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€1 billion on transfers since 2014 - Barcelona set for another bad deal with Pjanic pursuit

Oct 19, 2021
The cash-strapped Blaugrana are considering a nonsensical swap deal that would weaken their midfield and defence just to get Lautaro Martinez

Everyone connected with Barcelona has an agenda.

For example, Albert Perrin was a director of the former club chairman Joan Laporta, and he is close to officially announcing his candidate for next year's election.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Palin publicly criticized the current government. The current government is led by Josep Maria Bartomeu, who won an overwhelming victory over Laporte in 2015.

However, when Palin told Marca in March, he said for many Barcelona fans: "The future of the club scares me a lot. There are many things that make them perform poorly in Barcelona.

"This board only knows how to sell to make the account work. They don't consider sports issues."

Bartomo ’s weird transfer policy will certainly support this claim.

Since Nou Camp's presidency of Sandro Rosell in 2014, 36 players have come to the Camp Nou, at a cost of approximately 1.067 billion euros (9.55 billion pounds / 11.6 billion US dollars).

There are only two success stories that can be considered unqualified: Luis Suarez and Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Samuel Umtiti is undoubtedly a good signer, but has now been considered to exceed the requirements of the past two years due to knee problems.

Ousmane Dembele has obvious world-class potential, but is more likely to be injured than his Frenchman, which means that Barcelona will now accept the initial 105 million euros they paid when serving Dortmund in 2017 ( 92 million pounds / 115 million euros).

Bartomeu should hardly be condemned for his physical condition, and the two big signings last summer Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong can still prove good value for money.

However, even those transactions raise the same question: why spend a lot of money to buy a player that you will not perform at your best?

Griezmann performed best in the two offensive, while De Jong was signed to replace the old Sergio Busquets, but has not yet been allowed to control a clearly lacking direction midfield. De Jong's time should be up, but Griezmann still looks like the wrong player at the wrong time.

It's not that we should be surprised by the lack of vision.

Philippe Coutinho is the most expensive player in the history of Barcelona. Although he has no obvious position in the starting lineup, he has signed, which shows that Palin is correct and there are a lot of transactions at Camp Nou , Without having to think about "sports" stuff. "

Of course, in this respect, Barca's pursuit of Miralem Pjanic is meaningless. The Bosnian is an excellent player, but he is now 30 years old, and is clearly in a state of decline, which is evident in his poor performance this year.

When the 2019-20 season began, under the leadership of new coach Maurizio Sarri, Juventus believed that Juventus' hopes for success were indispensable. Metronome midfielder Jorginho is the old lady's answer, and Giorgio is in charge of Sarri's outstanding Napoli team.

Pjanic relished. He is passionate about the idea of "150 touch games" and is Juve's best performance in the early days of sports.

But as Bianconeri struggled in the second half of the season, so did Pjanic. Obviously, he is not a solution to the "Sarriball" problem, but part of the problem.

If anything, he moved too much, slowing down the game and making Juventus one-dimensional and predictable. The key to Sarri's style of play is the rapid movement of the ball, which is fully understood by Jorginho.

As Radja Nainggolan once pointed out, this Italian international is his most frustrating opponent in Serie A. This man can hardly be oppressed because the ball has disappeared when you approach him.

However, Pjanic's figure was painfully in trouble, after the dismal performance of Lyon (the lowest point since Sarri's season) in the first 16 rounds of the Champions League, Juventus fans Annoyed Juve.

Bianconeri's boss withdrew Pjanic just 62 minutes after the French game, and then abandoned him in a match with Serie A champion Inter Milan a week later to participate in the Italian derby match.

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