Messi didn’t lose any league game in the 2017–18 season, FC Barcelona lost only one league match during that season
“That was the only game Messi didn’t play”
Barcelona lost Messi in 2021 because they were €1.2 billion in debt and La Liga slashed their wage cap from €347 million to €97 million. The emergency fix was fielding children. Four years later those children won La Liga, and one of them carries a €1 billion release clause.
The cap crisis meant Barcelona couldn't register signings. Academy kids on entry-level wages were the only players they could afford to put on the pitch. So Lamine Yamal debuted at 15 years and 9 months. Pau Cubarsí debuted at 16. Gavi, Pedri, Balde, and Casadó all got minutes a healthy club would never have risked on teenagers.
Then the desperation play turned out to be the best roster strategy in football. Yamal joined at age 7 from CF La Torreta, a local youth club. Transfer fee zero. Barcelona turned down a €250 million bid for him. He made 106 senior appearances before turning 18. Messi made 9.
The cap math makes it even better. Real Madrid operates with a €761 million squad cost limit. Barcelona's is €432 million. They won the league anyway, because half the starting lineup was developed in-house at academy cost.
Messi's final Barcelona contract was worth over €500 million. His replacement cost nothing.
Those 11-year-olds in the video are the next batch. A pipeline that began as a bankruptcy workaround is now the entire plan.
The "he's just another Araújo" takes make no sense to me.
Romero gives you aggression, but he also gives you elite build-up, defensive IQ and the personality to lead a backline.
His injury record is the only real concern. As a defender, I'd take Cuti every day.
''do you know what's the issue [with the car]?''
max: ''it's always something different, so yeah.''
''do you mean that every weekend it's something else or?''
max: ''every weekend something doesn't work, or breaks, or i don't know. i'm done with it for now.''
''yeah?''
max: ''with this qualifying atleast, yeah.''
camina displicentemente observando a los demás, mete una rascada de chota en el medio y de repente se activa, gambetea un par y define, potentes los genes
🎙️ Which team do you support?
🗣️ "Barcelona... but I'm angry with them."
🎙️ Why?
🗣️ "They kicked me out."
🎙️ What happened?
🗣️ "They signed me when I was seven, then they released me without explaining why. When I grow up, I'll find out myself."
🎙️ Who's your football idol?
🗣️ "Carles Puyol."
🎙️ What do you think of Lamine Yamal?
🗣️ "He's 18 years old and thinks he's Messi." 😭🤣
Barcelona has to bring him back ooo 😂😂
Messi to Apple TV 🗣️: Thiago turns 14 this November. His birthday will be celebrated in Barcelona, and after turning 14, he'll begin his football journey with Barcelona's U-14 team. 💙❤️
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