Barcelona News Round-Up ft De Jong, Raphinha & BIG Lewandowski problem

The latest Barça news featuring Robert Lewandowski's future at Barcelona, Frenkie de Jong and Raphinha, ahead of Barcelona vs Real Sociedad on Monday in La Liga.
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[@TalkFCB]

Some of the big talking points right now... What's your take? 🧐

[@user-hc1ie6lk7l]

You talking about Lewandowski is funny. You were fully in support for him coming to Barcelona!

[@erykplayz1328]

We have Rayo Vallecano at Home In GW37

[@sgsjosh2000]

​@@user-hc1ie6lk7l opinions change based on performance rn we are paying lot of money for an 35 yo striker.

[@nikitazaikin6382]

I think we have to be defensively more solid at the back and score more then 2 goals in our games and Lewandowski doesn't have an future in Barcelona shirt anymore i don't see him match 2022/23 season at all and Raphinha should walk away aswell we don't need any of them and we should keep De Jong and Vitor Roque Xavi has to give this kid an fighting chance not pissing on his dream club like that, we should go for better players not selling player we shouldn't get rid of only they who preforme shit and bad must leave Barca.

[@kayumi9684]

@@user-hc1ie6lk7lit’s almost like opinions change 😂

[@wingsofflyy]

Madrid- no player is bigger than club Barca - every player is bigger than club

[@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules]

We respect our players ✅

[@28bottomboy]

@@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules then keep respecting them while your biggest rivals keep going to the champions league final n winning the league/signing the best players 😂 just another dumb Barca fan

[@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules]

@@28bottomboy they went to the finals thanks to the ref , robbed rb leibzig in the first game with a goal disallowed in minute 2’ , Barca where robbed off psg with araujos red card , same foul camavinga did on Yamal and only got a yellow , vardrid robbed us off el Classico which was the league title decider , robbed us in the copa America with another red card where araujo kicked the grass and get sent off , vardrids transfer budget is close to a billion meanwhile Barcas at under 300 m per season , being the most watched team in Europe and tebas gives us this ridiculous budget , I’m a real fan unlike you and everyone crying in these comments, you’ll never win against corruption and money 🤫 open your eyes every game that Barca lost was the same ref that coached el Classico and in every game they where many controversial decisions

[@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules]

@@28bottomboy I didn’t want to educate a Barca fan but I guess had to lmao , don’t ever compare Barca with that small club 🤌🏽 that’s a paid cheating system any player that has left has flopped Casemiro never said a red at vardid and got em back to back at United , Ronaldo hasn’t won a personal trophy since 2019 or a league title since leaving Madrid

[@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules]

I can’t wait for this transfer window I know the coaches requests will finally be met and Silva will come 👏🏻 coach never asked for roque that was deco

[@rogerroopchandsingh2919]

Imagine Barca wants to sell Raphinha who hasn't been as injury prone like Dembele but didn't want to sell Dembele madness and they continue to believe in Ferran but don't play vitor

[@advityat]

And they will continue with Ferran! I don't understand this.

[@diegotaborda4613]

@@advityat to succeed as a non-european player under Xavi you have to perform twice as well as if you were spanish

[@JamesPaye-xg4wj]

Nobody wanted to buy an injury prone Dembele

[@rogerroopchandsingh2919]

James true but they still didn't want to sell me.

[@JamesPaye-xg4wj]

@@rogerroopchandsingh2919 why would they want to sell you? lol

[@lewandowskimelo984]

Xavi, Laporta and Deco are the most confused people at the moment,they can't even make a single correct decision.

[@sunitagandham5215]

I don't understand deco just give the players the coach want bro is giving the COACH some suggestions 😭 just give him the players he want this is what happened to vitor roque

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

I agree. Something smells fishy to me.

[@nickyizreal]

I keep saying that Deco is the problem FCB has at the moment. Have you wondered why Xavi is not playing Roque?

[@dogarecute6677]

Nah you’re over exaggerating

[@surpriserakins9067]

@@sunitagandham5215 whats the point having a sporting director if you simply give the coach who he wants, particularlywhen the club has limited funds. And what happens when the coach is sacked?

[@christopherbarthelus4625]

We need to learn from Madrid because they replace players before they start declining players who don’t perform have to go

[@joakim3213]

Not really a Madrid thing to be fair, just healthy club planning.

[@shubhsrivatava777]

Their management is way better than Barcelona one that's why they are ahead of our club

[@P4P1980]

@@joakim3213Yup exactly, healthy and planning, two key words that Barca board needs to learn in a quick and hurry

[@frfriedrice5536]

Madrid isn't emotional FC They let players like Ramos go, both barca and barca fans can't do or accept things like these. This is one of the reasons why barca struggles

[@alexx1910]

@@frfriedrice5536facts bro it’s kinda annoying , like it’s good to praise your players but I feel like barca does is way too much then it should be.

[@zak__21]

Raphina's efforts gets undermined a lot! When he came in clutch, by scoring goals during dembele's injury, last season it was "ohh he can't dribble" Now, after putting in some great performances this season, it's just a "hot streak". From a club that is keeping sergi roberto and ferran torres?

[@ozoemenechiebuka4836]

My guy I wonder if bacar is owned by Roberto's father please let him go heaven will not fall.

[@thekofiannan]

We aren’t serious and a club, team and fanbase our expectations doesn’t match reality.. Football has changed, this is not time for technical and flair players. The most important thing is to win games and win trophies.

[@vishnujain7645]

How are you supposed to sell Roberto and Ferran? Theres should be takers. Will they go to saudi? Be realistic. As far as it goes , Roberto came pretty handy when all teh midfielders were injured. It's not like xavi playing Roberto over some star. Ferran also had a very good scoring streak when he was not injured compared to the rest of the forwards. If an offer comes from a good club , fine. Raphina , Lewandowski and Frenkie de jong are the players that will get money . It's not like Xavi wants to keep spanish players for god sake.😂

[@zak__21]

@@vishnujain7645 there'd be takers if they are seriously on the market. These players are not bad, they are good just not good enough for barca

[@notnotnownow9622]

@@vishnujain7645 Sergi Roberto is a decent player but not exactly Barcelona starter. Sure there are teams that would enjoy him, but he is not transferrable, right? The same with Ferran. Do you remember Dest, made by Xavi to look like the worst player in the world? He went to Milan and now to PSV and is playing.

[@surpriserakins9067]

At least no one came blame Bartomeu for Lewandowski's contract. 😅

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

Hahaha, so true, no one to blame!🤗🤪🤭

[@williamcarvalho6895]

Yes yes no bartomeu to blame 😂

[@juniorfoster9224]

Sooner or later , questions will need to be asked about Laporta.

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

O yeah. He is throwing money around to Lewandowski. Shame on you Laporta. And then crying about FFP and the one on one??!!!! Lewandowski should not earn more than 6 million net. Ridiculous for an old lazy and negative player.

[@demetriusbruno1493]

Our club is a circus

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

@@Bee-beck Come on man, you've just heard that Lewandowski is going to cost next season 30 million gross. Season after that same ir more. That's already 60 million. Do the math man.

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

@@Bee-beck Man, what you're talking about??? Gross means before tax. Barca pays Lewandowski more than 100 million euros gross over the span of 4 years. Go google gross or go to school

[@Visca__Barca_Visca_cules]

Respect our president ✅

[@Guitarrman]

Show some respect for Lewandowski. He’s been your top scorer for two seasons, lifted the team last season to win the Spanish championship, the Super Cup, and was La Liga’s top scorer. This season, even though he’s had a rough patch, he still scored 25 goals, including key ones like in the Spanish Super Cup final, against Napoli in the Champions League, and had a great game in Paris. He still has a chance to be La Liga's top scorer for second time in a row. He’s effective, and sometimes it was just bad luck or the whole team let down. He has the most goals and assists in the league, and soon he’ll have more overall goals than Johan Cruyff. This guy deserves appreciation from the fans, he’s a seasoned striker. His contract was something that Laporta offered and he agreeded, He pushed Bayern really hard to let him go for Barca. Don't forget that. He will give you a lot of good moments next season for sure.

[@fernandovago23]

Raphina is underated i feel like we all been sleeping on him. Even tho he isn't a Dribbler he does make good runs,passes, defens, scores goals and i fill that with Roque in there with him. Raphina and Roque will link up better. We havent gave Raphina the rescoect that he deserves tbh we bought him but wanted to be a sub for Dembélé???. After Dembélé now its Lamine and as good as lamine has been i feel like Rapinha would have been cooking 💪🔥 we need to set the balance of the team to experienced player but not veterans big difference. We need the young players to sit on the bench for once and feel the need to show even more and coming if the bench would give barca a huge difference. I feel like Pedri,gl Gavi, and Fermin need to be taken care if more and thats why i say that because they will not be injured as much and can impact the game when we need it the most. That is only if we are able to get Kimmich/Zubimendi or Bernardo Silva. They need to learn and gain experience from the players that have won the champions league and have hit their prime.

[@lore90p]

Let’s forget about getting Kimmich because he got destroyed by vini.

[@fernandovago23]

@@lore90p Bro Vini is cooking rn 👀 very few stand a chance and that's only if they have enough pace to keep up. Kimmich did good enough job since he is not a natural Rb. But as Double pivot or single pivot in the right games he is the best in that position.

[@fernandovago23]

If I was trying to be defensive I'd have Christensen and Kimmich and Pedri just having more a free role. It could also be Gundogan, Gavi, Fermin in that attacking role when the games call for it not every game should be approached the same.

[@lore90p]

@@fernandovago23 i just know what I saw when VINI was out running Kimmich with the same moves back to back. A tough opponent will stop Vini but I don’t know much about Kimmich because I didn’t really keep up with Bayern games. But I did catch up with riquí Puig and Xavi Simmons this season and I really think one of them have a chance for that pivot position

[@TheOutlierToday]

​@lore90p puig is no longer our player and simons would be expensive.

[@splash-bofficiel8836]

Do not sell if you will not buy better replacements Barça🤦‍♂️

[@P4P1980]

But they have to sell unless you have been sleeping under a rock somewhere FC Barcelona have financial problems and they need to make some sales before start of next season. This has been going on for the past 3 years mate, where have u been??

[@juliouribe2924]

⁠@@P4P1980 you are wrong, they are not obligated to sell. If they want to buy, then they need to sell, so the comment makes sense, don’t sell if you are not buying a better player, or filling a need.

[@P4P1980]

@@juliouribe2924 No as with financial fair play in La Liga jackass FC Barcelona have to make sales this summer before they can add anyone. WAKE UP!!!!!! This financial mess Barca are in is not a new development, HELLO!!!!!

[@CJ-vj7pm]

The status quo can't go on, make sales to finance purchases

[@manta894]

Yes sell everyone. Use la massia for 2-3 years and hope they will be grate. The boards scouting is shit anyways

[@BFG_10G]

I'm beginning to see why Alemany checked out of this insanity. These guys are not thinking ahead. Roque could have been left behind in Brazil and had tons of training back home rather than languishing on the bench as he is now.

[@jimmyaki849]

Well, Lewy took a wage cut to join Barca and it was agreed that he would earn a bumper package in the third year. At the time of his signing, you all applauded Laporta and Alemany for making this deal happen. Keep in mind that Lewy turned down mega offers to join us on a way lower pay package. Unfortunately, his form has dipped. But you can't use that to justify his contract. It was agreed years back when he pulled the stops to leave Bayern for us.

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

As a german, i can only agree. At bayern he will surpassed Gerd Müller every record (with his abilities and strong work ethic, he would surpassed 365 Gerd's goals (he left us with 344goals/94assists in 375games all games, to name his value best, distract bvb dortmund's goals, he will be prone to score in 2season even more, but.. he would decide to go for a bew challenge at Barça! What i fully understand :)

[@achintya8017]

That Lewandowski wage structure is so laughable. How is Laporta any better than Bartemou? We are run by absolute clowns.

[@jjt4495]

Bartomeu was so bad, I doubt if that spell can even matched.

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

Something fishy is going on with Laporta and Deco. I don't trust them anymore

[@comment15]

Laporta cut out all the top wage earners possible, introduced a new structured wage, cut over half a billion in debt, while getting the stadium renovated and having to deal with endless issues imposed by La Liga and the previous board - but yeah, sure, just because he offered the best striker in the world at that time a competitive wage structure, that makes him as bad as Bartomeu? Your comment is a false equivalence. Why are so many of the fanbase like this? Try allow your brain to think further back than one week.

[@achintya8017]

@@comment15 It was a playful exaggeration,no way i mean to compare Laporta and Bartemou. But his promise of renewing Messi,revamping the medical staff,the discord between manager and director,the poorly planed signing of Roque, renewal being offered to Roberto,his false words of 'losing having consequences' are not giving me a lot of confidence either.

[@achintya8017]

@@jjt4495 I really hope,it isn't.

[@nevilleraheemdavis5568]

Imagine an alternate reality where araujo didn't fluke against PSG 😢

[@ChosenVessel10]

Ikr sigh

[@yungturner4mFL]

I thought about it

[@achintya8017]

Given how alert and defensively solid Dortmund were,we wouldn't have gone past them.

[@innerpeace_memo500]

@@achintya8017 PSG have almost 30 shots and 6 shots reflected the crossbar. They were really good but not unbeatable on a different day.

[@CJ-vj7pm]

Then we'd have lost to Borussia Dortmund or to Madrid in a CL Final

[@Daniel_mwale]

We can't let Raphinha go at the moment his one of best attackers the best when it comes to making runs in behind

[@toniflex2081]

How do we think of selling raphinha but ferran is not brought up?

[@amanwithaplan3873]

Raphinha will go for big money Ferran is not

[@toniflex2081]

@@amanwithaplan3873 good point, but ferrran should be transfer listed… we can’t keep players that don’t reach the Barcelona standard

[@Bee-beck]

@@toniflex2081 We’d probably need to PAY the club who wants to buy Ferran.

[@fimmyk]

@@amanwithaplan3873 So in other words we are selling our best players because of money and keeping useless ones. No wonder we are going nowhere...

[@amanwithaplan3873]

@@fimmyk Tbh we can’t be short sighted, last year de jong had a good run of form and Man U and Bayern were both interested and some sources said he could go for as much as 100 mil. Barca said no way he is unselleble and untouchable and now look at us, we are desperate to sell and clubs aren’t as interested cuz Barca as a whole has had a bad season

[@timothyvanwyngaardt8949]

Welcome to FC Circus when it comes to signing/selling players and giving out contact to players

[@kristianfjordolesen8918]

No matter if you think De Jong is our best midfielder, there is no longer any argument for keeping him at the club.

[@kk-bw7el]

His absence from the team isn’t all that felt and his presence doesn’t impact our fortunes in any way.

[@CJ-vj7pm]

​@@kk-bw7elexactly, lots of €€€ for minimal impact on games

[@CJ-vj7pm]

If FdJ wasn't so complacent & wanted to win instead of hang out in the city of Barcelona, he would realize that his career is stagnant & needs to go elsewhere if he truly wants to win 🏆

[@mala6238]

Facts

[@amobyte2372]

Gundo is clear of Frenkie

[@muhammadjonburiyev903]

Main reason for Lewandowski's staying is in my opinion shirt sales. Because Lewa is a brand, he generates what he earns.

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

💪👍🤝

[@tatai1001]

It's time we admit, Laporta is no better than bartomeu,bad decisions after bad decisions, it's a nightmare.Alemany was pushed out,deco was brought in.Xavi staying despite poor performance, it's bad.

[@CJ-vj7pm]

Bartoporta

[@mala6238]

I thought Alemany wanted to leave?

[@peterh3813]

...but we did win 2 trophies last year and this year would've been even better if they weren't struck with key injuries and inconsistent defense, they're just unlucky

[@mala6238]

@@peterh3813 it is not just luck. In important games, this team lacks mentality, big players do not step up and let the team down. This team lost every Classico and bottled the home game against PSG. Lost against Girona on BOTH occasions. Confused leadership, clueless manager, uninspired team.

[@TheElAlejandro]

These videos are the only interesting thing about Barcelona. Keep going Jamie!

[@oluwatobilobaoderinde3565]

My point too!

[@camilomolina1998]

it still feels like De Jong is a prospected player still developing. Insane!! He is not renewing with Barca probably because he doesn't want to stay with Barca much long term. He will probably want to play for another club soon, but right now is happy to help the team, and of course happy with his pay check. He also knows how crucially the team needs his talents right now.

[@oladilmejiolugbengaoni7981]

If the terms of the agreement is not favorable to Frankie, why would you expect him to sign and extention.

[@OlaMjFX]

FC Barcelona is more like a business/sales company rather than a football club. I don't understand these kinds of offers/contracts we're handing out to players, sigh.

[@BFG_10G]

If we were a business, we'd actually be making money. Lol.

[@mala6238]

​@@BFG_10Gfacts 😂😂.

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

I double that too!

[@Pawel-rv1ek]

@@BFG_10G Why do you say "we", are you one of the managers? lol Agree with you though.

[@BFG_10G]

@@Pawel-rv1ek It's because "we" are culers.

[@oladilmejiolugbengaoni7981]

Jamie, why are we complaining about Lewandowski salary. Barca prepared the agreement and signed. Is Barca official sleeping when they were signing the agreement. It means the board members are no different from that of Batomue in respect of contract signing

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

It will be more (top salary earner and %of sold jersey no.9, we are doomed!)

[@FragBoyStewie]

I don't even feel sorry for us any more. Our management has given out these wage deals like flyers and now we're suffering those consequences. We're solely to blame for this situation. At this point, we just need a manager that can get the most out of the players that we currently have and make sure to keep competing at the highest level. As for the fans, just temper the expectations for the next few seasons...our glory days are behind us and the future ones are long ways out.

[@jadsaab1637]

I swear I don’t remember the last time we actually cashed in on someone, ffs cash in on Raphinha. Cash in on de jong if he doesn’t renew on better terms. Pleaseeee sell ferran Torres for some money pleaseeee. Keep roque and give the guy serious minutes.

[@CJ-vj7pm]

The last good cash in I can remember Barça making was selling Alexis Sánchez in order to bring in Luis Suárez

[@salihubabamusa4038]

I am not skeptical about selling any player for as long as a better team will emerge at the end of the day. This includes the coach of course.

[@BC-mj7gj]

I have been supporting this club for over 3 decade and there has been ups and downs. Laporta’s first term was the best of this club’s history, Bartomaeu destroyed everything and gave us lot of disappointments in signing players we don’t need an appointing bad managers but to be honest I have never been this disgusted and disgraceful under Laporta’s second term and I consider Xavi the worst manager of this team in the past 30 years. At this point I am not gonna watch any of our games until Xavi leaves or sacked.

[@P4P1980]

You must have been asleep those 3 decades coz you left alot of key points out. Yes Laporta first term is the best in history but he really didn't come in with a good sequel in mind now did he?? He played on Nostalgia and his only fucking vision for the club was a silly Euro Super League. That was his big vision and plan and of course since a league like that will never come into fruition at least not for another 50 years Laporta will now go down as the worse president in history even yes much worse than Bartomeu. Xavi's is not the worse coach in Barca history and if you truly believe that then you're not a real cule but a fake cry baby Barca fan. Xavi came in when he didn't have to and managed to at least in the midst of all this financial mess and hierarchy BS bring a winning season. Now if that qualifies as the worse coach in Barca's history, like I said you're a fake ass barca fan and should go to Madrid where I'm sure you'll be happy with the way things are going with Real Madrid.

[@P4P1980]

You must have been asleep those 3 decades coz you left alot of key points out. Yes Laporta first term is the best in history but he really didn't come in with a good sequel in mind now did he?? He played on Nostalgia and his only vision for the club was a silly Euro Super League. That was his big vision and plan and of course since a league like that will never come into fruition at least not for another 50 years Laporta will now go down as the worse president in history even yes much worse than Bartomeu. Xavi's is not the worse coach in Barca history and if you truly believe that then you're not a real cule but a fake cry baby Barca fan. Xavi came in when he didn't have to and managed to at least in the midst of all this financial mess and hierarchy BS bring a winning season. Now if that qualifies as the worse coach in Barca's history, like I said you're a fake ass barca fan and should go to Madrid where I'm sure you'll be happy with the way things are going with Real Madrid.

[@pvgospel7341]

Xavi is worse than Koeman and Setien huh? SMH

[@BC-mj7gj]

@@pvgospel7341 Yes he is.

[@nickyizreal]

You LIE my friend!

[@UTxTheArchangel]

My stance on Frenkie is sign a new contract or bye. We can't let him leave for free, we have to cash in on a player of his caliber especially with clubs really wanting him. I'd prefer he stays, signs a new deal and be a lifer with the club until he reaches that stage a lot of players get to, where they are older and want to finish their career with one of the first clubs to give them a pro shot. But on the business side, we can't just let him leave for free when his contract ends. Renew or be transferred.

[@surpriserakins9067]

He has two years left so talk of leaving on a free is precipitate. Aside from that, Barca have little leverage as he is on huge wages and presumably the extension is based on him reducing his wages.

[@kvineet631]

Why would he sign a new contract with reduced wages? At the end of the day he's an employee who was offered a contract. You increase your salary in your job not decrease it. If the extension comes with massive wage cuts it makes sense that he wouldn't sign. Either find him a club who would pay him or fulfill the contract you've signed with him.

[@lachlanperry3998]

frenkie did take a covid pay cut.

[@manaabdullah836]

I just have something to say Jamie Why did Franck kessie leave the club. I think he would’ve been a great pivot, and what do you about him

[@RohitSingh-jr9bh]

Because he was not a pivot he was slow on ball he and frankie were of similar profile. And moreover Barca cashed him

[@romannavarro1178]

@@RohitSingh-jr9bhno theywere not

[@jp2650]

@manaabdullah836 they sold Kessie because they’re morons. He contributed in Classico’s, what the actual hell did Frenkie do?

[@manaabdullah836]

@@jp2650 I’m really upset about him leaving because I think from what I heard Xavi wanted him and was in his plans than Idk what happened. I’ve watched him in Saudi league, he’s a mchine

[@jianchen1592]

@@jp2650its cause xavi is racist hes offloading all the players of color

[@7amadexplains477]

Seems like Laporta took Bartomeu’s advice on Lewandowski’s contract..

[@kennedyblessingsmaluba4404]

I think Raphinia given confidence and time to prove himself, he's got everything we need. The speed, the intelligence and talent. We will need Raphinia when time comes really coz look at how he helped us through these games, he was the only player that looked like he wanted a Champions League Trophy more than anybody else.

[@dshannon565]

Rapinpha is a good player but he’s not at the level Barca should expect from their starting forwards. He would be a great squad player though. Why should lewandowski leave the club? He’s been given a contract. The club has once again managed the contracts poorly. They’re the facts.

[@sublime9525]

The difference in feelings between Madrid and Barca fans is so big this summer.

[@mala6238]

As always 😢

[@kvineet631]

The tide has changed. This will be the new normal for a while now.

[@Kwasiforex10]

Why don’t we go for Désiré Doué of Rennes? That guy has everything and plays like Neymar and Hazard combine and I love that guy so much

[@daseandonmark3864]

Considering the club's financial situation, we should try everything possible to try and get frankie de Jong to sign extend his contract with the club.

[@swedynjobvu4966]

Why aren't we talking about affordable replacements for Raphinha if we want to cash him in? The bigger question if anything should be who exactly we can afford that's at Raphinhas' level???

[@lachlanperry3998]

maybe nico?

[@SenorHoja]

@Jaime Lewandolski’s contract makes perfect sense considering he made some sacrifices in his first year to help the team with financial fair play. Secondly, you must consider the revenue he brought the club in terms of his marketability, kit sales etc. I agree with you that he is an old player but he’s not getting “more” money over time but rather a repayment in his deferred wages from the past two seasons when we clearly couldn’t afford him. The problem of a replacement still stands. I believe he will not stay after next season even if he wants to. He will come to terms with the fact that he physically can no longer compete at the highest level.

[@ANDRE-hx7cj]

Exactly

[@ANDRE-hx7cj]

Without Lewandowski you wouldn’t have won the Laliga title last season. He still is your best striker and one of the highest goals contributor in Laliga. What a fantastic way to show your appreciation 😂

[@owolabifrancis3774]

I don't understand how some of our signings are done this way...we are just digging up holes for ourselves. Absolute madness and.errors on all our recruitment departments

[@danielnaidoo2078]

How are we in a shambles like this...

[@damian7686]

My thoughts on De Jong is that he's either gonna try to run down his current contract to earn as much money as possible before renewing or worst case end up leaving for free

[@franklarch2937]

Exactly what i think

[@CJ-vj7pm]

Then sit his overpaid & overrated ass

[@kvineet631]

Nobody would sign a contract with heavily reduced wages. De Jong isn't old, why would he be reducing his salary? At the end of the day, he is an employee of Barca.

[@mallydon1806]

We don't act like a club who's in a financial situation the decision being made at this club is actually disturbing.

[@samuelflores2926]

Raphina started playing better when Xavi plays him on the left with Yamal on the right

[@wapachikanda3085]

I think they should get more reinforcements in the defense. Defense wins you trophies after all.

[@jadsaab1637]

If we don’t win tomorrow, it’s actually so sad

[@vodkastani4649]

If it only appears that Frankie de Jong really wants to sit out his contract and then leave on a free transfer, not only the club should take action, but also the fans and ask him publicly: ‘Frankie, if you really like Barca, extend your contract at a reasonable price or accept the offer of a club (e.g. ManU) and leave!’ This should now be said constantly.

[@kvineet631]

Are ManU paying him the wages he has the contract for? Star players n their prime don't reduce their wages.

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

Hahaha delusional, Fdj's got upperhand! You aint doing - ball is in his hands/legs! Only if you play him and promote him to sell!

[@hankstorm3135]

how can they want to cash in on raphina but not sell garcia to girona

[@DUQQA]

When I think about the situation with Lewandowski I feel as if Xavi needs to grow a pair. It reminds me of how he handled dembele - it didn't matter how he performed or how he was acting, Xavi wouldn't put him on the bench (whenever he was fully fit which wasn't very often though). Lewa isn't performing at the top level all the time and there have been plenty of opportunities for Vitor Roque, but vitor Roque hasn't received the play time I feel he has earned. Also, maybe lewa needs to compete more for his position. His performances got better around the time vitor Roque arrived. Before that he was performing worse than I thought was possible for a player of his quality. About his salary? I have no idea how much he "earns" the club because of his marketability, so it's hard to have an opinion really. I really like Raphinha and I want to see him stay. His work rate is incredible and second to none in the team. I don't think it's a fluke that raphinha has performed better ever since Xavi gave him a different role and it doesnt make sense to sell him when we're finally utilizing his particular talents in a better way. Frenkie de Jong. The team completely broke down when he was injured last fall. But Xavi has found ways to play without him and I think that if he wants to stay he should sign a new contract and accept the a lower salary based on the new financial reality of the club. Barca can't end up in a situation where he just leaves on a free transfer, and it's good to see that the club is taking some action towards preventing that from happening.

[@sergiokong-a-san3658]

It was Raphinha's hard work that paid off. You could say he was the best attacking player of the season for Barca.

[@nevilbmathew9819]

The problems starts with arrival of deco....please bring alemany back

[@danielchristiankasoma8274]

Hi buddy, I really feel bad for Vitor Roque, I am afraid we are once again destroying a career and this might lead to future problems in terms of getting players from Brasil, I don’t feel good at all about this. Our board must do better.

[@muhialdainmuhialdain7938]

I don’t want to watch Barcelona with Xavi next season, he’s absolutely dreadful

[@P4P1980]

Ok see ya

[@nickyizreal]

I doubt if the club knows about your existence 😂😅😅😅😅😂😂

[@kshitijpandey6514]

Yeah are you available from the job right Great

[@jimmyaki849]

He'll end up getting sacked

[@IbrahemWanly]

​@@nickyizrealany football club is nothing without its fans and those who love but I understand his point because what we are seeing is nothing like barca so you shouldn't be so disrespectful to any culer

[@violationz4842]

I just wanna know what has happend since Xavi's first incredible season

[@fornamnefternamn5116]

Dont worry to much about the lewa situation. Laporta is not dumb. He included the last optional year to add incitament for lewas camp to restructure the contract, it will end up with barcelona telling lewa that he will either leave or lower his contract and barcelona will instead guarante the last year for lewa at barcelona, lewa is to old to go to another top club so he will be forced to accept lower salary for 2 years guaranteed. Also barcelona got lewa for cheap to be fair, so some of his salary will be excused from that point of view. De jong however is in a completely different position.

[@marvelouschukwu3817]

Are we forgetting that we still owe money to Leeds for Raphinha

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

And Leeds need money quick, they'll promote to the premiership!

[@manta894]

I feel terri le for all players who get abused or shamed for fulfiling their contract. If you dont want players to run down their contracts then dont give them the contacts!

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

Totally agree, no one to blame for!

[@deongill8263]

This just shows that some of the board and the manager don't know what they are doing. From certain players that are listed as untouchable(Torres) to the fact they are trying to go for Bernardo Silva instead of actually going for Messinho who is younger and probably a cheaper get. Getting Roque and not giving him any playing time.

[@Tony_Sab]

Maybe victor font should have won after all....

[@P4P1980]

For sure!!!!!!!!!!! I always thought Laporta was playing on nostalgia and dude after he was elected and that BS with Messi happened it all came out that Laporta's grand plan for FC Barcelona was a silly Euro Super League meaning that was Laporta's vision for the mass financial gains Barca would make. Come on even a 10 year old would not bring that kind of silly idea up but to have a grown man being trusted with one of the biggest if not biggest football clubs in the world come up with that garbage as an actual plan that he believes is viable, I don't know, FC Barcelona should have a policy of CAT scans for all of its personnel including Laporta

[@infinite_h1767]

I have been thinking that a lot this past year and a half

[@MimicML]

Didn't something happen with him and Jordi Cruyff? Where he said Jordi would be his sporting director or something like that? Then Jordi straight up denied that even going as far as distancing away from him(Also his obsession with Xavi)Lol Victor Font would straight up be much worse than Laporta So your options for Club President were trash to begin with if you want to be actually unbiased. And as for the comment about Laporta using Nostalgia well Victor Font was using exactly that as well while running. You guys are so emotional it's unhealthy.

[@davidevans8348]

​@@MimicML when is the next Barcelona presidential election? 2026?🤔

[@leonardodelacruz3859]

I've said this before. The departure of mateu alemany and jordi cruyff was very suspicious. When they arrived we did seem like we were getting back and club was in a good direction. Since they left we are seeing the club taking questionable decisions which we are discussing about right now

[@innerpeace_memo500]

We have so much midfield talent other than CDM, we had a season without Gavi who was so impactful last season, Gundo has experience and Pedri is elite. Fermin has so much to offer. We should sell FDJ and get a reliable elite CDM. FDJ cant defend and we dont play good with double pivot imo. Oppenents just press both our pivots and there is less movement. In 433 you can also build double pivot like Pedri dropping to CDM but there is movement so it is harder to press.

[@kulusi9016]

I think Xavi is the one who doesn't want Roque.

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

Raphina is still growing and developing. He is a top player with a mentality that's lacking most players and Barca would be stupid to sell him! Frenkie should be understanding that his Bartomeu contract is ridiculous and he should sign a new contract to help Barca and he should renew to prevent a free transfer. I would be disgusted by Frenkie if he plays hardball with Barca, a club who paid him way too much money and gave him all opportunity he could wish for. Barca and Laporta have made a massive mistake with the Lewandowski contract that is at the scale of Bartomeu bullshit. Laporta should be ashamed throwing money around like that. To be honest, at this stage, I would love to see Frenkie and Lewandowski go. Lewandowski should not get that many minutes and we should play Roque and Guiu more than 60% of all minutes. In this way they can grow and score our goals. I have no doubt that those 2 can provide Barca the necessary goals. Wondering, is Laporta that honest guy who has only Barca's interest in mind??? 💜💙💜

[@kokminglee3540]

Raphinha growing and developing? he is even older than Frenkie

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

@@kokminglee3540 Yes he is. You obviously didn't pay attention. Age in this matter is not an issue. Raphina showed balls and fighting spirit and goals, something most players can't say.

[@stefanstefanescu3202]

@@kokminglee3540 Many top clubs in the EPL would love to sign him. That's probably because he did not grow and develop, right???? 😎

[@McCallaFilms]

I'm getting a really bad feeling in my gut about Laporta! One of the first things he did was ø letting go of Messi, saying they could not afford to pay him (even with a 50% reduced wages). Then he signed Lewandowski and gave him one of the worse contracts in football history - especially given his age, and looking at our financial situation. It's just utter hopeless! 😢

[@osmanagbla1398]

We will surely boost up

[@geetpurohit8089]

Darwin Nune reported as a considerable backup for Lewy when he leaves/retires could be a good replacement tbh hopefully Vitor gets more playing time

[@edgaralexanderbrichaux9777]

Lewandowski's contract can't be looked at as a year-by-year salary. You must take the total contract and look at the average yearly salary because he was paid much lower in the first few seasons.

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

👍💪 play him for a TopScorer and if he had mercy, could he negotiate??🤭🤫

[@juniorfoster9224]

Frenkie is hesitant to renew his contract because they want to drastically lower his wages , which is totally unfair is we’re being honest! Because not one of us would actually do this in our actual job . I do hope everything works out as I think on form frenkie is one of the best in the world.

[@P4P1980]

Or maybe just spit balling here but FC Barcelona are really in a financial mess with no end in sight. Maybe you know. 🤣🤣🤣

[@juniorfoster9224]

@@P4P1980 think about it , we have released Soo many of our top earners and we are still in this messs !!

[@jesperjohansson385]

Trust me. De Jong will milk out the contract. Then leave for free for a fat sign on bonus. And for some reason all fans will be surprised.

[@UsmanKhan-rf7ir]

jamie where is the long format vids button ?👈

[@dominicyabe9378]

Raphinha should be one of the untouchable.

[@Barca_Stars]

Raphinha is in great form and hungry to win games, I don't think Barcelona should let him leave in this transfer window. 😏

[@chimuka9496]

He is a top form. He just needs space and freedom he was given during PSG game

[@phenyomokgele729]

This club stresses me yoooh! 😢 we always have ludicrous contracts for players. Also I don't think Raphinha had a string of luck there, that's him, that's the player we have been seeking for the whole of last season. I think he can still give us a lot. Along with Gavi, they are one of the two players that give their all for the club and badge, you can see with the work rate on the field they give their all! I would be glad to have him in club for next season or even more if he is consistent enough💙❤

[@dobeytsegabriel7882]

I love how he said try and relax.😂😂😂

[@edgaralexanderbrichaux9777]

Raphinha has proven over his time at Barça that it was just a flash in the pan. Even Ansu Fati had better stats with less minutes than him last season. And he's a Masía product who didn't cost €60 million like Raphinha.

[@mala6238]

Such a player for 60M is a bad deal.

[@petrisorgeluchirila5103]

The Lewandowski situation is an absolute joke, when we signed him everyone was happy and congratulating Laporta for the great accomplishment, only to find out 18-20 months later what a joke of a contract he offered to a 34 year old (at the time of signing the contract) player. We are a total mess.

[@blueodum]

You could not predict that Lewa would age? Probably they had to structure it that way to make him affordable.

[@Pinas.R_a_culer]

It was 100% a desperate move. If they didn't do it like that ion think lewy would've come to barca

[@oludashesamuel2850]

So laporta castigated bartomeu for handing out crazy contract, so what does he call that of lewy

[@bryandelcid4065]

Lewa’s contract wreaks of desperation and poor planning and scouting.

[@TheEdoremifasol]

I think from Frenkie side here, he doesn’t want to renew bcs there will be a lower salary on the deal. He doesn’t want to leave as well bcs he will get a lower salary than he get at Barca.

[@FreshDumbo_01]

Sell De Jong we need progressive football and he is not the player to offer us that, Ferran Torres we are wasting time and money on him, Alonso deadwood out, Sergi Roberto and Oriol Romeu too slow for this team out.

[@deezmagneticnuts4702]

Trust me de jong is a very good progressive ball carrier. It sucks that his performance has gone down over the years at barca

[@amobyte2372]

Spot on

[@daseandonmark3864]

I think raphinha has really stepped up his game,he should be kept for another season to prove his quality. I really think Barcelona should do everything according to their books to keep frankie,would be quite hard to get a replacement for a player of frankie de Jong quality. I'm happy to hear Lewandowski is staying at the club,but he should prove why his pay him high wages as he gets older. I think Vitor Roque Is a young prospect with alot of quality, he needs time to settle in at the club.

[@vinuthomas4282]

I would keep Raphinha as he gives us a bit more flexibility and his game is maturing as he understands his strengths and weakness. 😊FdJ is a curious case - he played his best football for us last year with Busquets alongside him. If we have a solid CDM for next year, I would keep him - but he needs to really improve the defensive side of his game. Lewys camp negotiated a sweet deal with Barca and Laporta bent over backwards to secure him. Barca needs to send their board and management for negotiations 101 - I mean this is ridiculous.

[@kennedyngatia6267]

I think raphinya is a great player and if used properly with a good motivation he can be a great asset for the team his work rate is great n he is very competitive and his mentality of winning is the great to so I think it's best we still hold him for maybe another season

[@-PlayMaker-]

As likable as Raphi is, we should cash in this summer. That good run was simply that, a good run. Thats not his average level, lets cash in while we can.

[@user-fs5rc6qc6d]

This is my problem with Xavi and barcelona thinking about saleing our best players and live players like Roberto, Torres, Alonso, Romeu and our coach is not catering on Roque

[@JamesPaye-xg4wj]

Clicked immediately

[@soccersensation]

Barcelona can't keep hiding behind their "Financial woes" anymore. Returning to the 1 to1 rule isn't a critical as people make it seem. Barcelona currently has a good team. They need to continue putting faith in the young players and stop spending stupid money on 30+ year old signings. Barcelona also need a bit of luck with injuries. Losing Gavi, Balde, Pedri and many other players throughout the season will always make things difficult. Selling Raphina, a player who improved in his second season for money isn't a smart move. Barcelona biggest problem with the current squad is the mistakes they continue to make. A bigger focus needs to be made on the mental side of the game. The club can't have repeats of the second leg against PSG, or Sergi Roberto's inexcusable back pass attempt to the keeper against Girona. Spending big money on a pivot and other signing won't make a difference if you have Ter Stegen trying to chip a player like he did against Valencia. It is these stupid, unnecessary mistakes that Barcelona players need to take out of their game. They have one of the best squads on paper. Sell Alonso, Sergi Roberto (possibly), Oriol to help with the financial side of things. Don't ever sell your best players to bring in money. We can't complain when RL9 making more money every season, that's the contract the club offered him. We need to normalize and accept players wanting to fulfill their contract. This notion in football that players should want to leave the club early to help recover some funds should never be a thing.

[@KailamiMwiinga]

Leeds Raphinha clears Barca's Raphinha

[@soccersensation]

@@KailamiMwiinga You're really comparing playing for Leeds and Barcelona? Even if you wanted to do that, you'd still be incorrect. Raphina played 65 games for leads and scored 17 goals with 12 assists. He played 62 games for Barcelona thus far and scored 12 goals with 16 assists. Also remember that at Barcelona he has played out of position more often than not. Those are just league figures as well. Barcelona and some of it's fans have no patience.

[@KailamiMwiinga]

@@soccersensation At Leeds he was playing with Bamford and Klisz. Barca have better players than Leeds (obviously). Secondly, that (Leeds) Raphinha is way better than the Barca Raphinha. All the things Barca fans "complain" about have to do with tactics rather than the player's style of play.. Barca are foolish for playing him out of position (1), trying to sell him (2) and thinking the path to success is a bunch of teenagers (3)...

[@kamilhoffmann2410]

​@@KailamiMwiinga you cannot compare english league to barca youth. No attempts! Sorry.mate!

[@soccersensation]

@@KailamiMwiinga Exactly, and at Leeds he had more responsibility and less pressure compared to that of playing for Barcelona. At Barcelona he literally is "just another player". He wasn't brought in to score 20 goals a season, his main role is to provide width, beat his opponent as often as possible, utilizing his skill and pace and provide assist to the striker(s). His secondary role is to score when possible. Unfortunately, playing players out of position is a common theme at Barcelona. The fans often forget that many players are being "forced" to play out of their preferred position. Raphina, Cancelo, Kounde, Ferran among others. Funny enough, those teenagers are the ones providing consistent, quality play and it is usually the "Experienced" players making the stupid mistakes.

[@martinobeng]

It will be well Jamie

[@kingrichard_1093]

Why is anyone complaining we asked and forced Lewa to leave Bayern to play for us. We had a horrible season but he earned that money. Especially the way he left Bayern

[@AHMED_ALAVI_18]

Mateu Alemany was a 💎😢

[@McCallaFilms]

I really like Frankie, but I am learning towards selling him, before a bad situation becomes a horrible situation. I'm just sorry that Frankie never got to play under an elite manager during his entire stay here. The same goes for many other players that have come in through the years. You just know that Frankie will become a beast at any other club, with a more professional approach, and then we'll all be thinking why didn't that happen here...

[@davidndhlovu1274]

But when I see the squad I see very good players that dominate but I I just don't know why

[@zak__21]

Objectively barca should sell the following players to generate revenue; Frenkie ( money for a proper lone pivot and left back) Christensen or Araujo ( this is harsh but the money is needed for a proper left winger) Lewandoski (money for a decent forward) Pedri ( another harsh one but we need money for an injury free CAM )

[@kokminglee3540]

selling Araujo is definitely not harsh, his red card against PSG has cost us millions financially by not advancing to next stage. cant keep a hot head DC for a big club like barca. Cubarsi, Christensen, Kounde and Faye are more than enough. I say we sell him if a 60million+ comes

[@nickyizreal]

​@@kokminglee3540you are indeed a plastic fan! Just because his red card cost us PSG, should he then be sold?

[@Bee-beck]

@@nickyizreal Araujo has been off since we started losing to Madrid (especially after the red card against Vini in that 4-1). It’s not about that one red card but it’s about reliability when the stakes are very high. Please stop attacking fellow Culers.

[@vishnujain7645]

​​@@kokminglee3540Selling the fastest and strongest CB is not an option. I don't think Christensen will bode well with players like Mbappe and Vinicius when Barca play their defensive high line. Also Araujo is an ariel threat. Kounde and Cubarasi are world class but atheltically they are not in Araujo's level and the height is also an issue. Christensen was fine , but I would let him go.

[@kennedyngatia6267]

Raphinha is a great player and an asset for us used properly he can be the best his work rate is great his mentality is great even his competitive nature is of a winning person I think he should stay of another season

[@Adminontop]

I feel like something changed about Raphinha's role in the PSG games, he had a lot more freedom to run and press everywhere. I feel that freedom really unlocked him. However since then it seems like that freedom has been lost, in the clasico he wasn't making many runs and wasn't receiving the ball enough and the same happened in the Valencia game. It may have been a tactical change or a dip in confidence and passion, either way Raphinha is still a very important player and ideally I wouldn't sell him.

[@georgejerryswaniker9834]

Barca is trapped with these contacts with Lewy, Rafa & Frankie. I feel our situation will get worse than better next season especially with Xavi still in charge.

[@thekofiannan]

Raphinha never had JUST A HOT STREAK. If we remember last season this guys scored goals that literally made us win laliga, those one nils and very important headers, even with competition from Xavi’s favourite Dembele. Even in this season before his injury Raphinha was chipping in goals and assists here and there and to top it all up, in our most important games this season the PSG in particular he showed up most with 3 goals. What else do we want from this man, it almost feels like we want him to play a certain way, dribble and play technical passes like Spanish players but guess what those things don’t matter anymore. And that’s why Real Madrid will keep staying ahead, they don’t really care how they play all they want is to win which is the most important thing in football. To win games and titles. Take the Madrid Man City game for example,Madrid were getting roasted for 120 mins only for mancity to lose on penalties, and guess what their fans rejoiced and appreciated the effort. Last season we won laliga and the super cup, and some fans were going Ng crazy talking about how we were winning matches by 1 goals leads and how Xavi should try playing better. Stupid mentality. If it was Barca who won at the Etihad the way Madrid did, both the fans and the media will go crazy. Until we get out of the mentality of that OLD BARCA, with passes and tiki taka and realise football HAS CHANGED, we aren’t going anywhere with that mindset. We need to adapt as a club, team and fan base, until then it’s going to be the same over and over again. RAPHINHA SHOULD BE UNTOUCHABLE