Beware of you lot. You love talking about history and playing style.
First of all, the playing style isnโt some Catalan invention, Barcelona. You stole that idea from the Netherlands. So itโs not like itโs some uniquely Catalan thing. Total football belongs to the Netherlands.
Second, when it comes to history and culture, what culture are you even talking about? You guys have always presented yourselves as people fighting for freedom, yet you kept sucking up to the dictator Franco. You waited more than 40 years to renounce the medals Franco gave you because you had to make sure he was dead first.
You signed your first-ever superstar, Kubala, with Franco's help. You fast-tracked his citizenship and gave him everything he needed to stay and get around the foreign-player restrictions that were pretty notorious in Spain at the time.
So literally nothing you said actually lines up with reality.
The playing style you claim is โBarรงaโ was never actually Barรงaโs to begin with. Itโs something you took from others. And this whole identity of relying on young players? You never relied on young players when you had money. When you had the cash, you went out and broke the all-time transfer record. You did it with Cruyff, you did it with Koeman too, not to mention what you did under Nรบรฑez and later Bartomeu.
So if Barcelona is known for anything, itโs being a walking, talking contradiction.
As for us, at least when we portray ourselves as the most successful club in the world, we actually behave like it. We never claimed to be some club that relies exclusively on youngsters, even though we did win five La Liga titles in a row with the help of young players
something your club has never done in its entire existence.
Weโre more authentic than your club in a way that should honestly make you embarrassed to even bring this shit up.
@NealGardner_ Umm get your maths right buddy, i know you are a barca fan but still , for how much longer you gonna pretend Gordon didn't cost you 80mil ๐