He always expressed his desire to join Barcelona. The kid only wanted Barcelona. The ball was in our court, and our board turned him away. Lamine and Estevão rotating in and out of the 10 and RW positions would’ve been devastating. We’ll regret this in a few years. Absolute pain.
🚨🔵 Chelsea reach verbal agreement to sign Brazilian gem Willian Estevão, here we go!
Palmeiras ready to accept final bid worth €40m plus €25m add-ons.
Personal terms agreed 10 days ago, Estevão will join #CFC in 2025. 🇧🇷
Just waiting for Palmeiras president to sign.
This deal could potentially turn out to be an excellent bit of business. €25M fixed plus €5M-€7M in add ons. I hear Everton are facing ffp problems, so they don’t have much leverage. €40M for Onana should get it done. My order:
Onana/Hjulmand
Mikel Merino/Angelo Stiller
The reason why I didn’t mention Lamine and Cubarsi is because I’m terrified for them. The physical toll Flick’s football will have on them scares me. Especially, Lamine. Their bodies aren’t fully developed, so the higher the intensity, the higher the risks. I hope I’m wrong.
It looks like his arrival is inevitable. Although not my first choice, I’d much rather have him over Rafa Marquez. The only good thing about Flick is that Araujo, Balde, Gavi, Fermin, FDJ, and Pedri will reach a new level.
First he mistreats Leo, now Xavi. F**K Laporta.
This is why it hurts me so much. Lamine was developing exceptionally well under Xavi bc he allowed him to be himself. Xavi knew and understood what it meant to be a Barcelona winger. A year without the guidance and Barca way is going to drastically affect his development.
❗️Lamine Yamal, via IG: “Thank you for always trusting me. It has been a pleasure to learn and work with you, Mister. Forever a Legend of the club 💙❤️ Good luck!!!” #FCB
(🌕) JUST IN: Ronald Araujo is a player who’s future at the club is currently not fully certain. Joan Laporta wants him to continue, although the sporting area sees his future to be more ‘out’ than ‘in’. @ferrancorreas#Transfers ⚠️🚨
It looks like his arrival is inevitable. Although not my first choice, I’d much rather have him over Rafa Marquez. The only good thing about Flick is that Araujo, Balde, Gavi, Fermin, FDJ, and Pedri will reach a new level.
First he mistreats Leo, now Xavi. F**K Laporta.
De Zerbi is literally right there. Unless you already have an agreement with Pep for 2025, then waiting a year for Klopp isn’t worth it. De Zerbi checks all the boxes. The philosophy, the culture, and the attractive football he plays. Laporta doing his agent buddy another favor.
(🌕) BREAKING: Confirmation that a meeting did in fact take place between Hansi Flick and the Barcelona delegation. There was ‘very good’ harmony among all parties involved and Flick is the #1 candidate to replace Xavi right now if an exit happens. @rac1#FCB ☎️🔥
If Laporta was serious, he would’ve gone after Nagelsmann months ago. If he was serious, he would’ve already appointed De Zerbi or Thiago Motta. It’s so obvious his plan is to appoint Pep or Klopp in 2025. That’s why he’s only going after an interim manager. Sigh.
(🌕) JUST IN: Hansi Flick is *still* waiting for Barcelona. He is only prioritizing them and won’t take any decision on his future until he knows what happens at Barça. @RogerTorello#FCB 🇩🇪🚨🚨
I really don’t understand why we didn’t pay Betis to bring him back. He had a good season and showed his potential. If you loaned him out another year, you would’ve had a very good LCB. If Betis do sell him, we’ll end up getting €8.5M in total. This one is just bad business.
🚨🔵🔴 Crystal Palace are closing in on deal to sign Chadi Riad from Real Betis as new centre back.
Understand formal proposal has been sent for €12m plus €2m add-ons, deal being finalised between clubs.
Chadi Riad already said yes to #CPFC.
Here we go, soon 🦅
Chelsea are an absolute mess. They willingly chose Pochettino over Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique, and now, they’re in the market for a new manager again.
🚨🔵 BREAKING: Mauricio Pochettino and Chelsea part ways with immediate effect.
Chelsea and Pochettino have already agreed on terms, as @Matt_Law_DT reports.
↪️ #CFC will consider a young manager as priority to replace Pochettino.
What a player. Currently, the most skilled #9 in world football. He’s going to save us from this new tekkerless generation of CF’s. I hope to see him in blaugrana one day.
🚨🇧🇪 EXCL. Johan Bakayoko considered as one of the names on the table of Liverpool FC for this summer !
Bakayoko’s name has been validated by Barry Hunter and Arne Slot.
🔴 #LFC like the player since March 2023.
😈 Belgian Red Devils wants in priority join a club which plays Champions League football. It’s very likely that his transfer from #PSV happened after #Euro2024 !
💰 Transfer fee will be lower than the 50M€ PSV’s expectations.
🇪🇺 Borussia Dortmund & RB Leipzig are the other concrete possibilities for Bakayoko this summer. No news from #PSG so far.
🇪🇬 Reds conscious that they will have to apply also others plans like Raphinha (also on the short-list) on the right wing to replace ´ Mo Salah’s in case of departure…
⏳Wait&See ! #mercato #DiablesRouges
De Zerbi
Motta
Tuchel
Flick
And we’re going to end up with Rafa F’ING Marquez. Laporta wasted no time adding another yes-men to his collection. Bad decisions, after bad decisions. Get him out already. Enough already.
(🌕) JUST IN: Rafa Marquez is the best placed candidate to replace Xavi, pending final meeting b/w Xavi & Laporta. While Hansi Flick is the other most feasible option. @ffpolo#FCB 🔍🚨🚨
I know our 125th anniversary is coming up, but I would genuinely stay at Montjuic next season. Doing so ensures more productivity at the Camp Nou and we could even finish it before 2026.
🚨 JUST IN: Aston Villa want to sign Ronald Araújo. A few weeks back they already warned Barça that they would go for him if they secured Champions League football, which they've done. @tomasandreu68
He’s either waiting for Laporta to sack Xavi, or he’s off to Italy. AC Milan or Juventus seem likely. No way Brighton void his RC and let him walk just to let him join an English side.
🚨 Roberto de Zerbi: “There isn’t any club behind me. No one offered me a job at this stage”.
“I hope to work in the Premier League again. I don’t know where or when…”.
He’s literally the one that caused this whole mess. If he hadn’t surrounded himself with yes-men, we wouldn’t be in this mess. This is literally what happens when you give jobs to your friends and family over qualified professionals.