I don’t know why we don’t just promote Gabbanini. He’s done a pretty good job so far
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I don’t know why we don’t just promote Gabbanini. He’s done a pretty good job so far
Have suspected we are going to try for him all summer.
But not for 55m.
Was speaking to a Barca fan the other day. really wants him to stay, feels like he's a generational talent that is now past the worst with his injuries.
I thought he was the current guy for the last 5 years no ??
Two of my closest friends are die hard Barcelona supporters and they think his transfers are crap, didn’t like Raphinha Kounde or Torres, also say he’s bad at selling players (have a look at their bloated squad). though perhaps that’s Deco who’s mostly in control.
Seems more like a glamor signing given his Barca ties.
Does he have a history of working with advanced data ?
Well barca fans I know are perfectly fine with the way he handled the club's transfers the last two years so..
Tbh I think Gabbanini has earned his shout. Seems Levy wants a big-name operator like this guy and Paratici before.
Barca did win La Liga under his watch after Real domincance
To me ideal would be:
+ Ange wielding big influence (he clearly prefers to be hands on).
+ Gabb - As is.....
+ Some new contract supremo
+ Levy sets the budget and then keeps his nose out.
Basically, this summer, but replace Levy.
Doubt there’s any truth in it. We are probably only being linked because we have no DOF.
Nah, I think he’s way better than Jonny Two SaintsGio Dos Santos mk2.
He's more a company man than a talent spotter, he's been a director at various clubs.
Background in finance.
That makes sense. Someone to work with Gabbanini
I can see your point and I am not saying he's the right man for Spurs ( neither of us really know much about him anyway) but there haven't been many glamorous signings during his time at Barca. Lewandowski and Jules Koundé were the closest to glamorous signings during his time but neither can be seen as the top-glamour signings Barca used to get.
These are the players signed by Barca during his time and there is nothing extra-ordinary about them really:
Marcos Alonso,
Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Eric Garcia,
Dani Alves,
Franck Kessie, İlkay Gündoğan
Memphis Depay, Adama Traore (loan deal), Ferran Torres,
Robert Lewandowski, Luuk de Jong,
Raphinha
Besides, being a DoF involved much more than signing new players for the 1st team.
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Could he come in just to do the bargaining & contracts part?
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neither was Pardodgy but that still didn't stop us.
Plus Barca are constantly having talented young players recommended to them, and experienced players offered by agents.
They have so many people in their recruitment / scouting setup that it's near impossible to know who is really talented, and who is - in your phrase - a "company man".
Watching the Messi documentary, he was signed at the age of 10 because Barca agreed to pay for his growth hormone treament which River Plate declined to do. Legend has it the actual deal was signed on a paper napkin by Barca's representative in Argentina.
Andre Onana arrived at La Masia via Samuel Eto'o's academy in Cameroon. Barca then let him move to Ajax when he was 19, allowing a top player to escape.
My point is that Barca is a very different club from Spurs, in terms of the sheer size of their scouting / feeder network, and supposedly the best youth academy in the world to develop a wealth of talent.
They also agree ridiculous salaries, & presumably ludicrous agent fees, way above what Levy would countenance.
See the curious case of the £200k per week CB Clement Lenglet.
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