How Josep Bartomeu Ruined FC Barcelona

Fans are currently gathering outside of the Camp Nou in Barcelona to protest against club president Josep Bartomeu, and to voice their support for Barcelona captain and legend Lionel Messi.
Following a number of years of decline under Bartomeu's management, things came to a head in Catalonia this month when the La Liga side were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the six years of Josep Bartomeu's presidency, how Barcelona have been run since Joan Laporta's departure in 2010, and how they have ended up in such a mess.

[@edwingonzalez196]

You repeated yourself between 5:27 and 6:05, my guy

[@charlieholdsworth6086]

haha just commented this then saw your comment.

[@HITCSevens]

Oh balls, I did indeed, I'll pin this. Apologies one and all, laziness on my part, I didn't finish this video until about half 1 in the morning last night but still very poor. Please forgive me, skip that bit, and I hope you can enjoy the video nonetheless!

[@jakemackay1747]

HITC Sevens it all good Alfie. 👍

[@smithaks6705]

@@HITCSevens when the reply has more likes than the comment itself

[@brodericksutherland9471]

@@HITCSevens meh don't worry about it. Video is still class!

[@tedm8528]

Josep Bartomeu is the best president in Real Madrid history

[@terrelbalay1623]

This has nothing to do with us

[@deemcclelland4222]

Hola Madrid

[@terrelbalay1623]

@@deemcclelland4222Ingles por favor

[@elsenordelatienda666]

Lol I honestly think he's genuinely better than Perez. At least Bartomeu didn't have a bunch of trophy less or under achieving seasons like Perez has.

[@bruhmomento885]

El señor de la tienda at least perez actually makes a lot of good signings

[@The_establishment72]

It’s genuinely mental how bad Barcelona’s transfer policy has become in recent years

[@FMSkyLoL]

They have almost no top tier player between 24 and 30 and that's just awful. It's like they forgot that balance doesn't mean 30+ and 24-

[@jonny26281]

Selling Arthur and bringing in Pjanic to replace him pretty much sums it up

[@jonny26281]

The Establishment there was a 10 million euro difference in transfers. If that was the reason they used they are either lying or completely incompetent

[@issamasghar5203]

@@jonny26281 they are lying thats how books are balanced barca exaggerated their profit from the deal while juve got a better player for agreeing to lie

[@S1mplyKasper]

They haven't made a truly great (here I'm excluding De Jong and Lenglet who has been good and probably will become even better) signing since 14/15 where they signed Ter Stegen and Luis Suarez. That says a lot.

[@spearman9788]

And now Messi is gone. Bartomeu's demolition job of Barcelona's squad is more or less complete

[@ketangsw1666]

Yep

[@BIadelores]

What's incredible is that he couldn't get Messi out when Messi actually wanted to leave, but his idiocy pushes him out when he actually wants to stay.

[@renanvinicius6036]

This guy must be in jail because his administrative crimes. This was the most criminal act in the history of footbal.

[@ptolemeosb]

Please if you can make him face authorities for his crimes. Its obvious his economical management is suspicious

[@silveriorebelo8045]

it's precisely the opposite: Messi was the one destroying Barcelona with his crazy salary, while his performance has been totally mediocre during the last years....

[@Chimpa307]

FC Barcelona: :"laporta is too good, he won everything, let's change him."

[@amolak_dhaliwal]

Laporta*

[@amolak_dhaliwal]

Ulises Leon i know all about it

[@hisir4674]

We all wanted La Porta but Bartomeu rigged the elections,you dont think the socios were actually dumb enough to pick that clown?When we get La Porta back I hope we can make a rebuttal🤞

[@tahahadada1936]

If you were from catalonia you will under stand, his inlaws are supported of franco

[@Chimpa307]

@@tahahadada1936 I thought he denied it. If its true, its horrible and I would understand. Gracias por la explicación.

[@kourkoutatiosb6270]

So Bartomeu was the head of the Barca basketball team when they failed miserably and went to become the head of the whole Barca team and then Barca football team got destroyed. This man is a failure at everything

[@fcukrealmadrid]

really? He wastes Messi 5 years prime time

[@RekonzChannel]

Ok.

[@michaelfarrow5817]

He has failed upwards essentially

[@56postoffice]

Yet, still gets hired for top jobs. That's the state of the world: failures get highly rewarded. So what does that tell you about the people who dishes them out?

[@infamousroy4421]

@@56postoffice that is because Barcelona has a democratic type of structure. If it had a corporate type of structure Bartemeu would have been sacked after his basketball team failure. In a corporate type Barcelona, Raul Saniheili (Director of Football at Arsenal) would have been the director of Football at Barcelona and the president would been none other the prodigy himself, Ferran Soriano (CEO of CITY FOOTBALL GROUP) Ferran Soriano was the youngest person to be ever be in a Barcelona board. He literally dreamed of making Barcelona what City Football Group is today. But due to bureaucracy & Office politics his ideas given a deaf ear and he resigned from VP in 2008. So this damage of Barca is a systematic procedure is due to incompetent leadership for a decade. If Messi mancity deal goes through then the credit of that goes 50% to pep & 50% Soriano.

[@ADAMLFC92]

I still can't get over how he traded Arthur for Pjanic 😅

[@hunkraven8465]

Arthur was useless but replacing him with another old cdm is absolutely rediculous

[@Romano2018]

@@hunkraven8465 he wasn't useless he felt the trainer didn't want to start him so he wasn't pushing himself to get better. In the national team Tite seems will start him every game so his performances are solid

[@Ironborn4]

@@Romano2018 players are never guaranteed a starting spot. It's a meritocracy at the top

[@The305skater]

Hunk Raven84 Arthur was supposed to be Barca’s next Xavi and play with De Jong to control the middle. When they traded him, that’s when I knew this club had no ambitions or end goals.

[@waqasahmad4633]

@@hunkraven8465 "Arthur surrprised me the most, hes similar to xavi, he likes to stay close to the ball and pass it around" - Messi

[@user-rs9py9yr1r]

Man United and Milan: "Hey Barca, welcome to the club!"

[@haiderthahim3226]

Barcelona will be top 5 club in next 3 year.

[@tr1ckshot514]

@Benji Winger u just watch mate

[@haiderthahim3226]

@bo kai bro mark it.

[@haiderthahim3226]

@bo kai if Victor font is president then Barça will surely be back, just need 2 years for complete revolution.

[@haiderthahim3226]

@bo kai lame joke buddy, next time come with better jokes

[@KwameX]

Bartomeau is a secret Real Madrid agent. He came to destroy Barca

[@RadX_98]

A hero then

[@megancawley862]

Well, destroying Barcelona is same as destroy the Spanish national team, so Spain wouldn't be playing euros or world Cup no more and until Barcelona is fixed

[@umarb7325]

@@megancawley862 that makes him an even bigger hero in my book. Saint Bartomeau

[@hugonongbri8100]

He's the David Luiz of club executives 😅😅

[@XEQTIONRZ]

Its what happens when you become "More than a Club"... ROFL.. what a joke. 😅🤣 more than a club

[@Hilversumborn]

To quote Claude from AFTV. ‘It’s time to go’

[@therainmakerinsider]

Just like he was let go from AFTV.

[@julianbanks1885]

Imagine if Bartomeou takes up the job at Arsenal. Match made in heaven.

[@thehylianloach9473]

RIP Claude, he was the voice of reason

[@julianbanks1885]

@@thehylianloach9473 Also a racist.

[@Ali-fb5km]

Oh u thought you were gonna say "DVDs going off"

[@davidaylott550]

Just to touch on the start of the video; Valdés wasn’t the keeper for the 14-15 season, he had left the club. It was Claudio Bravo in the league and Ter Stegen in the Cup competitions.

[@julianbanks1885]

Exactly! I was very disappointed with his lack of research.

[@basshen7227]

He said 2014 most of 2014 valdes was our gk but frm the start of 2015 bravo became a laliga starter and mats played in copa del rey and ucl

[@davidaylott550]

Basshen No he said that was the 11 in Bartomeu’s first full season which was 14-15. Valdés didn’t play a single minute in 14-15, Bravo was the keeper from August 2014 onwards in the league.

[@brettyloop6347]

Who’s here after he resigned??👀

[@barletbeqiri1125]

Not to mention he put Busquets Xavi and Rakitic as the starting 11 when the real one was with iniesta and rakitic in Xavi's place 😅

[@giangarciamusic]

He's not resigning. He's just making Messi the villain.

Good Haha

[@adriansalinas7026]

Messi is the villian though

[@adriansalinas7026]

Filip he promised them a UCL, he’s leaving Barcelona without doing anything, Cristiano left Real Madrid as a champion and a true hero. He wasn’t a false hero. Messi swore with his own words that he would bring a UCL to us Barcelona fans and he failed us and now he quits

[@giangarciamusic]

@@adriansalinas7026 by this logic, Neymar is a villain too because he promised Brazil a world cup and still hasn't delivered.

[@adriansalinas7026]

Gian Garcia yup, all Barcelona players disappoint us, I wish we had somebody like Cristiano in our team 😖

[@rockthahouse1]

I think Josep has done a geeat job for Barcelona*. *I'm an Espanyol fan

[@Bob-ut2fv]

no no no n ooooooooooooo not at all terable

[@rockthahouse1]

@@Bob-ut2fv I mean, I admitted I'm a fan of a rival club lmao. He's tearing them apart and I love it.

[@kyzersoze8408]

CynicalApex are you Spanish? If so this is terrible and even then if you aren’t Spanish this is terrible for La Liga as a whole.

[@supersasukemaniac]

@@kyzersoze8408 Actually it's amazing for LaLiga as a whole, before this Barca and Real to an extent, dominated the league. Now, with Real well into rebuilding and the shit show a Barca yo actually have a competition instead of El Classico featuring random also rans.

[@adityapraveen9342]

how's relegation fam

[@derrickaldhia3552]

Yeah agreed, that Neymar's transfer to Psg broke the transfer world in football

[@Jorge-wg9tq]

Bale started it

[@jackjohncomics6145]

Think unthoughtful thoughts nah Neymar did because now 150 doesn’t seem as much as it would have

[@Incogn170]

What broke it was Neymar followed by Pogba for 100m the same summer. Those blew the lid off

[@derrickaldhia3552]

@@Jorge-wg9tq it's true that bale broke it the first time, but neymar transfer made club nowadays spend 50+mil like it was nothing

[@porassrivastava8242]

Nah I'd say pogba started it. Bale and neymar were reasonable for there abilities they've completely paid off. Bale directly helped in the UCL titles and neymar has made PSG a global brand. Pogba has done nothing but just show up once every third game when he's not injured. Nothing against him he's a good player just too overpriced

[@kwame_mike9581]

Now Barcelona fans know how Man United feel about Ed Woodward and the the Glazers.

[@xristaka8199]

And Milan with fucking Berlusconi,Gazidis and Eliott

[@rashidkhalid3970]

At least the board at Barcelona will change in a year whereas clubs like united arsenal and ac Milan they are stuck with the owners for next coming years

[@xristaka8199]

@@rashidkhalid3970 Thats not true because this is Eliott's last season.Bernard Arnault is going to buy us in the next year.

[@nochipsonlycrisps8639]

I will take Woodward anyday over Bartomeou.

[@milipwn]

Man utd never had the best player in the world what lol?

[@ignls8809]

Barcelona should really build a statue of Messi, he kept the club alive from 2016

[@businessenlignesolutions]

As a Real Madrid Fan, I will deeply miss Bartomeu. Thank you for everything!

[@the.orlandogonzalez]

Lmao 0-4

[@manzac112]

@@the.orlandogonzalez Frankfurt: oof

[@godgamingmaster770]

lmao

[@SlimClipper]

Rosell started it and Bartomeu took over from him. Two men have almost single-handedly destroyed the club.

[@satwikmahapatra9079]

That's two hands technically

[@satwikmahapatra9079]

That's two hands technically

[@darkblood9008]

U forgot to mention Valverde he’s one of the homies

[@LazerIsHere]

@@darkblood9008 Valverde was a European choke artist, but he was great in the league. He nearly went unbeaten

[@yes-wh1zj]

@@LazerIsHere Valverde was trash it was just that messi was phenomenal

[@maximilianovazquez9988]

"He somehow managed to crash a Ferrari in the middle of the desert". I once heard this said of Daniel Passarella, who, as president, mismanaged argentine giants River Plate so bad, they got relegated to the second division. Now, Barcelona´s crisis isn´t quite THAT bad, but I feel the comparisson still fits.

[@vasudevdehariya1269]

Ahh.. Scuderia Ferrari is as bad as FC Barcelona, if you follow F1.😂

[@mackparker9064]

Pasarella took on what the previous president did, so i don't blame him AS much for that.

[@MaceWinduDuHuen]

not yet, not yet

[@Crypto_prod35]

Yep. He shit the bed big time

[@beanlentil]

@@vasudevdehariya1269 s🅱️innala

[@nidalmuhammed6586]

The fact that bartomeu was one of the best president for football fans. On his time, We witnessed 6-1 Remondota, 0-3 Roma comeback, 0-4 liverpool comeback & the legendary 8-2. We should be thankful for these greatest moments (except barca fans ofcourse ☻)

[@warlikebiscuit9113]

Honestly one of the best docs you've ever done Alfie.

[@92Psyco]

"If he had any honor left, he would have stepped down by the time this video came round" Barto: SO ITS TREASON THEN

[@benjen5518]

After a year on, we're still cleaning up after him, Messi just left the club because we can't even afford to sign him 😢

[@dansomething7742]

The next few years will probably be rough. But ultimately this won't last forever, Barcelona will be back up there

[@scipioafricanus2212]

If Barca revive their world class youth academy then between that and some shrewd transfers they should be back competing for Champions League finals in no time. I would give it 3 seasons tops.

[@ItsAMeSuperHalalMode64]

@@scipioafricanus2212joao felix is cooking

[@andrew1361]

Who's here smiling after the arrest? :D

[@Erich_U]

You forgot to mention the financial aspect of it all. Bartomeu and his board are personally liable for financial losses of the club. They had to sell Arthur to balance the books of the 19/20 business year, but are already in a hole because of the 70m for Pjanic in the 20/21 business year. That's why they actually want Messi to leave because it would solve all their financial problems before getting voted out next spring. Bartomeu might step down now, but he can't call elections. He needs someone of his board in charge to first cook the books before a new president comes in. The man's a crook.

[@TheBonecrusherz]

this makes no sense at all

[@Erich_U]

@@TheBonecrusherz Why not?

[@dedasalmeida9047]

So with all of the TV rights and merchandising they sell they still can't balance their budget? I mean selling Arthur Melo to balance the their budget it's understandable if you think about it, but signing pjanic it's just plain stupid if you ask me .. But Bartomeu is a man with no vision for the future, if Barca were managed like Bayern they would still have dominant squad and the perfect manager for them ...

[@Erich_U]

@@dedasalmeida9047 Juventus left them no choice. They were shopping players all around Europe. Juve agreed to buy Arthur, but only if Barça would take Pjanic. The Arthur to Juve deal was finalized ahead of June 30th (business year 19/20) so that Bartomeu could balance the books and not be personally liable. The Pjanic to Barça deal on the other hand was finalized after July 1st (business year 20/21). That's why they start the new business year already with a financial hole 70 million deep. Of course Barça make lots of money from TV rights and merchandise, but they also pay higher wages than any other sports team in the world. 70% of the annual budget are just wages for the first team (players and coaching staff)! That's very unhealthy for a club/business. They still owe Liverpool and Dortmund tens of millions for Coutinho and Dembele. Add to that the loss of revenue from ticket sales. Every home game without audience means at least a couple million less. They have spent almost a billion on transfer fees since 2015!!

[@TheBonecrusherz]

@@Erich_U why would they want to sell their best player just to balance the 60m loss? They could literally sell anyone else to achieve it. Also you're completely ignoring the fact that messi wants to leave on his own and bartomeu even offered to resign if messi stays. I bet messi just wants another new contract with an even higher salary.

[@karlhans4116]

What a great time to get recommended 😀

[@shranobshrestha]

about almost a year after this video messi leaves

[@Rogarcai]

*long read* I saw this video last week and I avoided it because I figured there would be a lot of missing parts to this video. You did a good job explaining the inner machinations of Barcelona but there are things to expand upon. I’ll elaborate: 1. Ronaldinho wasn’t Laporta’s man, he was actually Rosell. I think if nothing else, that was the reason Laporta teamed up with Rosell, because he had a lot of contacts and could get deals done. By that same token, however, Rosell was and still is of the idea that football belongs to the players as opposed to managers or an actual project or philosophy of doing things. Remember this, as it will be important later. When Laporta’s project was just staring out with Txiki as sporting director and Rijkaard as manager, Rosell was adamant that he wanted to get rid of Puyol, Xavi and Valdés and bring in Brazilians like Luis Fabiano, Baptista and others. Getting rid of la masía graduates to bring in superstars, sound familiar? Thankfully, Laporta chose to listen to Cruyff and not Rosell. Rosell ended up stepping down and doing what you mentioned. 2. Mundo Deportivo, a very influential newspaper based on Barcelona, who CLAIM to be pro Barça, but are actually in cohoots with Rosell and his cronies (like Bartomeu, who we’ll get to later) were the ones leading the smear campaign against Laporta, saying that he had misappropriated funds and was a pro independence nationalist and was using the club to further his agenda, to the detriment of the sport. This despite the fact that under Laporta, he had made profesional several of the sporting sections of the club and had won a lead and champions league double as recently as 2006. This was in 2008z 3. That same year, Bartomeu was quoted as saying “Hay que erradicar el cruyfismo e introducir ideas nuevas” or “We need to eradicate Cruyffism” and introduce new ideas.” Most people with some sense, understand that the Barcelona way was given to the club by Cruyff. Some call is differently because they don’t want to give credit to Cruyff for reasons I won’t get into now because my comment is long enough as it is. Anyway, people like him and others have been saying that the Barça DNA was obsolete. The philosophy itself wasn’t obsolete, it just wasn’t being executed properly. Bartomeu wanted Mourinho, but Laporta gambled on Pep. 4. You said that selling one of the top players under other regimes was unheard of, well, the first thing Pep did was sell Ronaldinho. Hindsight will say that that was a no brainer, but the move wasn’t popular at the time. He also got rid of Eto’o despite him being the clubs top scorer the year after. However he got rid of them because they were toxic to the group, remember this as well. He got rid of him, as well as others. He implemented several rules and a new training schedule. He gave Messi a new diet, and he magically stopped getting injured every other month. That’s something he will never get credit for, but it is what it is. Pep also successfully develop a way for Iniesta and Xavi to play in the middle together. Under Rijkaard, that never happened because he considered that middle of the park frail defensively. Again, that’s something Pep will never get credit for. They say that it was easy to win with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta but those same players were getting humiliated at the Bernabéu a year before conceding 4 after giving them a guard of honor. 5. After all that, the socio voted Rosell in 2010, that’s when it started to go to shit. Pep will never admit to this, but he left because he didn’t trust Rosell. First, it was him who iniciales the smear campaign against Laporta, whom Pep owes a lot to. He also removed Cruyffs honorary presidency at the club. Txiki also left his charge as sporting director as soon as Rosell won. Furthermore, Rosell also went against the wishes of Guardiola and sold Chigrynsky (or however you spell it) in a signal that would mean the manager was no longer in charge, a basic tenement of Cruyffism. So those were strikes one and two. The final strike was Rosell wanting to sign Neymar in spite of Pep’s wishes he didn’t want that type of player at his club. Not because he’s not talented, but hecause he can be (and is toxic.) He saw the writing on the wall and didn’t renew his contract, but in reality he was ran out the club. Had he stayed, Rosell would have done to him what ended up happening to Valverde, who was basically a puppet. 6. After what happened to Rosell and Bartomeu came in, he just kept carrying Rosell’s wishes, these people are one and the same. Then there is Toby Freiza as well who also thinks like that. It’s not that La Masía has dried up, is that these people have contempt for anything that smells of Cruyff. Thiago was unceremoniously sold without giving him a proper go, as were people like Adama, Samper, and countless others who had enough talent to make it. Nevertheless part of it was the last part. 7. Too much power given to the super stars. I’ll admit Messi is part of the problem. Somewhere along the line he was convinced that the way to win trophies is by having superstars and not trining properly. Under Valverde, the team lost intensity, nevertheless, it was a direct result of the influence of senior players wanting a lower workload, specially after working under Luis Enrique, and Valverde obliged. As a result, the intensity was gradually lost until we saw what we saw against Liverpool. You can’t pretend that it’s a good idea to play at a low intensity all year and think you’re going to win against Klopp’s Liverpool just by having talented players. They don’t press like they did under Pep, they don’t train like that. Many of the players who were there are still starters, not because there aren’t other players capable, but because those same players refuse to give other youngsters a chance. Piqué has been guilty of this several times. Players like Martinez and more recently de Ligt didn’t come to the club over assurances over playing time. They saw that players plays because of the name of the back of the shirt and not performance. When you add it all up, this is what you get. Honestly, I didn’t feel sorry for any senior player during that 2-8 lost. The only one I felt sorry for actually was Ter Stegen, because he’s been a vocal detractor of the way things have been run in the past few years. Him and De Jong who have said this is not the way to run things. Also Setién, who ended up paying the price for other people’s mismanagement. I’ve no doubt he could have been a great manager for Barcelona with humble players who were willing to listen and be coached. Of course Ansu Fati as well, but he’s not a senior player.

[@Up_apil01]

Exactly... Agree it completely especially on point no 7

[@aryanraina5727]

Thanks for all the love Madridistas ❤️. Hala madrid y' nada mas🔥❤️

[@bryanmartin3559]

STFU BEECH

[@IYOKO15]

Thanks barto sab

[@giannb5145]

Actually the best President was NOT Laporta, but Núñez (the longest-serving, from 1978 to 2000). He was responsible for creating the original "Dream Team" and for signings such as Maradona, Ronaldo (the original) and Figo. Everybody hated him in his final years as President, but now, with the benefit of hindsight, it has become clear how great was his relaxed and content style of leadership

[@elguapodelmonte215]

Nunez was a legend, and he laid the foundations for the great Barca teams that came afterwards. There have been some criticisms, that he didn't want to spend money in the transfer market, but as you can see, buying Maradona, Ronaldo and Figo (all 3 world players of the year) isn't penny-pinching. The work Nunez did was critical in establishing the "model" - together with the ex-player & coach, Cruyff, they both set the example for later legends such as Guardiola & Rikkard as coaches, with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol masterminding the best team ever.

[@aq8048]

He is hated because he sacked Cruyff. Cruyff was doing a transition from his dream team and Núñez didn't. let him.

[@abhichaudhary3314]

Here after Bartomeu finally resigned...... ✌️✌️

[@bricebrianilunga2863]

You really explained the situation cleary, thank you for that. A lot of people think we, Barca fans, are over exaggerating when we say that we have been in a crisis for a while and it is just showing recently to the world. Trophies have been covering up the mistakes to people outside the club but Barca fans have been pissed for at least 6 or 7 years now.

[@matteastwood87]

Lee Cattermole to be Barcelona president by September

[@masonridgewell8063]

Make it happen

[@kiambo1601]

Prefer akinfewna but i'll take it

[@Pessidog10]

Adam Johnson

[@ashutoshmishra8423]

@@Pessidog10 he'll probably want to be the President of BSC Young Boys

[@Pessidog10]

@@ashutoshmishra8423 love that🤣

[@francescganau7679]

Bravo, Alfie. Excellent job. As a Catalan and Barcelona supporter, it's good to find someone explaining the issue so well to English speakers. This board is so bad, that I'm more than happy to let Messi go if this means Bartomeu resigns. We need to go back to our roots and do things well

[@sumzk]

Font gonna win? Is he the favourite?

[@francescganau7679]

@@sumzk Probably... although what Bartomeu & co do best is "convincing" the press to support them, so who knows. But Laporta or Font should be winning

[@sumzk]

@@francescganau7679 well only font has shown his sporting ideas with si Al futur, he even has a website. Laporta is relying on his last term, font should win but he needs to keep his xavi obsession at bay and see if koeman does well this year

[@golmoshy]

I am hoping laporte comes back. Then messi and Neymar come back too

[@willgraham5105]

I feel your pain Barca fans i support Arsenal so you no how shits going for us🤦‍♂️

[@brianwalsh9958]

This video has been perfect for me as I didn’t quite understand what was going on. Thanks a mil Alfie top class as always 👍🏼

[@salmanahjum-mathee9055]

thanks for making this video. it gave me great insight into what exactly the problems are that are facing Barcelona and how they came about

[@arielayo]

Thanks for making this video Alfie, it’s my birthday today and I am a Barcelona fan. I love the videos and it brings a smile to my face that you addressed the situation at Barcelona. Thank you so much and keep up the great videos my g!

[@mukundmanian4180]

0:17 - Valdes left the club by then if I'm not mistaken? I believe Bravo would have been the most frequent goalkeeper that season since there was an agreement for him to play in league matches and Ter Stegen to be between the sticks during cup games.

[@no.fourteen9316]

Valdes got injured around March 2014 if i can remember , then he left to join Man Utd and they signed Ter Stegen who you’re right in saying was the cup and European games

[@Psalm_107.31]

Love your videos and work put into them. Had a question and was blessed to see your name again. Just getting a passion about the game again after a hiatus. Its been a joy to gain a deeper understanding of soccer topics.

[@fredrik_soder]

Please make another video talking about that social media scandal of Bartomeu! Heard a lot of it but never got to know the details. Great video btw!

[@LoonaVanza]

I'm your fan for almost 2 years now Today you just certified that Love you brother

[@55yroldlawyer-fan10]

Thank you for this video. It really helped shine on why Barcelona hit hard rock bottom today. This video educates the football enthusiasts all over the world and will help them distinguish the cover-ups and misinformation being spread around by Bartomeu's paid hacks like journalists, media so-called experts, football pundits, bloggers, etc. as well as Barcelona's board members and officials. Kudos to you, HITC Stevens!

[@Matwew21]

Really love these longer informative videos

[@nickmag6142]

People forget about Malcom, they spent so much on him

[@rachitagrawal8058]

You can also mention the Valencia board.

[@mustafaalzobaidy3308]

They will get in relegated in few seasons on the rate they are declining

[@lukerea3406]

Love these more informative videos, you’re an excellent football journalist 👍🏻 not that you need some random KZbin commenter to tell you that

[@MrJewvicast]

Amazing video mate thank you!

[@NickBradford-ck7ry]

This video made me really appreciate the real goat J.Cruyff. Legendary player and coach. Maradona great player crap manager. Pele great player not a manager. George best great player not a manager. Messi and CR7 amazing players but managers, only time will tell.

[@khaitranngoc4176]

thing at 5:30 and at 5:50 are so important, Alfie has to say it twice

[@michealyakubu5007]

Day 61: every scorer of the 2014 World Cup group stages, where are they now?

[@parallel_prism2323]

day 42069 every scorer of 2014 world cup where are they now

[@michealyakubu5007]

Parallel_Prism na to long

[@Kevin-ji3zq]

@@parallel_prism2323 I see what u did there

[@harrygg8457]

Way to many 😂

[@Alex-rz2cg]

@@Kevin-ji3zq what did he do

[@shaheemjackson283]

These documentary videos are freakin world class!

[@sombodyoncetoldmetheworldis]

KZbin algorithm on point again

[@Shteno]

"Barcelona is a club that always has the strength to bounce back" - Milan fans' DEJA VU?! 2011/12.. Milan was the most dominant club in Europe in the last 20 years, so this 2, 3 years of crisis is nothing. We'l bounce back! TEN YEARS LATER... GULP!

[@seb3398]

They’ve only just started to bounce back

[@dibsters]

juve is the only one who can bounce back in the modern football

[@haiderthahim3226]

Barcelona can bounce back if the board is good, they are still most attractive club. None of Juve, Milan comes close to Barcelona or real Madrid.

[@xguti001]

Not exactly the same. Barcelona have quite some interesting young players in addition to established players. They have the potential to bounce back quicker than people expect

[@dtoepf]

@@haiderthahim3226 with no money and a clueless board....I doubt it. what good players with potential are left ?...vidal, rakitic, meesi, suarez gone.....dont know bout pique... de jong, fati, demebele (if at all) need time and good players to guide... griezmann? had a average season. left back an right back are not top... they need at least 6 good players. Top players wouldnt come...just because why?

[@shubhmaheshwari5022]

*Mission accomplished*

[@68cristian]

Excellent Video my friend....thank you.

[@gokulkanna9180]

Hitc sevens you're video quality is excellent but you're video length is big. Please reduce you're video length. Otherwise great work! And good information. Well done👏👏👏👏👏.

[@yoloyolo3003]

I thought Barcelona had no choice but to sell Neymar because PSG activated his Release Clause. You make it sound like they chose to sell Neymar.

[@mayukhdatta4017]

Well tbf the player could have been made to stay if convinced well. Neymar knew what was coming and he left. If there was a project to be genuinely excited about then neymar might have stayed.

[@navascv8745]

just because psg activated release clause doesnt mean barca had to give him away.. if that was the case, then likes of messi even if 700m in his prime wouldnt be at barca.. the player has a say in it.. also club can foresee such incidents and define release clause accordingly.. for eg. benzema has release clause of 1 billion.. which means barca has to put neymar in market for others to buy him

[@am5790]

glad he left that corrupt club

[@Kaiser-jc5gh]

You need to do a video about the current situation of Valencia

[@antant908]

@HITC still dropping dat hot 🔥

[@ianor2304]

Hey this is great! Keep it up!

[@Lucid5630]

"Thanks to him, there is now a time for Barcelona, Its called 8:02" -Lionel Messi

[@jamesmarshall791]

Let's give messi a 700m release clause to secure our prize asset, also let's let him leave for free as well.

[@zemaspaze1211]

I am from the future.... He is now a free agent 😭😭😭

[@steele8280]

Looking forward to an update at the beginning of next season...

[@jeanbedessounda3571]

Watching this documentary new that Messi is leaving make so much sense, great video.

[@Oranjee1089]

what baffles me is how rival clubs glee on the downfall of Barcelona. I'm an Ajax fan and when Feyenoord are in crisis, as much as I hate them, there isn't much to hate when they are in a hole. I love to hate Feyenoord that's why I prefer them when they are strong. Fun fact: Berghuis transfer from Feyenoord to Ajax is identical to Figo's transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid

[@yes-wh1zj]

It's simple really when we aren't down they can't talk

[@MoonMoon-vx8kc]

Watching this again after Messi's farewell press conference

[@ryanormerod4470]

Really good vid mate

[@aayanpratimdeb]

You nailed at the opening line lol.

[@lithemban2849]

Who’s here after he resigned??👀

[@patrickkpodjie8482]

Me bro I am happy

[@ihalamadrid4153]

Our secret agent was found😭 but he completed his mission of destroying barca by riddling the club with debts but no fear you will always be remembered by madridistas and we shall even name a stand after you hopefully 😂😂😂

[@bh5380]

Nearly a year on from this video and messi has left barca because of how much debt they are in. Wow… just wow

[@ZainKhan-ou3jb]

Great Video Mate ♥️👌

[@stevendchu]

As a Liverpool fan, I loved the Neymar deal. It made Barca panic to vastly overpay for Coutinho, and they essentially funded our CL & PL wins! To top it off, they didn't ever bother to play Phil in his natural position, and now he's won the CL while humiliating them. You 8-2 see it

[@alexx4282]

Hi Alfie, could you do a similar video like this, but for Peter Lim, the owner of Valencia, or the owners of Wigan please. Thank you!

[@bri1085]

Doesn't Peter know Lim also own a club in the English football pyramid, I know he has a stake in Salford wth the rest of the class of '92 explaining Neville being appointed at Valencia

[@alexx4282]

@@bri1085 Yeah, I think Lim has a 40% stake in Salford

[@sumzk]

He's a bigger clown than bartomeu, wish we sign gaya asap

[@ankitrawat4736]

Please make a video on how Glazer's have ruined Manchester United.

[@bri1085]

and Ferguson as well

[@seadkolasinac7220]

You mean by spending the second largest amount of money of any team in England? Cry me a river

[@squidward6317]

CRIPPLED BEEF appreciate you going to the trouble of getting the link but no-one cares mate.

[@ankitrawat4736]

@@squidward6317 🤣👍

[@bri1085]

@CRIPPLED BEEF That's a whole load of effort to say nothing.

[@avineshblah5739]

What a well done work👍👌

[@nabri-nfg3262]

I like these videos it helps you distinguish yourself from the other channel

[@michaelvnovello]

Loving these mini doco’s, and it’s this kind of content that sets you apart from the rest of the KZbin Football community. This will probably be an unpopular request, and in all honestly wouldn’t tally up incredible views, but if this does garner some interest, I would love to see your take on the current state of Australian soccer. From the heights of the 2006 World Cup, with legends such as Kewell and Viduka, to the current disastrous state of our local game and our current international crop, I would love to see your take on the matter. On the surface it doesn’t seem all that interesting, but dig deep and you can find mismanagement, training set ups, increased funding of rival nations and a general wane of local interest for the once beautiful game as reasons for Australia current demise into obscurity. Love your content, keep it up!

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

Would love to see one like this honestly!

[@Notverysupercoach]

Love to see it

[@someotherguyyouknow]

Yes please.

[@silver-eyedfox7713]

If you like this channel, check out Tifo Football

[@reeticulous6902]

Bartomeu should teach a class on how to ruin a football club .... he will literally be the best professor ....

[@arthurweasley4694]

1:30 Agree That's sad and refreshing at the same time as a Barca and Messi fan

[@ClownSpass]

Perfect truth!!! Tx!

[@opflug1977]

They signed for PES and it's been all downhill since.

[@chill5721]

HenryClay1844 true

[@mugesananandarajah6318]

who is here after messi left

[@derpsquid1371]

Oddly appropriate I get this recommend after Messi is leaving Barcelona

[@weizenobstmusli8232]

Basically, Barca bought the biggest names on the market for several years. Coutinho, Dembele, Griezman, De Jong,... So in a way, they did something right. They utilized the Messi effect to lure all those names to Barca. But somehow, they didn't work as a team. My guess is, that a big contract at Barca is allready the pinacle of many careers. If you take Bayern as a counter example: they buy many second tier names, from whom they expect the next step. The only route to fame at Bayern is winning titles. So player have to give everything for winning. Bayern is a club that heavily relies on mentality ("mia san mia", the Bayern gene). Three times CL winner Real team had that gene, too. A bunch of guys with a mission to become legends. At Barca, I miss that spirit. Too many wannabe stars.

[@wanabdulazimwanzuki3617]

Schalke 2010/11 squad semi finalis Champions League where are they now...

[@lepi22222]

what does this have to do with a random team from 10y ago?

[@firstname3979]

Who's here after Messi left Barcelona?

[@MrFilbert28]

I feel like you are on a mini-doc spree Alfie I like it

[@AD744]

Thank you HITC Sevens for making this video. I really enjoyed this video. #Bartomeu out

[@thepolticalone961]

They didn't have a choice with the Neymar sale. They met his buyout clause

[@enzothessieu6612]

They could've renegotiated with him to make him stay.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@enzothessieu6612 ye but he wanted to leave. Doubt they could have convinced him

[@guilhermemartins2606]

Exactly. Their only mistake was not preparing the release clauses for the influx of money from the Middle East and the inflation it would cause on transfers. Real Madrid, for example, predicted that and upped their release clauses long before the Neymar transfer.

[@christopherchan5245]

The Poltical One I think he was holding out training. Really there was nothing they could do. The players they brought in weren’t bad as well, but they were trying to forcefully fit Coutinho into Neymar’s role, meaning it didn’t really work.

[@thepolticalone961]

@@christopherchan5245 I know

[@Raguavdbanan]

whos watching this right after he resigned

[@Raguavdbanan]

@@bigbrain8614 lol

[@Raguavdbanan]

@@bigbrain8614 fixed it lmao

[@ajamocampbell9143]

Excellent video

[@jacobking3436]

He is a Real madrid fan in disguise'

[@lazymonster2784]

this man ruined everything .the current situation is horrible and its all cause of him.

[@elienaddour8973]

I haven't watched the hitc channel in over a year i'm watching it again now though.

[@Biggestsquid23]

And Messi just left

[@MoonDarkchild]

This was on my recommendations the day Messi left Barca.

[@mridulkc4010]

All of Alfie's videos are good but every once in a while he comes up with something brilliant.

[@devilmanBG]

good job mate !

[@neonpersonishere]

Hes gonna get death threats for makin Messi leave.

[@olussharaibi]

He´ll actually get DEATH itself !!

[@imfineimokay3434]

@@olussharaibi wouldn't be surprised, honestly

[@qinghui30]

I'm surprised he isn't assassinated by now.

[@imfineimokay3434]

@@qinghui30 I mean he is a national hide 'n seek champion soooo

[@aditg847]

Did Alfie just repeat the same thing at 5:30 and at 5:50

[@HITCSevens]

Just have to check people are paying attention sometimes. Congratulations Adit, you passed the test.

[@nevermind8063]

@@HITCSevens well played

[@boopdeeb9444]

@@HITCSevens that's what college professor say when they make mistakes lol

[@echomike5097]

I heard it too and I genuinely thought I was having a stroke. 😂