🚨 JUST IN: Alejandro Balde remains DETERMINED to succeed at Barcelona and fight for the starting left-back spot.
He has interpreted Hansi Flick’s public message as a challenge to prove himself and has not decided to leave the club
— @mundodeportivo
🚨🗣️ “Those close to Balde say he sees Flick’s words as a challenge - he will agree to leave if the club doesn’t count on him, but prefers to stay and fight for his spot” @RogerTorello#Transfers 🇪🇸🔵🔴
Alejandro Balde has dominated games against :
—Real Madrid
—Bayern
—Chelsea
and I’m supposed to hate him because he didn’t track back against *check notes* Udinese?
We’re forced to sell one the best full-backs in the world, I can’t believe it.
Any sum lower than 70M would be a disgrace.
If we don’t buy Lukeba as a left center-back and Julian as a center-forward would be a disgrace too.
I’m very sad, very sad.
Nuno Mendes of two seasons ago vs now, it's not that his injury issues have left him but he gets managed better and has a manager who is willing to work with him and get more out of him making him a better player. Not every player has that sort of luxury.
Balde glazers showed their true colors today, insulting Flick, Gerard Martín, Cancelo and other La Masia players because their boy is trash, Spain’s 5th-choice LB for a reason.
It has nothing to do with skin color. Your boy is simply garbage.
This is the real question nobody is asking. You lot have allowed the hate to completely override your reasoning. Everyone is excited about Cancelo arriving, but nobody is asking who replaces Balde if he actually leaves?
If the replacement isn’t good enough to justify losing Balde, then he should simply remain in the squad. You don’t solve one problem by creating another.
Mendes, Davies, and Balde are the cream of the crop in football
If Barca let Balde go it’s incredibly stupid for whatever money, you aren’t finding a better replacement
PSG got Mendes
Bayern got Davies
Liverpool got Kertez
But we are ready give up an absolute gold standard for touchline dynamic width and high-octane. He's our rest-defense recovery strategy to secure our high-line marg gains. Selling him w/o triggering Nuno is tactical suicide.
@kisholoyDT08@KingLeo292171 + I find the whole isnt improving narrative to be stupid. Naturally a guy who has been getting fried by injuries isnt going to have some massive leap.
Correct me if im wrong but I dont remember the narrative around Nuno being like this when he was at this stage couple years
@kisholoyDT08@KingLeo292171 Even if Balde has stagnated who can we actually look at for an upgrade on him? Hall, Nuno, NOR? Seems unattainable.
Then u look at the fact that he is a bottom 6 earner at the club... really stupid sale
@AbdulMu59142481@humble_Nettie@BarcaTimes apparently thats on him, but when Raphinha who chose to run at full intensity in a friendly where everyone else played at 70% knowing they had Important Champions League KO games 2 weeks later its not his fault okay👌