That's saying something when you know he mistook some prankster to be Nicholas Cage..
Barcelona to sue Neymar over move to Paris St-Germain
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They're becoming an absolute shambles. Losing Neymar, buying dross like Paulinho, being blown out by all their transfer targets and hammered by their greatest rivals.
This is like getting dumped by a girl you're in love with and sending lawyers round to her house to retrieve your hoody.
What really pisses me off most about this is the fact their City is going through a tragic time, people losing their loved ones and in immense grief and they choose to quibble over a measly few million when they just got over 200 for one player. It's total lack of any dignity or class. They should be ashamed and could have waited til the dust settled before being this petty. Can't say I liked Barca a great deal before this season but I think I'll always have a bad opinion of them now for many reasons, this one is the final nail.
This is like getting dumped by a girl you're in love with and sending lawyers round to her house to retrieve your hoody.
What really pisses me off most about this is the fact their City is going through a tragic time, people losing their loved ones and in immense grief and they choose to quibble over a measly few million when they just got over 200 for one player. It's total lack of any dignity or class. They should be ashamed and could have waited til the dust settled before being this petty. Can't say I liked Barca a great deal before this season but I think I'll always have a bad opinion of them now for many reasons, this one is the final nail.
Why would a motto for a political movement like Catalan nationalism refer to 'more than a club'? Is there a club for Catalan nationalists?
How camp. Doesn't exactly scream freedom fighter
Jeez this has really turned in to a farce hasnt it. Barcelona have really made fools out of themselves havent they.
Remember someone telling they planned to sign a Brazilian striker who was dating Neymar's sister from Santos as a part of the deal.. Is that deal still on even after he left to PSG as there was a pre-contract or something? Think it was @FCBarca who told this..
Now that would be incompetence to the next level,still paying for signing for him initially while he plays for another club in Europe..
Now that would be incompetence to the next level,still paying for signing for him initially while he plays for another club in Europe..
I doubt that deal is still in place as Gabigol is at inter.
From what I understand it emanates from the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent Franco regime, when Catalan culture and identity was suppressed. The Catalan language, flag and other signs of separatism were banned throughout Spain.
The football club became a kind of rallying point for that identity and Catalan nationalism as a whole. In which case it is 'More than a club'.
At least that's how I understand it.
Oh right. Well either way i'm glad the mask has fully slipped and they've stopped pretending to not be a shitface of a club anymore.
I think most fans know what it INITIALLY related to... it's pretty famous in football.
But it's decades on now and they're still rolling it out as if they're some paragon of virtue - it seems to have become a marketing slogan. I think it's that attitude that people see as hypocritical and are consequently having a go.
I think there is a "Loyalty bonus" from this summer in dispute. (Although if they paid him a bonus part way through the transfer window they are stupid..)
The salt level at that club must exceed any value known to science until now. Desperate stuff.
Most of those guys running the show are now at Man City!
It is written in the stars. Barcelona and PSG will be paired in the same group in the Champions League this season or they will meet in the knock-out stage.
Lol, Barcelona is finding new ways to humiliate themselves.
There's no moral victory even if they get a few extra million from Neymar/PSG. But now they are getting counter sued and all their incompetence will get exposed in court
There's no moral victory even if they get a few extra million from Neymar/PSG. But now they are getting counter sued and all their incompetence will get exposed in court
Look at the players bought by Barcelona when Pep was in charge, majority of them flopped.
Serghei, I admire your ability to pull off blatant boobies like this. Only last week, you were arguing that Dortmund should accept your valuation of their player to 'facilitate' his dream of playing for a club he loves, no matter what right Dortmund have.
Barcelona's current leadership are absolute morons. The club will benefit big time from giving them the boot.
That's kind of neat as well. When good things come out of the club, it's Barcelona, Mes En Que Club. If they do the funny stuff, it's the board and they need to go.
It's just a silly slogan. Most fans have those sort of dillusions about their clubs. Are you saying the club is inherently screwed up or something? If the Glazer's decided to act like complete pricks that won't obviously define Manchester United.
That said, what a pathetic move to decide to sue Neymar.
Neymar was reluctant to take Barca to court for the loyalty bonus they froze now he won't have second thoughts anymore.
Jesus feckin christ I'm starting to hate this 'sport'.
If Neymar counter-sues them I wouldn't be surprised if he and his dad end up squeezing a few more millions from Barcelona, seriously they have been so bad dealing with all of this and now they want to go to court and who knows what else gets uncovered.
All this plus the fact that the team is falling apart. Messi and Suarez won't last much longer, even if Messi stays (I think he will leave, personally) I reckon his and Suarez's decline will be quick and steep and then you're looking at Busquets being their only top (top) level player. If Barcelona do anything of note, football wise this season or anytime in the immediate future, I'll be very surprised. Need massive investment in the squad, like half a billion, to get anywhere near where they need to be. If they do win something this season, it'll be a massive achievement.
Lucas Lima, wasn't it? Latest story is that Swansea are after him to replace Sigurdson.
Well, the slogan certainly isn't silly for the club's fanbase. They defend it and I have no issues with them defending it. Just that the fanbase conveniently blame the board when things go wrong and say it's failing of the board. Basically, Barcelona fans always insist their club is in the right because if they are involved in something shady, it's a problem with their board.
Neymar hacking Barcelona's twitter. That'll show 'em
If they're blaming the board, the guys who are running the club, how are they inisting the club is in the right ? You do know a board makes decisions on behalf of the entity right?
Well, you must also know the board for clubs like Barcelona and Real are elected periodically. So, there is always a propensity to blame the president/board if things go south.
Don't let it get to you. It's two clubs in distress lashing ouT.
PSG trying to avenge last season's disastrous loss. Barcelona, initially trying to counter Real's success now back peddling to recoup some dignity from losing the player they went so far on a limb for.
All said and done for a fan, we want entertainment. PSG is exciting enough and w Neymar as a central piece more agreeable to the eye. Barca can go back to focusing on Messi. That's not a bad thing either (til he leaves for city)
Just like Trump represents America right?
Barcelona have become a joke. Seriously how did it get to this??? They have arguably the best player ever still somewhat in his prime, more pull than any club in football bar maybe Real, money, one of if not the best youth academy among the elie European sides, now they're getting hacked, signing players based on twitter suggestions, looking petty and cheap with their signings, no doubt about it football is cyclical. Maybe they're headed towards their Moyes era after making every big club in Europe shit their pants for a while
I keep wondering whether those fee Barcelona paid Neymar were legal? Seems like some kind of shady scheme
But had he not signed a new deal, they the release clause would be much lower... so in a sense Barcelona didn't lose anything. Only Neymar and his associates gain from clubs who want to his service.