Is that a Joke?
Alba - world class
Alves - World class
Pique - World class
Mascerano - World class
Rakatic - pretty close to world class
Busquests - World class
Iniesta - World class
Neymar - World class
Suarez - World class
Messi - Average
They have a strong first 11, i'll give you that. But as i said it's an ageing squad.
Alves is 32, Mascherano 31, Iniesta 31.
Alba is only a slight upgrade on Kolarov/Clichy.
Pique is not that great, and i'd easily say our CB's are better than Barca's lot.
Rakitic is still not proving a whole ton, despite the team he's in, and our selection is once again, in my opinion a stronger side.
Busquets is decent, but seems to fade in top games.
Iniesta is world class, i'll give you that. But for how long will his legs stay?
I can't put a finger on their front three, but with one injury. And they are in trouble there.
A lot of things point towards them being a weaker side. One of the only things is their collective, but that's a major boost in their direction.
Would you rather have a bench of:
Ter Stegen, Bartra, Mathieu, Gumbau, Rafinha, Munir and Sandro? (Their latest bench against Malaga)
or
Willy, Demichelis, Maffeo, Nasri, Roberts, Iheanacho and Delph?
Our bench is weakened too, but we at least have the players to up our bench a lot. Barca doesn't really have a whole ton of improvements from their bench.
We could add: De Bruyne, Otamendi, Bony, Clichy and Zabaleta, to name a few.
Barca could add: Adriano, Roberto, Douglas and Pique (Because of his red card currently)
I still know which bench i'd prefer.