You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
Eric Garcia to Barcelona
- Thread starter decmancity
- Start date
- Status
- Not open for further replies.
daztrueblue91
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 4 Jun 2009
- Messages
- 4,081
You are consistent, there's that
I did clearly state that. Question of comprehension rather than language as I did not state or even intimate the following:
Are you actually arguing that Barca is the only club who has youth players who want to play for the first team?
A dream of a player is to succeed in the 1st team of their club. The difference at Barca is that this dream is the pinnacle, there is no other club that trumps that achievement and hence no reason to covet a move to another club. De Ligt is a great example, even at 19 where your career is just starting he left his dream club - it was not the pinnacle. This does not happen at Barca
There are bigger dreams for Ajax youth products that become world class than just making it to the 1st team - that is clear since none remain, De Ligt is only one example
Like I have posted, Pep & Txiki know this to be true
Why do you think Barca are the pinnacle that no other side can trump?
Do you not think this is just the standard for all financially strong competitive teams?
daztrueblue91
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 4 Jun 2009
- Messages
- 4,081
Hard for the pay, exposure & success to be better when you are a smaller club - dream big
It’s also hard for a smaller club to compete when elite clubs are allowed to spend whatever they want despite being £800 million in debt.
Tugay One Cup
Well-Known Member
Hard for the pay, exposure & success to be better when you are a smaller club - dream big
Which is exactly why the de Ligt comparison is a false equivalence. There isn't an inherent special quality that makes Barcelona the attractive option that Ajax isn't; they simply pay more and play in a league with more exposure.
It's a question of pragmatism, not romanticism.
Which is exactly why the de Ligt comparison is a false equivalence. There isn't an inherent special quality that makes Barcelona the attractive option that Ajax isn't; they simply pay more and play in a league with more exposure.
It's a question of pragmatism, not romanticism.
For a Dutch star, Barca is a romantic option and far from pragmatic - that's more like going the highest bidder ala RM or PSG
Why do you think Barca are the pinnacle that no other side can trump?
Do you not think this is just the standard for all financially strong competitive teams?
For a Catalan cantera kid, yes it is the pinnacle and no, no other financially competitive team enters into it
For a Ajax academy kid, the dream certainly is to make the first team but there are bigger dreams away from their club
Gabriel
Well-Known Member
For a Dutch star, Barca is a romantic option and far from pragmatic - that's more like going the highest bidder ala RM or PSG
Or Juventus...
Dutch players tend to have wanderlust and enjoy sampling different cultures. They’re not all destined in one direction nor necessarily swayed by the lucre.
ManCitizens.
Well-Known Member
Yet Barcelona’s wage bill is by far the highest in world football. Why did De Jong need 300k a week? Surely playing for his dream club would have meant a ‘measly’ 150k would have been enough?For a Dutch star, Barca is a romantic option and far from pragmatic - that's more like going the highest bidder ala RM or PSG
Your clubs wage bill is 164m a year more than PSGs. De Jong, just like many of your other players signed for Barcelona as they were the highest bidder
Tugay One Cup
Well-Known Member
Barca is a romantic option and far from pragmatic
Your wage bill says otherwise.
I get what you mean to a certain extent but it's pretty clear you've completely fallen for your own club's propaganda.
Last edited:
Or Juventus...
Dutch players tend to have wanderlust and enjoy sampling different cultures. They’re not all destined in one direction nor necessarily swayed by the lucre.
I think the Barca link is strongest with Ajax players owing to similar playing philosophy (There are so many to have played for Barca and will continue to draw interest - Dutch fans will concur, Barca is a huge draw for young players) but no question for the biggest stars going abroad to bigger clubs/leagues was a dream beyond reaching Ajax 1st team. Bergkamp was counseled not to go to RM for example by Cruyff instead prioritizing Serie A as he saw it as a better overall league than Eredivisie before ultimating reaching his peak with Arsenal
- Status
- Not open for further replies.