Month: July 2022

The FC Barcelona money gr … pre-season was a rousing success. The club stuffed dosh into its coffers, players got a chance to tour the U.S., act like and meet celebrities, and have public, televised training sessions against other teams. And most crucially, no injuries. As we enter the prelude to the regular season, with… Continue reading Barça pre-seaon is over, but questions remain

The only people not surprised by how FC Barcelona is managing the Frenkie De Jong situation are people not familiar with the club and how it operates. Board after board is the same way when it comes to money and how the club treats players that it wants to leave, even as the situations vary.… Continue reading Frenkie De Jong vs FC Human relations

It’s been fascinating to watch the feeding frenzy resulting in a Tweet from New York Times journalist Tariq Panja about the FC Barcelona governance model. In that Tweet, Panja said “Under this model successive presidents are able to make financial decisions without any personal consequences.” This isn’t wrong. What happened is that wagons were circled,… Continue reading Barça, tribalism, ‘truth’ and reality