I often get asked why I’m a Barça fan. Or, more specifically, what made me a Barça fan.
The answer is, and always has been, very clear. Identity. Culture. A way of being that transcends anything money can buy.
Everyone is different. I’m not here to tell you there’s a ‘right’ way to love a football club. But for me, watching a club so deeply connected and committed to an identity was, for lack of a better phrase, just so bloody cool.
And while it hasn’t always been smooth sailing, and we have absolutely lost our way at times, the beauty has always been in finding our way back. Back to the identity laid down by the great Johan Cruyff decades ago. Back to what makes Barça, Barça.
I watch clubs throw hundreds of millions at their squads season after season only to get nowhere. Then I look at us, rebuilding from the lowest of lows after making those very same mistakes, turning once again to our identity and achieving infinitely more than essentially unlimited wealth could buy.
What does that speak to?
For me, it’s simple. Our identity is priceless.
We never tried to sign Cucurella. We never tried to sign Dumfries. And we never tried to sign Diomande.
Cucurella, himself, confirmed there was zero interest from Barça.
Now Rodri? It’s pretty clear to me what’s happening.
Barcelona have a great foundation for the future.
But even this season has been amazing and we can still end it on an extremely high note, too.
We already have two titles but one still remains, arguably the most important one.
So let's pick ourselves up & get what's ours.
هتسجل ست اجوال على إنزاجي ومش هتصعد
هتعمل ريمونتادا مرتين بعدما كنت متأخر بجولين وبرضو مش هتصعد
هتبقى كسبان لحد ال 90 مش كدا وبس دا انت هتشوف بعينيك لامين بيخبط الكورة في العارضة وهتترد بجول بعدها وبرضو مش هتصعد
اللعبة كل سنة بتطلعلنا لسانها و بتقولنا بشكل مختلف انها مبتحبناش
Absolute heartbreak.
But what a team we are. To do what we have done this season with these kids is incredible.
It wasn't to be but we gave it our all.
And that's something to be proud of.
Always Barça. 🔵🔴
I couldn’t be prouder of this squad, and nothing can happen from now until the end of the season to change that.
Football is about winning, yes, but I’d argue it’s more fundamentally about emotions.
In that sense, they’ve given us everything we could’ve hoped for and more.
❗️Rival Watch: Vinicius is suspended for 2 La Liga games. He will play in the Supercup.
The Article 104 of the RFEF Disciplinary Code establishes that aggression in La Liga is punishable by suspension of 4 to 12 matches, including Supercup matches. https://t.co/ux9r3Pc4tb