The Neymar 4

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When Neymar moved from Barcelona to PSG for a world transfer record, of €222m it would change the footballing transfer market forever. Whilst PSG now had Neymar, Barcelona were the main beneficiaries with a huge amount of cash now burning a hole in their bank account.
And they set out to spend it all. This is the story of the four players Barcelona spent the Neymar money on.
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor. Illustrated by Marco Bevilacqua.
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#FCB #Barca #Neymar

[@PH-jv4ik]

Coutinho scoring past Barca as they lost 8-2 was the most priceless moment from the Neymar transfer and the most evident of how badly they had run the club

[@manwithnoname8229]

Then they proceeded to pay 60m for Pjanic in a swap deal for Arthur. Bartonomics never benefitted Madrid more.

[@VZMedia-]

22/23 LaLiga 12 pts ahead of real madrid

[@taethatboyarebel]

loved every single second of it!!😂

[@slenderman2697]

@@VZMedia- he said 8_2 bayern what real do here ?

[@shubhamupadhyay844]

@@slenderman2697 he is talking about how the club is now reigning in spain

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

The deal not only broke the transfer window but broke Barcelona completely. Neymar's transfers to PSG changed how world class players and average players are valued forever and at the same time exposed how poorly Barcelona were ran under Bartomeu.

[@-Big_Mo-]

Thing is, Barca wasn't terribly run before Neymar so I don't they were "exposed" per se. Rakitic, Umtiti, and Suarez were obviously excellent signings that other clubs would be jealous of. I think Neymar just ended up destroying years of planning so they panicked trying to come up with a new direction. So not only did they need to adjust to the broken transfer market, they had to replace an area of the pitch they thought would be stable for at least a few years. That also took attention away from finding successors for players like Iniesta, Pique, Busquets, and Messi. The Coutinho obsession was also bad though

[@truth_is_strongest]

A waste of money with Messi in the side, barca never needed him

[@TheMixCurator]

PSG = Football's industry disruptor. Think its going to be a very long time until that transfer fee is going to be broken. Hasn't seemed to help anyone involved though.

[@imArcheRR]

Yh I'd say it took until now for Barca to recover from the transfer

[@apostle9209]

@@imArcheRR they still haven't recovered. Maybe next season. 2015 barca was a treble winning side.

[@chiss22]

Can't wait for 'The Hazard 4' (Havertz, Werner, Pulisic, Ziyech)

[@squareframe6542]

At the time,those players might make a great front 4😭

[@brojoe130]

4 champions league winners whilst hazard never came close though lol

[@naiad5043]

​@@rafihfn how many minutes did he play?

[@jmckendry84]

@@naiad5043 enough to win a medal

[@naiad5043]

@@jmckendry84 not enough to make him relevant unfortunately

[@thejungwookim]

Kinda surprised Griezman isn't included in this, man was played out of position on the left as another possible attacking option as Barca were still looking for the Neymar replacement

[@YT-ru4mr]

Absolute waste of one of la ligas best talents.

[@Glory-Compass]

Koeman played him at his position He was still bad,he just doesn’t fit the Barca System

[@janermaher]

This isn't a comprehensive look on Barcelona's transfers, this is just how they spent the 222m they received for Neymar.

[@DerBruh97]

he played on the wing under valverde and setien, under koeman he was playing as a striker but he just missed so many chances that even ansu fati had a better goalscoring ratio

[@sergiojunior4082]

@@Glory-Compass wasnt bad was just inconsistent he won us the copa del rey and had 20 goals and 12 assists that season

[@linusxv181]

One of the biggest loss-loss-loss situations of all time For Neymar, he never reached his full potential For Barca, they just blew up into shambles For PSG, they never saw European success, only time they went to the Final was when the knockout stages were one legged

[@drvijil]

I personally, include the acquisition of Antoine Griezmann as part of the FC Barcelona post Neymar spending spree insanity.

[@oh1yeah2]

Yerry Mina "somehow" being sold 3x the original fee can be explained very simply: World Cup 2018, absolutely unplayable in corner kicks and deadballs

[@sukhdevr3489]

He's a really good defender. It's such a shame that he always gets injured.

[@Foul_Quince]

We loved him at Everton!

[@theindiancop]

It's been almost 6 years and we still have not replaced Neymar properly. That transfer will always haunt me. What could have been man.

[@ghandibanks]

Neymar is an irreplaceable player, there’s literally nobody who exist or has ever existed who could replace Neymar.

[@martindizlindahl3649]

​@@ghandibanks Closest thing probably is someone like Rodrygo, still not as good even though Rodrygo is amazing

[@charlierennie9192]

@@martindizlindahl3649 Rodrygo is nowhere near Neymar. He’s very good but on his day neymar was probably the only player who could challenge Ronaldo or messi as the best player in the world. He’s irreplaceable tbh.

[@martindizlindahl3649]

@@charlierennie9192 I know, I'm comparing him more in terms of their role as left wingers that can also drop down and create play as a second striker and are good dribblers. Rodrygo will probably never reach Neymar prime levels, but we have yet to see Rodrygo's peak.

[@daratheprofessional1827]

​@Ghandi Banks What are you on about? Mane and Son are both better than Neymar.

[@benjmarshh]

Paulinho was excellent in that single season for Barcelona. He exceeded his role

[@Ahmad-kr2pn]

Paulinho was a strange case for me. He played pretty well for Barca that season so I don't get why they sold him back

[@rogermilla2358]

The whole transfer was a money laundering operation.

[@finfog4590]

Considering he went back after one season, I think it was a money shuffling move.

[@Ahmad-kr2pn]

@@finfog4590Had very similar thoughts. Especially since they sold him for a higher price back to the same club

[@BK-nz7vp]

He fit so well Vidal his replacement was such a downgrade

[@olivernichols3968]

This move also was influenced by the 2018 World Cup, Paulinha was in China for the money and rumours were he might not get a look in for the Brazil squad. So came played for Barca and then back to the money in China.

[@devilrecordz6295]

I feel like the person who wrote this script, or at least the part about Paulinho, didn't actually watch him play for Barça in the one season he was there. Because in this video he is almost not talked about and what is said about him kind of paints him like a disappointment when in fact he wasn't. Paulinho was a positive surprise. He did very well in the role he was assigend to, including scoring some important goals and he generally played far better for Barça than he did for Spurs. On top of that he was even sold for a profit (as mentioned in the video). So he definitely wasn't a disappointment or failure in his time at Barça.

[@Timbone07]

English football fans don't seem to watch other leagues. I am disappointed with that segment of the video. I guess they only watch El Classico

[@TawhidKhan11]

Yes, Paulinho did really well, so many times being the MOTM, yet for one reason or another he wasnt there for the next season, meaning; this signing too failed in a way, as the management could not make him a fan favorite for years to come.

[@henrydauseb2844]

​@@TawhidKhan11 the only reason he wasn't there the next season was financial. The money offered by Guangzhou for both the loan move and the permanent deal was too good to turn down. Has nothing to do with him as a player on the pitch, or the fans. So yes, he was absolutely a successful signing all round.

[@manwhoasked5942]

I'm a Madrid fan, and I never forgave Paulinho for playing so well against us in that match. I guess that's the highest praise I can give him.

[@kevinhanandi]

Which is confusing why barca sold him back, instead of keep him

[@TheMarslMcFly]

Coutinho actually wasn't that bad for Bayern Munich. His buy option was just astronomically high, a price Bayern wasn't willing to pay, and Barca wasn't willing to negotiate.

[@dAiMYoBeAr]

And then he went to Aston villa for like 1/4 the price

[@ktbecstasy]

@@dAiMYoBeAr 2 years later

[@mitonaarea5856]

He played very well in the first part of the season, but after his injury he became very inconsistent.

[@yozzu5101]

This neymar transfer impact change a whole football world

[@rsen507]

I've always talked about the damaging domino effect that the Neymar transfer had because of Bartomeu. Glad to see someone made a video on this.

[@seyamrahman1002]

Not only on other clubs but on psg too. With Neymar there was no room for Coman and Nkunku while Diaby was sold to balance ffp as a result as well

[@ondank]

I feel like Bartomeu should have issued the opposite statement to what he did : "We are delighted with the sale of Neymar, it guarantees the future of this grand club for another few decades on its own and we shall invest this in getting back to our roots at the academy" kind of thing. Even Barca fans likely would have understand that PSG were paying over the odds for the transfer and there was no reason to make the same mistake themselves. He could further and pursue a high profile player, wait for the club to demand a crazy fee and just cut off negotiations and just leak his email response saying Barca aren't gonna be held to ransom

[@tueva-pw5pm]

If only Man.

[@manwithnoname8229]

I remember the attitudes post Neymar's transfer to PSG. Folks were acting like Barca are better off without him, they didn't need him that much anymore, especially in the Champions League. Truth is, Neymar got closer to a Champions League title after leaving Barca than Barca ever did after buying the likes of Dembele, Griezmann and Coutinho.

[@declanmorgan6021]

They did also spend a further 180m on Mbappe and still couldn’t win it tho

[@mhtv5959]

Since Neymar's departure till Messi's departure: Barcelona in UCL 17/18 - QF 18/19 - SF 19/20 - QF 20/21 - R16 PSG in UCL: 17/18 - R16 18/19 - R16 19/20 - Final 20/21 - SF So the first two seasons Barcelona had better seasons than PSG even after spending 222+180M on two players

[@pistonce02]

Nothing is still nothing no matter how fancy u put it

[@anneeq008]

That's not true at all. That's like saying Spurs got closer because they reached the final

[@conscientunit1157]

with neymar barca would be european champions at least once after 2017. with him they could have gotten to the final in 2019 and easily win against spurs.

[@dr.football4662]

I feel the saddest for Countinho. Man was on a different level in his prime. Even in his first season at barca he scored a hat-trick while struggling

[@Blizz247]

why? he wanted to move to barcelona and didnt want to stay at liverpool with what they were building. and now he's playing at villa. he wanted this.

[@kingdaymon6433]

All he needed to do was just wait 6 months and go to Barca in the summer and I am sure he would have been a success.

[@AnantaAkash.Podder]

Neymar at Barcelona was 🔥🔥🔥 and irreplaceable

[@UnbiasedDonut]

Neymar was irreplaceable. Even today, people undermine how great Neymar truly is. He is along side Messi and Ronaldo as the most talented of their generation 🔥.

[@sporgiii]

Its crazy how hard Barca tried to replace him so quickly, and you can't blame them. But he was simply irreplaceable for the club, as one of the top 3 players in the world at that time.

[@thearmy9326]

but also involves how futbol progressed, how the 4-3-3 formation is no longer effective.

[@fuckcontinentals]

@@thearmy9326 433 is definetly still effective, it's used by a lot of top clubs, including the literal champions league winner last season

[@thearmy9326]

@@fuckcontinentals eh if u see world cup finals line ups (that literally just happened months ago) both teams didnt really use a 4-3-3 with real wingers..

[@thearmy9326]

@@fuckcontinentals but I made a mistake saying “no longer effect” it still going but it has quiet down yk, I have Bayern winning UCL and they dont use the classic 433 so im perhaps brained washed.

[@fuckcontinentals]

@@thearmy9326 Real madrid did use a 433, 4 man backline then casemiro kroos modric, vini benzi valverde, and this season not much has chanhed except casemiro being replaced by benzema. And Argentina 100% used a 433, whith di maria julian alvarez and messi as their fron 3, with mcallister enzo fernandez and de paul in the back, while france used a 4231 which is imo rn just as effective/popular as the 433, but is essentially imo a 433 variation, with a more andanced midfielder and a double pivot.

[@timmy5876]

the butterfly effect it had on football is crazy, if he wasnt sold barca wouldn’t buy coutinho and that means liverpool don’t buy van dijk or alisson. Liverpool most likely wouldn’t of been the big club in recent years they have been without the neymar sale

[@kingdaymon6433]

It's crazy that we are the 4th richest football club in the world yet the only time we spent serious money is when we sold our star player.

[@danonthestrings]

Paulinho had more impact on Barca in his 1 season than Coutinho and Dembele combined to this day.

[@HypoCityGames]

Isn't Malcom one of the 'Neymar replacements' either? (the guy who almost went to Roma, then Barça got him real quick and sold him like a year later to Zenit)

[@mitonaarea5856]

He was a RW not a LW tho.

[@HypoCityGames]

@@mitonaarea5856 indeed, but Griezmann is not a winger either right, I mean they used him there, but clearly not his best position

[@LordWay]

Spending loads of money on a number of players after a big sale is so risky and I struggle to think of examples of where it works.

[@Raqiet]

1:30 i swear paulinho was pretty good for barca if i remember correctly.

[@MrAmeame]

140 for Dmebele has to be fraud I swear 😂😂 And im a Dortmund supporter but even I can't believe we got that much for selling glass ankles 💀😅

[@anelesiguqa]

yall r doing well 4 urselves😁

[@pumelelabanca1442]

Dembele's injuries are not even in hia ankles.

[@MrAmeame]

@@anelesiguqa Yeah we currently top of the table "doing well", but it's only by 2 points and as any Dortmund fan would tell you they always give hope like this but don't expect much just expect second place or top 3 in a "bad" season at the very least 😶🤷🏾‍♂️💀

[@MrAmeame]

@@pumelelabanca1442 it's called a euphemism, a metaphor so to speak... It was a joke bruh, any injury-prone player you say has glass ankles even if it's not their ankles 🤦🏾‍♂️ But you admit he been injured gang gang so I guess in a weird way we both agree on that at least 😘💜😤

[@josuenelson4322]

Also Malcom, completely forgotten

[@hungchoonghow5857]

Yes. Forgotten and not welcom.

[@PrabhavKhandelwal]

The ATM illustration was a nice touch - great work as always Tifo!

[@danielsmith5318]

I like these sort of videos, as someone who only started following football a few years ago. Some of my favourite Tifo videos are on Michu and Bebe. I'd love videos on figures I've only heard of, like Pirlo or Drogba.

[@YT-ru4mr]

A pirlo video would be class

[@tomwantshelp]

They have multiple videos on Pirlo. There is “Andrea Pirlo: the metronome”, “Pirlo vs Busquets: the deep-lying midfielder”, and “what is a regista?”, as well as two videos on Pirlo’s management.

[@danielsmith5318]

@@tomwantshelp oh cool, I'll have to looi them up

[@felipecastillo770]

There’s this channel called Daily Dose of Football that explains basically their entire lives done videos on a bunch of different players liken Neymar Griezmann even has an older video about Pirlo !

[@orwelltheorem]

Tifo always has the best videos. Great stuff!

[@roykim4718]

Paulinho was very good signing. I remember in season's first away game he scored a winner. They sold him only because of his age. Actually barca didn't need to spend any money as neymar exit made their team somewhat balanced. Even if they wanted to spend the money they should have spend it on defence as it was the reason of their loses in champion league.

[@calmacyd]

Coutinho should never have left Liverpool - I say this as a lifelong United fan. What a player he was under Klopp, can't help but think "what if" with him. Astute business though once again from their hierachy for getting such a massive sum of money for him!

[@guibrito14]

its because, in brazil, and for brazilian players, Barcelona is like a legendary club, the summit of every player carrer. Almost every big brazilian player for the the last century played at Barça at prime form: Romário, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho and Neymar. So Coutinho went for the dream instead of the logic. Bad decision.

[@emmanueldorcius8596]

Your documentaries are great. The best of the best. Keep it up you are the goat

[@badmerr6758]

Shame we lost Neymar regardless of what people say. During the time Messi got injured, both him & Luis Suarez stepped up and still gave us hope of having a team that could win UCL w/o having to be to reliant on Messi. That’s one of the problems Barca has had the best past decade being to reliant on one player & I remember Ney carry us in the league competing against Real Madrid. Now we’re leading the league but we don’t have a team capable of winning UCL even if Messi came back. We need to wait a season or two since most of our current players are still young & inexperienced to compete against teams like Bayern & City.

[@conscientunit1157]

barca would win UCL in 2019 if they had neymar. he easily buries that dembele sitter in camp nou and barca wouldnt get battered in anfield if they had his pace to properly punish liverpool in the counter. then the final against spurs would be a piece of cake.

[@badmerr6758]

@@conscientunit1157 exactly! Neymar love him or hate was a threat anywhere in the front line. Individually or collectively, he was a nightmare for any defender. Dribbling, shooting, passing, link up play central, on the wing. Dembele is super overrated even the past year being his best year. That’s why no accepted the salary he wanted & had to accept a lower salary than initially offered. Let’s be real, yes Barca are first place currently but not because we have this amazing squad that can compete w/ the big boys, simply Tebas has weakened the league & that’s why we have no one in UCL other than Real Madrid. 3rd / 4th place teams are closer to relegation zone than 1st place. Let that sink in…

[@manwithnoname8229]

The way Barca literally squandered that Neymar money really is a mystery. Could have signed the likes of Haaland in 2019, De Ligt when he was still at Ajax, even Mbappe but their management preferred Dembele to him. They also bought flops like Griezmann and Coutinho. In addition to paying 60m for Pjanic in exchange for Arthur who went to Juve. Barca messed up bigtime.

[@mhtv5959]

🤦 Neymar leaves in 2017 and you suggest to wait till 2019 to sign Haaland 💀 who was just a random kid in Salzburg then. In 2017, Dembele was one of the world's best players for his age. Griezmann wasn't a flop like Coutinho. He actually had good spells at Barca and won a title during the most difficult times. Everyone can be clever in hindsight

[@tjadejoh]

@@mhtv5959griezmann was a weird transfer tho. The club didn’t need him and his Position was already occupied. Crazy to buy him and also for that amount of money. Same for coutinho. Buying stars that werent needed/had their Position already filled by someone else. Dembele is just sad with the injuries

[@mhtv5959]

@@tjadejoh but Griezmann actually managed to achieve something after Suarez left. Coutinho was a waste. They needed Verratti instead of Coutinho. Or even Pjanic of 2018 because in '18 Iniesta left. The bought Coutinho because they could. Classic Bartomeu. Dembele has been so good tho for quite some time. Finally the investment is paying off

[@manwithnoname8229]

@@mhtv5959 even in 2017, Mbappe was far more proven than Dembele. He also had a dodgy injury record.

[@mhtv5959]

@@manwithnoname8229 far more proven💀 that was literally Mbappe's first season. Dembele had been balling in France then Germany. He was 3rd highest assister in the CL eventhough he played very less minutes. He had 20+ assists in all competitions. That's a number for playmakers like KDB. That along with 10+ goals. Don't reply if you aren't informed

[@Viewer41]

PLEASE do a video on Neymar getting injured every Feb / March for his sisters birthday!

[@TheBlueBazz]

Barcelona's treatment of Yerry Mina was deplorable. They spent well over a year pestering Palmeiras for him, finally sign him, barely play him, then sell. Barca has been nothing short of unlikeable since the Neymar transfer, even less so after Messi left.

[@andrzejkopalnia]

As a Liverpool supporter, the Coutinho saga is still plain hilarious 😂

[@kinge.5287]

Worth mentioning that Coutinho scored and assisted against his parent club as a loan in the UCL ☠️

[@kukunase1686]

not related but this means Cancelo is free to play against City right?

[@varadthube2396]

​@@kukunase1686yes, only if there isnt certain clauses in his loan contract....

[@fakhrianuar9264]

​@@varadthube2396 even if there are, Bayern can still play him but of course they need to pay a penalty

[@BK-nz7vp]

Streets won’t forget Paulinho he was a baller for barca when he played it’s a shame they decided to take the profit sale on him

[@culekab]

Love these videos.

[@fernandesl]

There are always around 5 or 10 players in the world that are absolutely impossible to replace no matter how much money you have. There is just not another option in the market

[@KnightMD]

At 4:50 it would have been more appropriate to show Allison and VVD since these are the two we bought with Countinho's cash.

[@Xross3]

Need to have a playlist of Tifo’s background music during their videos 🤌🏽

[@myopiniondoesntmatter7068]

I think you're being a bit harsh on Paulinho's time at Barca. People originally laughed at him, but were actually surprised at how solid he ended up being for them during his time there.

[@khotsodirane600]

So glad Joe is back 🎉

[@marcos4239]

Yerry Mina was a great signing. They were able to almost triple their money in just 6 months.

[@kyapatayaar7568]

I get what the video is about but you could argue that the Neymar 4 should be Dembele, Coutinho, Griezmann and Messi. The first three are obvious- expensive, exciting, young attacking players brought in to replace Neymar’s ouput. And the financial fallout of replacing him sort of paved the way for Messi’s transfer as well, coz it is clear that Messi had to leave for financial reasons and not footballing reasons.

[@cjewe1z]

This is the deal that enabled FSG Liverpool to win (one UCL, one ESC, one CWC, one PL, one CC and one FAC only).

[@jamiecal11]

Its a decent video but 2 points of criticism: 1/ You've insinuated that Paulinho was basically a flop - this couldn't he further from the truth. Paulinho was good-to-great at Barca. Clicked well with Messi and had several big performances, the 3-0 at the Bernabeu being the top. Very successful signing. 2/ Dembele is not a polarising figure anymore, he's roundly loved and lauded as one of the best in the world (in fact, Barca people can be a bit exaggerated in how good he is, some will say he's more talented than Mbappe etc).

[@phenomenal1s]

why on earth did I think that this was a story about neymar and four other women in his life

[@calchristian5523]

The catalyst to Barca’s implosion

[@budweizer100]

@TifoFootball - With the recent flurry of minutes and a few recent goals, could you do a video on Alexander Isak and what he brings to NUFC's playstyle in comparison to Wilson, in an attempt to answer the questions: Is Isak the future of the NUFC frontline. Are NUFC a better team with him? Is there a certain opposition type where one should play over the other? Can they play together effectively? Aside from goals, what do each bring? Is Isak less effective, as effective or more effective at applying pressure to the opposition?

[@johnblaze8774]

World record fee which literally didn't work out for anybody involved. Barcelona spent the majority of the fee on Coutinho who ended up scoring against them and going to win the Champions League. Barcelona also spent it on other mediocre players like Dembélé have twice have been knocked out of the group stages of the Champions League. PSG haven't won anything they wouldn't have done without Neymar. He's almost been injured a ridiculous amount of times. Neymar hasn't achieved the individual rewards he was rumoured to want after leaning Messi's shadow. The transfer heavily distorted the market so extremely mediocre players are now going for the hundreds of millions.

[@jeffjordan3238]

Bartomeu vows:"I' ll Splash Cash😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BLOCH1998]

The best of these 4 for Barcelona was Paulinho with his one season wonder. He even got Barcelona more money than they had paid for him. So he was a good signing. Only reason they sold him back was his age and that they could get more than they had paid. But I'd wish the hadn't sold him. He was good and brought something to the team.

[@thearmy9326]

how ironic, neymar was the most expensive transfer and somehow Barcelona got more broke 😭

[@kny7937]

Don't hate on Paulinho, true Barca fans who watched his games know that he actually was a decent player for Barca that season, when he left it was only because we had Arturo Vidal who came and replaced him because they were like for like players

[@joybalonda7663]

It’s funny how we cry about Neymar, because as much as his talented, his departure was not the cause of Barca downfall, we still had Neymar, and yet we still lost to Athletico and Juventus in 2016-2017

[@Sasquatch10]

The difference between Fartomeu & Laporta is night and day. The transfer business Laporta & Alemany did in the summer was nothing short of a miracle. Including Christensen, who's been one our most consistent players, and Kessie, who scored the Clasico winner which all but won us the league.

[@UnbiasedDonut]

Neymar exposed Barcelona when he left. Barca always claimed to be “more than a club” and boasted about valuing their academy players. Yet instead of investing their money into Barcelona future and academy.. they blew every dime on any big name signing they could get. All while selling off their academy players for pennies. Barca fans blame it on the Bartmoeu; however, they celebrated every new signing and claimed they would win the UCL. All the spending ultimately blew up in Barcelona’s face. They dug themselves into such a hole that they could no longer afford to keep Lionel Messi (their prized possession). They were left with no money whatsoever. They couldn’t afford to sign anybody so they went back to using their academy players for a single season. It was actually nice to see. Until the season ended… when they ultimately sold half of their clubs rights away to sign another haul of big names to replace their academy players. A big gamble for a club with already no money. A gamble that would see them exit the UCL two years in a row at the group stage. Leading them to crash out the Europa League back to back seasons. An absolute joke of a club. They fell apart when Neymar left. Meanwhile Neymar would lead PSG to its first ever UCL final. Something never seen before.

[@adhnaanahmed5029]

Barcelona is most funniest club,buying coutinho for 135 million euros and selling him to bayern only to score 2 goals against them in legendary 8-2 match😂

[@ikorraks]

The same happens whenever a big player goes, see Hazard, Bale, Grealish etc. (for prem examples) If you get big money for an irreplaceable attacking threat you either throw it all at big names and overpay, or you invest it across a range of players and hope for some success. There's a very good chance you won't come out of it better though. If they're a lightning in a bottle player then for any success stories, they tend to come years later,

[@visanion1361]

You guys skipped a lot of players!!!Griezmann de Jong etc....all of them were signed because of Neymar.....the money wasnt received all at once....

[@raibautista]

Barca got pressured for having that much money after ney's sale. They handled the money very poorly.

[@denfordmuvindi8854]

Hi Tifo ..what app do you use to make your videos

[@GoodMorning-wc7yr]

The really impressive part of this, is in a video specifically made to criticise Barca's reckless spending after Neymars sale for various reasons when realistically they would have been better off just not spending on a massive replacement, Everton still come out looking like the worse negotiators for paying 30 million for a man who cost 12m 6 months ago and played 400 minutes.

[@tani1868]

More or less what happened when Real Madrid bought Figo for a then record sum of 60M. Barcelona was hurt and desperate, and everybody knew they had a lot of money: they bought Overmars, Petit, Gerard and Alfonso, wasting even more money than they got on players who were a disaster. They did not learn from their mistakes

[@andrasszabo1570]

The same thing happened when Inter paid Ronaldo's release clause. They turned around and gave Deportivo the money in anger for a player with much less market value. It ended up being Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo, but still, they spent more money than they needed to just because they were upset.

[@BlackteeTiger]

Now it's seems Neymar leaving Barca has been more disastrous to him than to the club .

[@DamnedUnitedStand]

Seriously?? He literally became the runners up of UCL in 2020 ( Bayern won) unlike Barca who was always shown the door in the knockout stages itself..

[@RandalfElVikingo]

@@DamnedUnitedStand Gaymar's only Champions was with Barcelona

[@DamnedUnitedStand]

Barcelona won like 5-6 titles since Neymar left...and Neymar won double of that with PSG...

[@BlackteeTiger]

@@DamnedUnitedStand runners up ?Really 😂, this is football dude ain't no race tournament. They lost the final and thats the highest he went after he left Barca .

[@DamnedUnitedStand]

​@@BlackteeTiger how much high did Barca go after his departure?

[@derekmiles767]

Neymar's signing is the reason the transfer market is the way it is today, clubs now sell their marquee or very good players for exorbitant amounts, and average players for what used to be considered marquee level amounts... The funny thing is everyone knew the sale will break the order of the transfer market, i remember me and my friends back in Uni. days having the discussion on "how will clubs react to selling their players from now on".

[@fakhrianuar9264]

Eventually even without Neymar transfer to PSG, the transfer value will be inflated no matter what because this thing is not new In 2000, luis Figo transfer to Juventus worth 60m. In 2009, Ronaldo move to real Madrid worth 100m, sure there are no other 200m yet but it will potentially happening with the likes of haaland and Mbappe(if he not leave for free)

[@mangoesboy]

Coutinho and Griezemann was a disaster signing for Barca. Barca behaved on the transfer market like a pauper becoming instant rich. They threw money without any due diligence, gave huge wages to players. Classic case of how not to behave in transfer market.

[@DC.15]

The Coutinho transfer hurt. Though not as much as Torres. I guess it all worked out in the end, in a way.

[@ek6352]

Why is paulinho always involved. The bale 7, the Neymar 4

[@robertmartins1712]

Great channel no doubt but when you start creating content on the NEYMAR 4 you know you have run out of content that being said it's also a testament to how well they have covered European Football.

[@shaundavies3227]

I can't speak for all but I can speak for many that coutinho leaving was the best thing to happen to Liverpool, just look the way he performed under Gerrard at villa

[@iv0rysh0es39]

I’ll also never forget the Tragíc Arthur trade for Pjanic.

[@motivatedconor3891]

Man this sale went bad for sooo many players, including and especially Neymar.

[@MrSuli86]

What about Malcom? Can’t even remember when they signed him but that didn’t work out too well

[@ProducoesBatata]

Tifo Football confirma Neymar de 4.

[@fishyfish6510]

Player's worth before Neymar: €10 million Player's worth after Neymar: €80 million

[@JOGBz]

So sad how Coutinho's career ran down by himself, poor management.

[@Ghajahha]

Literally won the champion league while getting paid more, and yes, it is always about money

[@fakhrianuar9264]

It's because of Brazilian legacy at Barcelona, can't blame for for trying

[@tyronrusty8070]

Bartomeu was a double agent sent my Madrid to destroy the club from within 👀

[@Butcho22]

140,000,000 for Dembele is insane lol

[@fakhrianuar9264]

It's Dortmund, what you expect? They always inflated the players value than what they actually worth. The only way to bypass this is by having your agent put the release clause like haaland otherwise Dortmund would not sell him for at least 3 times his release clause

[@Schlotti_Karotti]

I actually think there’s no winner in this transfer. Not Barca, not PSG, not Neymar himself and definitely not the European transfer market as a whole.

[@awandenxumalo1844]

This video needed to segue into the players Liverpool bought with the Coutinho money.

[@visanion1361]

And Dembele is a top player!!! I really like him.....sometimes its just bad luck.....

[@bennib5]

That Neymar money helped Liverpool win the champions league and finally the premier league

[@mccajake]

Paulinho was genuinely good at Barca, and chose to go back to China, at least to my knowledge

[@Smithy-qj5ib]

Paulinho was very good at barca, but he loved money more than perfomance.

[@MarxInMars]

Paulinho scored some good goals, yes. He also had a good chemistry on pitch with Messi and got into dangerous areas quite often. But he was terrible at the thing all barca midflelders NEED to excel in: passing. I remember him failing to make a 5 yard pass with minimal pressure multiple times. If you're a barca midfielder and can't pass the ball and escape the press, let alone have good vision, you know you're not there to stay. However, he did add a different dimension to the game (like Vidal did a season later) for which he could've been kept around as a squad rotation player.

[@HamzaTalksFootball]

As a Barca fan, this video triggered my PBSD- Post Bartomeu Stress Disorder.

[@philthatcher6111]

Pascal Cygan was a beast!

[@kairegelean7551]

The biggest winner of this transfer window was Dortmund. 140 mil from dembele and using that to buy sancho. Incredible

[@victoriap1561]

and scamming man united with sancho later on

[@robbieg6036]

Coutinho begging to go back to Liverpool at cut wages later on was fummy asf tbh

[@Soccer__Bangers]

Curious to see how barcelon progess in the next few years, especially that they are in debt but some how still on top of LA LIGA. Shoutout to Dortmund for doing great business transactions.

[@TheDarkKnightRacist]

Barca complaining Neymar transfer 200 mil euros while spending 380 mil euros for 3 players (Dembele, Coutinho, and Griezmann) the next season is ridiculous 🤣

[@victorhino26]

Look man,i love your channel content usually,but the bit about Paulinho and Mina overlooked some other factor. Paulinho's stint at barca is quite good and being sold for a 12 million profit,for a player of his calibre and at his current age at the time seems sensible. Mina on the other hand got a hike on his price tag for his good performance at the 2018 world cup. I know its tempting to just round up all the post-Neymar incoming transfer and slap the tag of failure and odd transfer and stuff but come on now,research it better like the usual,so some regular everyday schmuck like me won't correct you for it at least 🤣

[@tomlindsay101]

Do the Bale 7 next...

[@SoundzCool]

I still feel like this transfer should have broken FFP, the changes this transfer made have been nothing but negative for football.

[@aalsobay]

the video should be titled " the somehow they sold " of how many players they sold for crazy fees like mina and paulinho