The demise of Football Club Barcelona

[Insidious]

Their wages are 95% of revenue without messi

Eeeeeeeeesh.

That's mental.

[eggy81]

Eeeeeeeeesh.

That's mental.

And losing messi removes 30% of their revenue. Their wages are currently 110% of revenue post Covid and their revenue is almost 500million less than a normal year because of Covid. So in essence as things stand right now losing messi is actually terrible for them taken as a net calculation

[Insidious]

as things stand right now losing messi is actually terrible for them taken as a net calculation

Mes que un disastrophe.

[eggy81]

Mes que un disastrophe.

Ha ha. Facts. Losing neymar and real winning this champions leagues seemed to really get in their heads. I’ve read a lot of stuff about this and some of the financial deals they’ve done are just gobsmacking for average enough players.

[eggy81]

I’ve long since lost what was a big admiration for them. Fuck em.

[Insidious]

I’ve long since lost what was a big admiration for them. Fuck em.

4 of their 5 European Cup wins have been won during the Messi years.

Think they're pretty spent as a trophy hoover. They'll still win things but their succession planning has been dreadful.

Which is great. As they are immensely dislikeable these days.

[eggy81]

Florentino and agnialli arrive in Barcelona. Twitter chat suggest more massive news coming soon regarding super leagues and the like. Huge financial package to be offered to premier league teams. Only a matter of time with how city Chelsea and PSG are being allowed do their own thing that us and others take matters into our own hands.

[Kev0909]

At least barca have some good youngsters, they'll sort it out eventually.

Probably still win more than us in the next 5 years that's for sure.

[Steveo]

4 of their 5 European Cup wins have been won during the Messi years.

Think they're pretty spent as a trophy hoover. They'll still win things but their succession planning has been dreadful.

Which is great. As they are immensely dislikeable these days.

That’s a hugely misleading stat often trotted out by younger fans who don’t know their football history.

Messi barely kicked a ball in his first CL winning season amd they had been arguably the best side in Europe for a while before that.

Barca are a huge club - super mahusive and were so eons before Messi was born. Often known as perennial underachieving as they had so many great sides but just the one European Cup. This thread is exposing much ignorance.

Speak to anyone who is Spanish or who has lived in Spain or almost anyone from South America and you will get it.

Also great teams are built by great managers - not by data analytics.

We lose the big man and our model is more flawed than Barca’s - who are almost certainly paying for the failed Catalan independence push.

[eggy81]

That’s a hugely misleading stat often trotted out by younger fans who don’t know their football history.

Messi barely kicked a ball in his first CL winning season amd they had been arguably the best side in Europe for a while before that.

Barca are a huge club… This thread is exposing much ignorance

What sort of ignorance. Have people said they’re not a huge club?