds over that timeframe roughly.
(Both less than lfc over the last 5-6 years)

[Steveo]

It screwed the entire market too.

We need this sodding FFP to actually count for something but this devil petrodollar seems to have power over everyone.