The man with glasses is Josep Maria Bartomeu. The members of Barça made him a motion of censure for his infamous management. The partners went to the polls and it was voted that he could not continue leading Barça. There were elections and Joan Laporta won and now he is trying to get the club out of a difficult situation.
As a United fan, losing Ronaldo in 2009 was tough.. but its not the same as Barcelona losing Messi. Messi is in the fabric of Barcelona. I also don't understand how badly they treated Leo near the end of his career in Barca.
@@dyeace They literally kicked Messi out saying that his wage was to high to be paid… even Messi himself only asked for 25% of the original amount. And then Barca signed Lewandowski for 45M, which is 4x Messi’s wage 😂
@@Hariri99999 barca had to use the last resource to make a new proyect for xavi, that last resource was selling part of the club in order to sign the players xavi needed. You wanted to throw away a new proyect to keep a 34 year old Messi? That would be economically the end of barca and a few seasons later barca could not compete because other clubs are going to sign these players as barca can't keep them. The only problem Is that Laporta talked to much about renovating Messi without checking numbers
@@Messilover462 since Messi arrival, Barcelona won more trophies than real Madrid and come up to the best club in the world with Messi by his side. Barca is at his peak when prime messi rules the football. But now, trophies and other achievements are all real Madrid mine as they are richer and have greater history.
@@JohnDoe44484 from messi side, he said that laporta even didn't ask for his lower salaries. From laporta side, laporta said that he already ask messi for lower salaries. Idk which one is true
@@ad-uz5jl I see. But why would Laporta say no to Messi with lower salaries?? It makes absolutely no sense. It is more likely maestro Messi received a 8x bigger contract from the oily PSG management and made a theatrical act that ohhh I have to leave my home :( But it was his inner conscience what made him cry
@@JohnDoe44484 - Well to start he’s earning less than what he earned at BARÇA. He lowered his wages lower than the other players, and he insisted on lowering more but they didn’t want him to. They already had the contract extension going, he was gonna stay, but out of nowhere it struck where they didn’t let him. He was kicked out :(
@@FDOR dude being a barca fan it really hurted seeing Messi leave in this video...and bartomeu was a bonafide fraud...destroyed our beloved club 😭😭 now hope Xavi and co. can lift the club to great heights again
Summarized: The Neymar sale money was handled disastrously. It was used to buy Dembele, a pretty good player but who didn’t show up to training on time and was prone to injuries, and Coutinho, a player forced into the wrong role. With signing after signing and with ludicrous wages to boot, Barca now have more debt than some countries do. So much so that they couldn’t even extend Messi’s contract in 2021 and he had to leave.
@@fos4324 If Barça had not spent huge amounts of money on dubious transfers, the management of La Liga would not have taken such measures. In fact, La Liga saved the club from bankruptcy.
I was a Barca fan before Messi, then became a Messi fan in his time at Barca... When Messi left, my heart left with him. I don't think I'll ever be a real fan for a club anymore cause I miss the old Barca too much, but I'll always be a fan of Messi.
I am a Madrid fan through bad times and good times But to turn your back away from Barça is being a fake fan… Messi is a legend but he’s not above Barça…
Well, as Barca fan, I started loving them from the old days, when Ronaldinho was playing. When he left it was sad, when xavi left it was hurt too, but in the end of 2017 and the start of 2017/18 season, I cried that Neymar left, but when Messi??? That was real heartbreaking. Wish 2012 Barca was still playing😕
Perez ? I think he is one of the masterminds behind the play game that destroys Barcelona Perez is just play fake friendship He is more dangerous than uefa president Just watch
Yes since 2013, when Bartomeu took over. Fc Barcelona has slowly went to downfall. Is Bartomeu actually so stupid, that buys expensive players for so big price who do not even fit the team properlly, like buying Griezmann, while keeping Suarez would have been better, when Suarez fits the team better and Bartomeu so stupid, that sold Suarez for small price back to Atheltico Madrid, while Suarez is better, than Griezmann and then buy Coutinho to not use him properlly to just send him out then. He so stupid to buy only players for expensive prices who do not fit the team, while ruinning La Masia where he could get great players for cheap price. Bartomeu is like watching 7 year old kid manage big football club by just buying expensive players to waste your all money who do not even fit the team properlly.
Possible florentino paid bartomeu to destroy Barca and do everything wrong. Just remember Juventus elimination, Buffon red card on last minute the same of Marcos Alonso goal of Chelsea. Florentino paid for UCL because Xavi humillated on el clasico. Football is politics, Barca is Catalonian.
The spending on Dembele, Greizmann and Coutinho was absolutely bananas...to be honest now Barca is only left with bananas. It will take a massive effort to rebuild Barca.
@@yaboiamko2196 Messi carried at Barça it’s true, but paying THAT much a player just because “he is the best player in history”, it’s absolutely crazy management from Bartomeu. 400millions for 3 players is crazy too. There were better ways to spend that amount of money. And if you pay so much the players it’s obvious that can’t work
The big thing was when PSG lured Neymar away from the club for a record fee that's worth the sale really, all I heard was about how within Barcelona there was great concern about "their image", "looking weak", particularly the last one. The idea that a flush club could just come in and take their stars. Neymar wanted to go because he didn't want to play second fiddle, it was a move made out of his ego. To get such a princely sum for someone who had that attitude was A GOOD THING. But it was responded to by stuff like "image awareness", etc. Stupid stuff like that. The way they reacted was like they were saying Neymar was bigger than the club and they desperately wanted to replace him with marquee signings they desperately hoped would turn out to be more successful, first Dembele, then Coutinho. They were very good players, the kinds of players who could fit in well at a club like Barcelona, but not great. They were bought to be great, that word again, desperately. The most tragic thing that happened through all this was Barcelona forgetting their identity. The club that sold monsters like Romario and Ronaldo and carried on to even better times, particularly the early 2010's, completely panicking because they sold what could arguably be reasoned as their third best forward? Messi was obviously top, but between Suarez and Neymar, they're both pretty excellent. You could argue Suarez slightly edges it, they bring some different things so it's hard to compare but if you were to say either was better the other wouldn't be far behind. Suddenly Barca were insecure about "their image", when they had sold players who were more important to the cause many times before and success still came after. This is when Barca, horrifically, started being less like Barcelona and more like Real Madrid-lite. A team obsessed with global image, obsessed with having big players for big money, suddenly thinking that losing their stars were the end. The Barca way has always been signing a livewire, and then guys like Seydou Keita who don't get the plaudits but certainly earn their place. Barca were never afraid of attracting players, missing out on players, or losing players. It's the nature of the game, these things happen. Bartomeu instilled a viewpoint of marketing philosophy over matter. Barcelona were never about that, they were just about beautiful football. In the Bartomeu era no way would they have given the go ahead for a livewire like Samuel Eto'o who performed well for mid table Mallorca. Not "high profile enough". Barca used to make players high profile, they didn't get on their knees and beg for them.
@@vexture7 I bet you have way more free time. Lots of sitting around scratching your ass while you watch the tv. I make time for these extra little things like football talk I'm passionate about ;)
@@ashiramvs I hope he didn't destroy the club and they can get back. The regime of Bartomeu was a classless PR based operation. That could be very good for small clubs, but with big ones such as Barca, it's disastrous. They didn't need to make PR moves, they had more than PR could ever give them.
@@vexture7 Anyway, what's wrong with free time? The creators of this video that you cared to watch used their free time to create something people enjoy. You make out like that's a bad thing. Are you interested in having a dialogue, or are you one of those "arrive, make statement, leave" types? If you're going to say Something, why don't you stick around to hear a response. You're just the kind of guy who lurks in the shadows, throws a jab out of nowhere and leaves. That's a great use of time in fairness, must be fun to live like that. So you're on a RU-vid page that is a celebration of people making time for themselves to create something that people enjoy, and anybody on the page doing anything similar is bad and out of place? Is this the part where after you decided to make me look bad you are now rubbing your hands with glee over how bad I look now? Anyway, I'll just continue on with my life, while you wait for the next thing that raises your brand of subtle ire.
It felt weird not seeing Messi at Barcelona, but the club had really bad contracts and couldn't afford to have Messi. Some good came out of it, Messi is winning championship and Barcelona got Lewandowski.
it's honestly weird after barcelona sold neymar, barca known for use their La Masia and created lot of world class talent from there yet none of the talent from there breakthrough to 1st team during that period until recently, and instead trying to copy real madrid transfer style by overspending transfer on star player
Real have never overspent. Theur spending has always apt for the market value at that time. Hazard, Ronaldo, Bale were all the best players at their positions before their move to Madrid. But Dembele, Coutinho. Griezmann price was alright but you guys never used him to his best.
The la masia thing is overrated. Only Iniesta xavi and messi became world class..the others could easy be replaces. There's atleast a list of 50 la masia players they tried to push but all failed and don't even hear of..only pedro is lingering here and there.
@@kagancakc1317 isn't because it assumes that they always churning out great players from their la masia academy..the truth is that academy went down Years ago and was struggling. Pedri looks the deal but the rest at the moment I just here or there including ansu
@@kagancakc1317 then you started watching football this year, you brainless mfers just keep breaking records of human idiocy, to be a good club at producing talent you need to regularly produce talent like Porto, Benfica, Ajax, Lyon and not produce 3 players in a decade 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
Damn thank you got breaking that down for me. I got that Barcelona didn’t have money it didn’t process in my brain how such a big and popular club could possibly run out of money like they did
"What we learn from history is that no one learns from history". Barca instead of learning from their mistake of signing Dembele and Coutinho, they have extended the contract of Dembele once again
Dembele accept the fair deal, thanks to sissoko quality of negotiation hahaha. barca should be greatfull that no clubs interested buying dembele because of sissoko weird demands. And no, barca need 2 rotation players in each winger position. Left by ansu and Ferran, while right by Dembele and Raphinha(was by Adama). it works because they need to manage player's fatique. They still need to look at their wingback, no good depth in that area.
Real Madrid fan here but what’s happened to Barca is sad… hopefully they recover and we can bring back up la liga, regardless of corruption there may be , I wanna see good football
As a Madrid fan you should be laughing at their calamity, Barcelona fans are the most toxic self righteous people ever. After their pride and joy pessi left they ain't shit. Lmao Fuck Barcelona! HALA MADRID!! ⚪️⚪️
Wtf. Are you high. Goof football ? You wana see the barca players acting again. Diving and our players getting reds for free. Refs gifting them penalties for no reason at all. This good football? Wow.
0:45 así fue siempre tristemente Messi sostenia al equipo con la fuerza de sus hombros pero un solo jugador no puede contra el mundo estraño a mi Barca ganador 😭
@@salvadorianboy100 De hecho me acá o de acordar No era solo messi también era ter stegen pero 2 jugadores contra el mundo entero Prácticame ter stegen le dijo a messi Ter stegen: como ellos no hacen nada yo tapó los goles y tu los metes trato Messi: hecho
@@salvadorianboy100 Es sierto Suárez era la mano derecha de messi porque lo daba todo pero también hay que aceptar que los años pasan y los jugadores no son para siempre 😞
What a great vídeo, but you should describe another moments not only the 14th UCL, but the 11,12 and 13th consecutive and the mundial clubs trophies aswell by the BEST club in the world, REAL MADRID
I mean, you’re talking like Messi was playing with my sister and grandma. He was playing with good players, Suarez, Griezmann, De Jong, Ter stegen, Jordi alba, Sergio busquests etc… The managers he had and some sort of “bad luck” wasted his last good years
@@mirkopirrotta0157 griezman played in teh same position as messi, suarez,busquets,pique finished then failere coutinho and overratef dembele...one man army
@@alejandrolagos9603 it is your opinion, they were all good players, they weren’t at barça level of 2015, but still you can’t say “one man army” because it means you have no idea what are bad temmates, and they weren’t. It isn’t like he was playing with my brother and my uncle. What are we talking about…
@@mirkopirrotta0157 did you watch the games or just highlits? Messi played alone because he haf no suport, griezzman was out of position the midfield and defense was shit, how you justife losing against roma,atletico,juventus or liverpool after 3 0...shit team.
@@alejandrolagos9603 Still the players who was playing with were good players, some of them were in the team in the gold era of barça, and if you play in barcelona there is a reason. Did I have to tell you what Griezmann, suarez, jordi alba, de jong, busquets, etc… won in their careers? And I am sure I am forgetting someone.
It also has to mentioned that the Barca players sin Luis Enrique left the team the players took it over. It’s been reported that players would have very easy training sessions show up late not listen to coaches etc etc. Messi included
Main reason - Bad president Main factor - Too high salaries Main errors - 3 over 100million players flopped if you add salaries Barcelona wasted over 450 millions € for Dembele,Griezmann and Coutinho none of them won them an important title or got into top 5 ballon d'or.
I never thought that Barcelona's financial situation would be this serious... This is why Messi gave up on returning to Barcelona and moved to the United States...
I remember hearing and reading everywhere hard critisism about Hernesto Valverde,...You know, the coach that won 2 championships and went twice to the semi finals, Without having Xavis and Iniestas,without any major transfers and of course without Neymar, who was sold last moment, bringing an injured unknown player as a replacement. All these experts, that dont really know nothing about football, i hope they feel satisfied with how things went since then.
LOL! He just started the decline of Barcelona, with him started everything... surrendering to the players, training with out intensity, loosing the high presion and our identity, he just won some titles because pure inertia.
by the way he never won the champions league, was eliminated by Roma and Liverpool, but yeah its the other people who doesnt know anything about football xD
A diehard fan of Barcelona from childhood only for Messi playing in the team...but eventually when did I love the club itself, o didn't understand...really sad to witness such conditions of Barcelona now
The cause of all this is Bartomeu, Bartomeu is like a demon who managed to disguise himself as president of Barca to destroy Barca itself by making unreasonable transfers such as the purchase of Coutinho-Griezmann-Dembele for a total of 400 million euros and the results all flop
The problems started way back. By 2012 and Def 2013 the Tika taka style was done....but they were drunk on it. They then went on splurging spree to make the team win which worked out for a season or 2 with neymar and suarez. By 2017 the warning signs was there against psg and the juve. The likes of busquets pique etc was being exposed after the tiki taka and departures of xavi and Iniesta. Instead of going into a season or 2 of rebuilding they forked out new contracts to these guys with ridiculous salaries who were already showing they losing competitiveness. They focused only on attacking players and went overboard in doing so instead of building a team with defenders and midfielders. Hence they became a team to bash since 2017 until now.
Yes Their fall actually started from last season of guradiola. It was in 2012 messi scored most goals in his career but it was not the best year of barca. With the arrival of neymar barca had a temporary comeback in 2015,but it didn't last long. Their best period 2008-2011
