He left for a nice contract at a very young age and probably thought he had a better chance to progress at City.Why would it be a dream move? He already decided to leave there once.
Diaz was always on the fringes of our squad, it was going to be as difficult to break into out 1st squad as it was at Madrid. The difference was a return to his homeland and a very big improved contract.Brahim Diaz made a 'dream move'.
Garcia is in the Manchester City first team and well regarded. I think he will stay if he believes he has a chance to play in the Manchester City first team. I don't think any young player would give up that opportunity at such a young age.
Off topic @richards30. Moreover, you demonstrate your ignorance when you assert Tebas is in Barca's corner
Unlikely, particularly when you consider you got him for free and was fully developed by Barcelona - hence why the player has rebuffed a contract extension, knowing full well the club will not pay a big fee for him. City have invested 3 years, Barcelona a decade. Naive to think otherwise.
Clear Pep & City have made the player feel important and expressed their trust in his future but similarly City & Pep also know that if the will of the player is to return to his home club there is little they can/will do to stop it. Domenech pointed out his desire to return is predicated on Barca showing an interest in his return - if they do not, he will stay of course. Perhaps Pep, like Luis Martin or Adrian Sanchez, does not have confidence this board prioritize his return - we'll see as I have my doubts as well
Tabas may not be in Barca’s corner as you assert but he is clearly happy for the Spanish league to be dominated by two clubs who take a disproportionate percentage of tv revenues that allows them to financially dominate the league. It’s hard to see how the other teams see Tabas acting in all their best interests when the league is quite clearly structured to favour two teams. Of course the PL is no bastion of fairness but the distribution of collective revenues are presently distributed far more fairly and objectively than they are in Spain.
Tabas may not be in Barca’s corner as you assert but he is clearly happy for the Spanish league to be dominated by two clubs who take a disproportionate percentage of tv revenues that allows them to financially dominate the league. It’s hard to see how the other teams see Tabas acting in all their best interests when the league is quite clearly structured to favour two teams. Of course the PL is no bastion of fairness but the distribution of collective revenues are presently distributed far more fairly and objectively than they are in Spain.
Tabas may not be in Barca’s corner as you assert but he is clearly happy for the Spanish league to be dominated by two clubs who take a disproportionate percentage of tv revenues that allows them to financially dominate the league. It’s hard to see how the other teams see Tabas acting in all their best interests when the league is quite clearly structured to favour two teams. Of course the PL is no bastion of fairness but the distribution of collective revenues are presently distributed far more fairly and objectively than they are in Spain.
Tebas is despised by nearly any cule so the OP was so far off base he/she might as well have confused black with white
The TV revenue topic is a very different one and Tebas has little to do with Barca enjoying an equal lion's share of that - it's simple economics, those two clubs dominate the country in terms of interest, viewers, sponsors or any other financial metric. You generate more, you get more normally.
I do not, however, agree that this imbalance should continue - better revenue sharing is critical to the future of the league in the modern game but I would prioritize ridding the officiating from it's obvious bias
all the first paragraph is irrelavant - in any market the value of a player is what the seller puts on something
What you say int he second paragraph is true of ANY player regardless of whether its Barca or city or Madrid
A prediction like that is pretty presumtious and arrogant for anyone to make - its like us saying Phil foden will be a city player forever cause he is a city fan - if his chances became limited or the club decided he want the player we needed he would leave. Of course if he is a Barca boy he may want to return one day (but that day might be a long way off)
What pisses of fans of clubs however is clubs like Munich using the press to unsettle players. - lets hope Barca show a little more class than that and if they want him, operate in an honest and straight forward nature without members of your board, maangement or players spouting off int he media about him - if they dont do that I will have no prpblem selling him to Barca at all
Tebas is despised by nearly any cule so the OP was so far off base he/she might as well have confused black with white
The TV revenue topic is a very different one and Tebas has little to do with Barca enjoying an equal lion's share of that - it's simple economics, those two clubs dominate the country in terms of interest, viewers, sponsors or any other financial metric. You generate more, you get more normally.
I do not, however, agree that this imbalance should continue - better revenue sharing is critical to the future of the league in the modern game but I would prioritize ridding the officiating from it's obvious bias
He left for a nice contract at a very young age and probably thought he had a better chance to progress at City.
Any Spanish guy who comes to live in Manchester has my utmost respect for, the difference in culture, lifestyle and particularly climate must be incredibly difficult.
The opportunity to return to Barca for Garcia was always a big possibility and I would not blame him at all if he wanted to return IF he gets the chance.
Why wouldn't you want that imbalance to continue? It's in your favour for it to. If La Liga shares revenue fairly as they do here, more clubs become attractive to investors and more competitive due to funds available. That means the league is harder and Barca and Real will have a tougher challenge in winnint it nearly every year. Do you want that?!
Exactly and we can't expect every kid who plays for us to be the club of his dreams.I echo this. The setup at City has been designed to make it as smooth as possible so potentially we'll see more occurrences of this sort of situation: some we'll be happy to move on with best wishes (Kelechi, Brahim Diaz) some we might have to reluctantly let go (Sane, potentially Garcia). If the club is making a tidy profit and producing top players then good things will grow from it. Fair play to the players, we shouldn't expect them to have some kind of undying loyalty; would we in the same position have the same loyalty to Dortmund, Villarreal, Monaco?
So if he stays at City, it’s only because Barca didn’t want him anyway? Ha, jog on Spanish rag.Clear Pep & City have made the player feel important and expressed their trust in his future but similarly City & Pep also know that if the will of the player is to return to his home club there is little they can/will do to stop it. Domenech pointed out his desire to return is predicated on Barca showing an interest in his return - if they do not, he will stay of course. Perhaps Pep, like Luis Martin or Adrian Sanchez, does not have confidence this board prioritize his return - we'll see as I have my doubts as well
He’s going nowhereUnlikely, particularly when you consider you got him for free and was fully developed by Barcelona - hence why the player has rebuffed a contract extension, knowing full well the club will not pay a big fee for him. City have invested 3 years, Barcelona a decade. Naive to think otherwise.
Clear Pep & City have made the player feel important and expressed their trust in his future but similarly City & Pep also know that if the will of the player is to return to his home club there is little they can/will do to stop it. Domenech pointed out his desire to return is predicated on Barca showing an interest in his return - if they do not, he will stay of course. Perhaps Pep, like Luis Martin or Adrian Sanchez, does not have confidence this board prioritize his return - we'll see as I have my doubts as well
the way @FCBarca is talking. It's almost like every player La Masia produces is a Robot with an Internal compas/ Need to come home when Cantenara Catalans calls.He’s going nowhere
Barca are a basket case they can’t help press the self destruct button with the in fighting and now financially in the mire This is why Ferran Tiki and Pep are here, in the Barca of the north Biggest mistake Messi made is not coming here with Pep to prove he could do it in the toughest league in the world
So if he stays at City, it’s only because Barca didn’t want him anyway?
Look at you, finally right
Irrelevant to you perhaps but pertinent to the topic since this is not Barca's first rodeo with former La Masia players trying to make the pilgrimmage back to the club. They will not overpay for players they developed much less left via the backdoor (Which is what was considered in Eric's case) - those cantera players need to assert themselves for a return and absolutely will not pay normal market fees.
No its irrelevant in all free market trade -seller sets a price buyer decides whether he wants to pay it or not - negotiation takes place if needed. If Barca doesnt cough up the money that city are happy with (if Garcia wants to leave) then we dont have to sell. Garcia and Barca can wait till his contract runs down
Nope. Barca is quite unique in this regard, I know of no other big club that has the same pull from cantera players. In particular, Pep (ditto for Txiki) would never prevent much less complicate a cantera player's return if he wanted it
I wasnt talking about Cantera players - I was talking about this is nothing special in terms of players from other parts of the world - you are acting like this doesnt happen in other areas as well - it does ndis jsut as special to those players.
Gerrard staying at liverpool all his career despite other clubs wanting him - why - cause he is a scouser
Kane at spurs
Messi at Barca
John Terry at Chelsea
Not sure what prediction you believe I am making
Im talking about you predicting something that just cause the Barca board want something to happen it will - your club is in a financial and political mess (huge debt)
There's a detente between City & Barca atm, not sure who negotiated it but they play nicely for the most part of late. And as I said, because of the key people involved (Txiki, Pep & Eric) there is no chance it would descend into anything unprofessional. If the board want the player back, he will be returning - I have no doubt as I trust Domenech, he has never lied in the media with respect to transfers (Esp. involving cantera players as he was one once too). The question really is whether the player was playing Oriol (Which I doubt) or if the board will prioritise him (I also doubt)
Interesting that you site the city board as being professional - thank you. - they are because they are employees of far more powerful and professional people as well (HHH the Sheik and Khaldoon) - these people do not suffer fools at all -any hint of inpropriaty and they would be gone (including Pep and Txixi) -notice how confident Soriano was that we would be found innocent by CAS - there is no way Txixi et al wold risk being in proper (hence why we conduct our transfer business with such integrity as well) as it would directly reflect on some very very powerful people. Its a shame that other clubs do not follow this way of working however -the game in general would have a lot more integrity to it do you think? Have you eer noticed Khaldoon refuses to talk about other players from other clubs even when asked directly? Something to learn there I suggest.
I want it to happen but I think there are so many other transfer variables & priorities that board will give only the illusion of pursuit as Oso said on twitter