I choose the title to shock people a bit and i will probably offend many of you for which i am somewhat sorry , i must also admit that ever since i was a small boy i have been more inclined to support Real Madrid (even thought right now they are a bloody shame to their own history and values) than Barcelona. And having my all time idol Zidane (alongside Ronaldo and Raul) in the white shirt only enforced that inclination, so my views are biased (as most opinions on football are)
What i like about Barca is the way they changed their entire vision on developing players and try to put out as many young players from their own development center as possible. They play the best football ever (maybe next to the EPO driven Juventus with Zidane and Man U at their peak).
But what i loathe is the hypocrisy in condeming the huge transfer fees Real pay and than just doing the same thing but just a bit less over the top (Real are just ridiculous with their transfer fees). They keep talking about the debts Real has but forget to mention their own financial situation, they used to be proud (and with every right) to have no shirt sponsor , then Unicef came (which was impressive) only to prepare the road for letting in a Non profit association from Qatar that pays big bucks.
The blatant diving (except for Messi tbh) and arrogance on the pitch. Busquets , Iniesta and Xavi are very talented but need to stay on their feet.
Yesterday i saw someone on Twitter (not the most credible source of info ,Twitter) mention that Barcelona chairman declared that he is interested in Bale and Van Persie but not willing to pay 30 million. The infuriates me about the top 10 European clubs , they know players want to come to them so they incite players to go against the will of their current employer. They are in fact tapping up players all the time , they did it with Fabregas and credit to Wenger (wash my mouth) that he only gave in when the money was right. I know every club does it with players from smaller clubs (including us) but the biggest ones are the worst. Imagine City coming in for Iniesta via the press and offering 20 million while publicly declaring that's his price, Barcelona would be furious.
We should follow the lead of Udinese and that prick from down the road and just say feck off with your below par offers, you payed for Sanchez and Fabregas and Eto'o and Ibra and so on , so lets see that chequebook with 50 million on it. They are dealing with Levy now , they wont know what hit em.
What i like about Barca is the way they changed their entire vision on developing players and try to put out as many young players from their own development center as possible. They play the best football ever (maybe next to the EPO driven Juventus with Zidane and Man U at their peak).
But what i loathe is the hypocrisy in condeming the huge transfer fees Real pay and than just doing the same thing but just a bit less over the top (Real are just ridiculous with their transfer fees). They keep talking about the debts Real has but forget to mention their own financial situation, they used to be proud (and with every right) to have no shirt sponsor , then Unicef came (which was impressive) only to prepare the road for letting in a Non profit association from Qatar that pays big bucks.
The blatant diving (except for Messi tbh) and arrogance on the pitch. Busquets , Iniesta and Xavi are very talented but need to stay on their feet.
Yesterday i saw someone on Twitter (not the most credible source of info ,Twitter) mention that Barcelona chairman declared that he is interested in Bale and Van Persie but not willing to pay 30 million. The infuriates me about the top 10 European clubs , they know players want to come to them so they incite players to go against the will of their current employer. They are in fact tapping up players all the time , they did it with Fabregas and credit to Wenger (wash my mouth) that he only gave in when the money was right. I know every club does it with players from smaller clubs (including us) but the biggest ones are the worst. Imagine City coming in for Iniesta via the press and offering 20 million while publicly declaring that's his price, Barcelona would be furious.
We should follow the lead of Udinese and that prick from down the road and just say feck off with your below par offers, you payed for Sanchez and Fabregas and Eto'o and Ibra and so on , so lets see that chequebook with 50 million on it. They are dealing with Levy now , they wont know what hit em.
< they don't like this.
