LaLiga claimed Bullshite and neymar's lawyers decided not to lose time with themHow come they can accept the cheque but La Liga's headquarters refused it...?
How come they can accept the cheque but La Liga's headquarters refused it...?
But doesn't La Liga have an overarching authority? Can any club just accept payments like that?LaLiga claimed Bullshite and neymar's lawyers decided not to lose time with them
To think in 2015, they had just won a treble. MSN and the squad firing on all cylinders.
How quickly things can change.
Curious to see what they do with the money.
You can have all the money in the world but if club is not prepared to sell they won't or they will ask stupid money and forced Barca to spend it all on two/three players who will not have as big impact as Neymar did.The money side seems to be easily forgotten by many. That's a serious inflow for potential investments. Buy Mbappe and they are arguably better off in long term. They have Messi and Suarez for now and Mbappe as the new understudy with more years to shine when it his time, albeit less of a sure thing.
Why? The board cannot take money for themselves, they are still just 'socios'. It is hardly like in England where the owners can pay dividends.They want to make money, they are corporate stooges and not football people much less fans of the club. From a sporting perspective they are interested in buying & selling which they don't do well either. There's been unsuccessful motion to censor the current board but it's a harbinger of things to come, no way Barto et al make it to the end of their term
It's a buyout clause. The moment it's paid, that's it. There is no legal basis to refuse it. La Liga claimed bullshite, since neymar and psg have an interest in getting this done asap, instead of opening up a legal case against the LFP they went to the other party with a vested interest in getting the deal done asap, i.e. barcelona and gave them the money. As far as neymar is concerned, the moment he hands in the cheque to barcelona, his contract is terminated. Whether barcelona refuse it, whether the LFP refuse it, it no longer matters. If they do, neymar and PSG will go to FIFA with the documentation and quickly obtain a provisional transfer from them, while they sue barcelona/LFP for as much as they can, win, get even more money, and obtain the permanent transferBut doesn't La Liga have an overarching authority? Can any club just accept payments like that?
Really? Madrid doesn't seem to have a problem right now. Maybe it's because the buyout clauses of our players really ARE untouchable...Barca and Madrid are fecked. No agent worth his salt will allow his player to sign a 1b etc buyout clause. A Neymar size clause allows the threat of oil and English sides swooping in to hover over Spain like a dark cloud. A top player could use it to bump up his wages anytime he wants.
Oh you won't? Maybe my client will wait 1 hour before deadline closes and decide he wants a move away...
Really? Madrid doesn't seem to have a problem right now. Maybe it's because the buyout clauses of our players really ARE untouchable...
I keep reading this but honestly it is madness. We're talking about a true superstar that would be bought because Barca tried to sign one of their players ? This is underrating the long time interest they had for Neymar (for Ronaldo and Messi but those players weren't willing to even listen). PSG can trigger as much clause as they want, if the player has no interest in joining them, he will not. Neymar wanted to leave Barca for a while, he just wanted to see which club would offer those obscenes wages and would be able to trigger his clause.Plus you did not piss off PSG like Barca did.
I rate Mbappe and Dembele but they're getting seriously overrated after achieving so little.
Is it only because they're gettable at so called lesser clubs? Is that a coincidence? People are judging them based on elite clubs trying to sign them as if they're the best of the best rather than the competition being so fierce because other similar players are unattainable?
Dembele is getting praised to the moon but has he shown more than Dele alli? How would Kane be judged if he were put up for sale by Monaco tomorrow? Pogba was a once in a generation talent when he was up for sale last year but now we have Coutinho v Pogba comparisons since Paul is unsellable and Coutinho seems to be moving.
Its a strange availability bias that seems to be ripe in football
Thats a very very inaccurate statement.Barca's strongest point has always been their youth academy. They have never been good at signing players (apart from Neymar and Suarez).
Why? The board cannot take money for themselves, they are still just 'socios'. It is hardly like in England where the owners can pay dividends.
To me, they just look a bit clueless and I have no idea how Barto won the election when Laporta was running. And Laporta might be the best club director I have ever seen in my lifetime.
It's the main reason of their decline.What happend to their youths? Didn't they have an asian wonder kid playing on the wing?
Barca fans watching PSG announce Neymar
To think in 2015, they had just won a treble. MSN and the squad firing on all cylinders.
How quickly things can change.
Curious to see what they do with the money.
Yeah....okay.Oh, I assure you none of the fans who know a dime are shedding any tears, on the contrary, are quite happy. 222mil in the pocket. The possibility of the board getting booted out (that's the best thing actually if it happens), and Neymar going, don't get me wrong he is the best player after Messi and cr7. But he was always a frustration for a lot of us. Constant ball hog/ time wasting, not partnering well with Alba so many occasions I can remember of him just ignoring a very good run from Alba that would have resulted in an opportunity inside the box, whereas he just ignores and then loses the ball. Again he used to redeem himself with those brilliant moments and reminded us of Ronaldinho but still.
We are kinda happy.
I rate Mbappe and Dembele but they're getting seriously overrated after achieving so little.
Is it only because they're gettable at so called lesser clubs? Is that a coincidence? People are judging them based on elite clubs trying to sign them as if they're the best of the best rather than the competition being so fierce because other similar players are unattainable?
Dembele is getting praised to the moon but has he shown more than Dele alli? How would Kane be judged if he were put up for sale by Monaco tomorrow? Pogba was a once in a generation talent when he was up for sale last year but now we have Coutinho v Pogba comparisons since Paul is unsellable and Coutinho seems to be moving.
Its a strange availability bias that seems to be ripe in football
If they pull off dembele and mbappe, then it might possible not be so bad after all.Who is the next priority?
Dembélé, Coutinho, Dybala or Mbappé?
Yeah....okay.
If they pull off dembele and mbappe, then it might possible not be so bad after all.
The system means feck all if you aren't winning. Neymar won you guys a lot regardless of his deficiencies. You need the talent and the power to replace that or else you guys will be in trouble.Football is not played by individuals but a system. I am sure we will find better fit players for Valverde's system.
I rate Mbappe and Dembele but they're getting seriously overrated after achieving so little.
Is it only because they're gettable at so called lesser clubs? Is that a coincidence? People are judging them based on elite clubs trying to sign them as if they're the best of the best rather than the competition being so fierce because other similar players are unattainable?
Dembele is getting praised to the moon but has he shown more than Dele alli? How would Kane be judged if he were put up for sale by Monaco tomorrow? Pogba was a once in a generation talent when he was up for sale last year but now we have Coutinho v Pogba comparisons since Paul is unsellable and Coutinho seems to be moving.
Its a strange availability bias that seems to be ripe in football
Why not both? Losing Neymar means they need to add the fire power to replace him and neither Mbappe nor Dembele alone can resolve that IMO.Dembélé would be the best choice.
Another option: Mbappé CF and Luis Suarez on the left
