🚨🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski:
🗣️ “I miss Barcelona every single day. Since the day I left Barça, it feels like there is a void in my heart that no happiness in the world can fill. 💔
🗣️ “This is a completely unique feeling. I never felt this way when I left Dortmund for Bayern or Bayern for Barcelona.
🗣️ “Barcelona was truly special to me. I can’t describe in words how much I love that club.” 🔵🔴❤️
🚨🎙️ Sergio Ramos on who deserves this year’s Ballon d’Or:
Reporter: “Sergio, who do you think is the favourite to win the Ballon d’Or this year?”
Ramos: “I know it might sound awkward, but if you asked me in my dreams, I would still say Lionel Messi. People will say he’s old, he doesn’t play in Europe, bla bla bla… but tell me, who in Europe is doing what he’s doing at that age? Look at his numbers. He’s scoring, creating and carrying his team in the league.
And if you tell me, ‘It’s only MLS,’ then look at the World Cup. Against the players people thought could challenge him, Messi still stood above them all. He was the best player of the tournament, scoring a hat-trick at that age and carrying an entire nation.
Lamine, Kane, Mbappé, Fabián, Pedri and Dembélé all had incredible seasons, but what Messi has done this year is simply unbelievable.”
🚨Raphinha on Mbappé saying he has scored more goals than him and Lamine
🗣️ Raphinha “Yes, he has scored more goals than I have since joining Real Madrid, but we have won more trophies in that same period.
Sometimes football is not just about individual goal tallies; it is about winning trophies as a collective. Everyone wants to score more goals, but how about winning together as a team?
For me, Barcelona comes first, before any personal accolades. I am fully focused on winning the Champions League with this team.
I would not even mind trading a Ballon d’Or for that success, because lifting the Champions League trophy with this group would be a far bigger achievement than any individual award.
🚨🇪🇸 Rodri on the difference between working under Pep Guardiola and Hansi Flick.
🗣️“Pep Guardiola made me the midfielder I am. At Manchester City, every movement has a reason, every detail is discussed. With Hansi, once you understand the principle, there is more trust to solve the situation yourself. Today, with Yamal, Fermín, Pedri and Olmo around me, I felt that freedom very clearly. The 5-0 was the moment I understood what this team wants from me.”
“My first start here felt different because I am coming from years inside Pep’s system. At City, you sometimes receive so much information that you are thinking about the next position before you have finished the current one. Hansi gives you the idea, then lets the game speak. I could step higher, combine and even attack the box; hitting the bar was a good example of that.”
“Pep manages every detail because he wants total control, and I learned enormously from that. Hansi asks for intensity and verticality, but there is also joy in the way we play once the opponent is hurt. At 5-0, we did not stop playing, and that tells you something about the emotional temperature of this team.”
🚨🇪🇸 Fernando Torres:
🗣️ “I don’t think Julián Álvarez will play with his full heart for Atlético even if he is brought onto the pitch by Diego Simeone. His heart is already at Barcelona. 🔵🔴
🗣️ “It will be counterproductive for Atleti to bring Julián on because they will practically be playing with 10 men. Julián won’t press and will just stand in the box, like he did against Villarreal. 👀
🗣️ “A transfer to Barça was the perfect solution to Julián’s situation.” 🔵🔴