🚨💣 Jamie Carragher blasts Real Madrid's "Barcelona obsession" after Bernardo Silva and Cucurella signings
🗣️: "At some point, people have to stop pretending this is a coincidence. Every time Barcelona identify a player, Real Madrid suddenly become interested too.
Barcelona wanted Bernardo Silva, and now Real Madrid have signed Bernardo Silva. Barcelona looked at Dumfries, and Madrid rushed to give a 30-year-old a long-term contract. Hansi Flick reportedly prefers Gvardiol, and suddenly Madrid are pushing for Gvardiol. Barcelona worked on Julian Alvarez, and Madrid responded with a ridiculous €150 million bid that they made sure the whole world knew about. Now Marc Cucurella has become another target the moment Barcelona showed interest.
This is not strategy; this is obsession.
The biggest clubs create their own path. They don't spend every summer looking over their shoulder to see what their rivals are doing. If your transfer policy is 'Whatever Barcelona want, we want too,' then maybe you don't have a real project at all.
I have seen rivalries all my life, but this goes beyond rivalry. It feels like some people in Madrid are more concerned about blocking Barcelona than building Real Madrid.
When a club starts defining itself through its rival, it has already forgotten what made it great in the first place."
@CanaNot26@miky_lowkey@FCB_ACEE Ok you’re right it is a group effort. How many MOTM and POTT does Ronaldo have over Messi for their countries? I’ll wait
Xabi Alonso -> Jose Mourinho
Trent -> Dumfries
Huijsen -> Konate
Alvaro -> Cucurella
Mastantuono -> Bernardo Silva
They’ve replaced every single one of their transfers from last summer already. One of the worst transfer windows in history😭😭😭
🚨 Ousmane Dembélé: “Lionel Messi is the best player I’ve ever seen”. 🇦🇷
“He’s 38 but he’s still fantastic, dangerous… his quality never gets old. We have to be all very careful, Leo can still win the World Cup”, told @marca.
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Gerard Pique on Real Madrid after signing both Bernardo Silva and Dumfries and how they have Barca Obsession disease but the media portray Barcelona as the Obsessed one:
“it’s funny how the narrative always gets flipped, isn’t it? Everyone loves to talk about Barcelona having this so-called ‘Real Madrid obsession.’ The media pushes that story constantly. But let’s be honest for once: if you look at the history, it’s crystal clear who has the obsession disease here. Real Madrid have been chasing Barcelona’s shadow for decades. That’s Real Madrid history for you.”
“It started back with Alfredo Di Stéfano. Barcelona had the deal done, but Real Madrid stepped in and made sure they got him instead. That set the tone. Then Maradona – they fought tooth and nail to keep him away from us or disrupt things. They did everything possible to stop Barcelona from signing Johan Cruyff, pulling every string they could. This isn’t rivalry; this is obsession.”
“Fast forward: Toni Kroos basically offered himself to Barcelona, and what happened? Real Madrid swooped in and signed him. They wanted to hijack Neymar so badly back in the day. And Lionel Messi? Florentino Pérez reportedly offered him a blank check, trying everything to pry him away. That’s not normal competition – that’s fixation.”
“Even recently, they invited Lamine Yamal’s father to the Bernabéu VIP box, trying to tempt the next big talent. They hijacked Vinicius and Rodrygo, players who were on Barcelona’s radar. And let’s not forget – Barcelona were among the first to show serious interest in players like Endrick and Antonio Rüdiger. Yet Real Madrid always seems to insert themselves.”
“Now this summer? It’s the same pattern all over again. Schlotterbeck, Bastoni, Dumfries, Bernardo Silva, Gvardiol, Julián Álvarez… they’ve been linked to or interested in every single player Barcelona have targeted. Every one. They can’t help themselves. They see us moving, and suddenly it’s a mission.
“This is what Real Madrid are: obsessed with Barcelona. They define themselves by trying to one-up us, disrupt us, take what we want. But the media? They keep painting Barcelona as the ones with the problem. It’s laughable at this point. History doesn’t lie. The obsession disease is very real – and it’s been wearing white for a long, long time.”
— TheWildProject/ YT