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4 months

Winning the Copa del Rey with your brother. The Williams hug is everything.

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"We're the people that should pay the most tax. I come from a family that had to make miracles to eat well some months." "Everyone wants to earn more, be more comfortable, but I think you have to look beyond your situation, at society." Hector Bellerín.

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Ronald Araújo and João Cancelo's ears are still stinging. Gündogan nothing if not honest. Steam nearly coming out of *his* ears.

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2008: Xavi tells Pep Guardiola that he should get rid of Deco. 2024: Deco tells Joan Laporta that he should get rid of Xavi. Funny old game football.

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2 years

Lionel Scaloni basically got the Argentina job by accident. An assistant in 2018, the broke AFA promoted him temporarily after sacking Jorge Sampaoli. Broke a 28-year trophy drought with the Copa America, then masterminds a first World Cup in 36 years. Increíble.

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Ruairidh Barlow

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2 years

Barcelona averaged just under 54,000 fans last season. So far they've had over 80,000 in each game of their 3 games at Camp Nou (including the Gamper). Over-simplified, but if you take €40 as an average ticket, that's over an extra €1m a game. Over a season could be €60-70m.

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2 years

Many liked to quote this phrase at Gerard Piqué, but he ended last season as Barcelona's best defender. He is retiring three months into a new season once it became clear he was no longer first choice. A legend that people will now assess more justice.

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1 year

From 9th place to a La Liga title in 18 months and 8 days. Xavi has had help, shown weaknesses, but hard to argue that that is not a fantastic job. Ending 3 seasons run with only a Copa, here are some of things he has done well (what has to improve will be analysed all summer)⬇️

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2 years

Richardson's wasn't even the best goal scored last night. Here's Claudia Pina ending the most delectable move at Camp Nou last night for Barcelona Femení. Xavi dreams of his team playing like this.

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2 years

For some unfathomable reason I've never seen this Carles Puyol assist and I shall be sharing it with everyone I come across today.

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@RuriBarlow

6 months

Three days ago Marca said Real Madrid were sick of the persecution they've been facing from referees. That was funny at the time, and looks even more absurd now.

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2 months

Ideally, I think Toni Kroos becomes the first player to win the Ballon d'Or while sitting on his arse having retired several months ago. Would absolutely fit with his nonchalant class.

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3 years

Laporta may have convinced Leo Messi that he did everything. Myself, I'm not so sure.

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2 years

The 163 minutes that Gerard Piqué has played against Osimhen have been first class. Against a player who in theory was going to expose him, he's played minutes that could easily belong to van Dijk.

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1 year

"When Busquets turned up, he confused football. Before, when a team didn't play well, it was the 10's fault. Now the 5 makes a team play well. There's only one Busquets." - Riquelme. And how many players have compilations without them running?

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2 years

Raúl Albiol: "I've never won an MVP award for a match and today, at 36 years old, they gave me the award. Today in Munich. After everything I've been through. It's never too late." (via @AlbertOrtegaES1 )

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2 years

Real Betis' annual Teddy bear donation - one of the finest sights in (Spanish) football.

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9 months

Before everything else - it just really sucks for Gavi. 19, world at his feet, starting for Barcelona and Spain, headed to the Euros and playing monstrous football. Just a horrible, horrible injury.

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1 year

One of the greatest pieces of shithousery you've ever seen? Comert ensures his name will be remembered in La Liga forever.

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1 year

Did not know celebrity romances are reported like transfer rumours these days. (Others within the Cruise camp feel a deal is impossible, but Cruise believes he can do it.)

Pop Base

@PopBase

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Tom Cruise is ‘extremely interested in pursuing’ Shakira after they were seeing hanging out at the Miami Grand Prix, a source tells Page Six. Tom reportedly sent her flowers after the event.

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2 years

Question: with the exception of maybe Ter Stegen, is there a Barcelona player that hasn't looked at a better level since Xavi came in?

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@RuriBarlow

3 months

A statement that loses just a little force when you take into account that Vinícius spent some of his first six months at Castilla, and played just 57 Liga minutes during that time... If anything, Xavi's following that plan.

Fabrizio Romano

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🔵🔴 Vitor Roque's agent Cury: "It would be nice if he played some full matches. Xavi must show confidence to an important asset of the club...". "He wants to show his quality. Look at Vinicius Jr at Real Madrid, it took two years and half to see his quality… let Vitor play".

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1 year

Julian Araújo, who has never kicked a ball for Barcelona, surely feeling a light degree of imposter syndrome

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2 years

Real Betis might not be the richest or best side in Spain, but they have one thing over every other team in La Liga - harmony. Fans, footballers and the manager are all in complete synchronisation.

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1 year

Spain, where La Liga show a Ukraine flag on every broadcast but refuse to acknowledge the existence of the country their joint-4th top scorer, Vedat Muriqi, plays for.

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2 years

Vinícius Junior has come a long way, but one of the senior players or Ancelotti should give him an absolute bollocking. Real Madrid should have been 1-1 against the play, but he decided to dive before shooting. Minutes later Madrid concede. Rare occasion it's warranted.

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6 months

Some of the criticism from Barça-twitter is genuinely laughable. There are a 100 flaws with Xavi, club, board, the players - but this Athletic have been the best team in Spain in 2024 with Girona. At home in a rocking San Mamés. It's as if they don't exist based on the comments.

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1 year

This would've been much more effective if he'd typed it from the top of the third tier in the pishing rain in December.

The Cultural Tutor

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From football's most iconic stadium to one that looks like every other stadium in the world. The renovation of Barcelona's Camp Nou is a tragedy...

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5 months

Diego Simeone's exhausted smile the highlight of the night for me. A person in a true state of elation, nothing fulfils him like this does. Metropolitano was a cauldron tonight.

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Ruairidh Barlow

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6 months

Barring miracles, hard to see Xavi in the Barca job next year. But so far the work of Laporta-Deco-Mendes suggests they're a bigger problem. Replaced Busquets w/ Romeu, Victor Roque instead of addressing it. Sacked Pimienta for Barjuan, you trust them to get the right man in?

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2 years

All for tearing apart Barcelona for terrible lack of moral compass, but the Martin Braithwaite-Leganés case is nothing to do with them. It exposed a fault in the rules, but expecting Barcelona not to use it out of... Sympathy? Grossly unfair, but it's on La Liga not Barcelona.

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3 years

00:16 - increíble. Killed it dead.

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@RuriBarlow

2 years

This might be the most damaging match for Xavi since El Clásico. Three times ahead against third-tier Intercity, pegged back three times. First team defenders on the pitch and Koundé/Araújo, Alba and Marcos Alonso all commit amateur errors. Things that shouldn't be happening.

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5 months

The word cauldron gets thrown around from time to time, but San Mamés...

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@RuriBarlow

6 months

That Victor Roque red card is a travesty too. La Liga referees are worse than ever. Commentators - on La Liga TV - speechless. Rafa Marin caught lightly after going in two-footed studs up. Dreadful.

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1 year

Ben Brereton Díaz Denis Suárez Ilias Akhomach Santi Comesaña All for free. Ramón Terrats for €2.5m. Pau Torres (€32.5 + €5m) and Nico Jackson (€38m) out. Early days, but shaping up to be a very astute window for Villarreal. Nobody else moving with such purpose in La Liga.

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11 months

Realise Barcelona weren't stunning there, but how many sides are at El Sadar? It's as if this side didn't qualify for Europe, and didn't take points off Real Madrid last season. Or as if nobody watches them.

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3 years

Like him or loathe him, few have dealt with as much adversity as Ronald Koeman in 12 months at Barcelona: -Takes over after historic 8-2 humiliation -Messi burofax -President is removed, nearly 6 months pass before Laporta -2 weeks of uncertainty over job -Messi leaves.

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2 years

With the possible exception of Varane, I don't think I've ever seen a young player arrive at Real Madrid and just casually drop brilliant performances without fuss like Tchouaméni.

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@tacticalfouling Despite himself at times. Beyond the football, he's a real breath of fresh air for La Liga.

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1 year

4th of April 2022: José Luis Mendilibar gets sacked as Alavés manager, bottom of the league, on their way to relegation. 409 days pass. 18th of May 2023: José Luis Mendilibar guides Sevilla to a Europa League final. Incredible story, football at its best♥️

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2 years

Brilliant footage of Johan Cruyff and Barcelona from 1975, from dressing room to out on the pitch at Camp Nou. Piel de gallina.

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2 years

Arda Turan has retired. A brilliant player at his peak and part of the Atlético Madrid side that won the title in 2014. But no doubt Arda's most iconic highlight has to be launching his boot at the linesman - and only getting booked for it.

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3 years

Gavi is dynamite. A quintessential Spanish midfielder of technique with copious amounts of wee man syndrome. Many of the things that make him so good are nothing to do with technique nor physique. Crack.

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2 years

If Atlético Madrid do not announce serious action within the next few days, La Liga should come in with serious action on them. A stadium ban? Nobody deserves to be racially abused when they go to work, let alone by thousands of known offenders.

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8 months

Hard to think of two more opposed models, ideologies and owners than Real Sociedad and PSG. La Real have about 15/16 academy players in their team, and their record transfer is €25m. PSG do have some academy players, but most of their squad cost €25m or above.

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8 months

Imagine Pedri had come into the Barcelona team at the end of Iniesta, instead of say, Arthur.

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8 months

'Only Spanish and Italian' says the Real Madrid press officer after a question in English. Ancelotti steps in, then proceeds to translate the question, answer the question, and then translate his answer. Brilliant.

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2 years

Gareth Bale done then - there were times where he was unstoppable. Few scored goals as beautifully as he did. Perhaps it's recency bias, but never seemed to attach the same warmth his talent warranted - except for Wales. Curious, brilliant career.

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7 months

If Barcelona are after Aleix García as a pivot, it's quite an indictment of their recruitment. They signed Oriol Romeu, who excelled in the same role, and is struggling because the Barcelona system isn't as finely tuned as Girona's. Good chance Aleíx suffers the same problem.

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2 years

Pointed from Busquets: “I'm not, I've never been and will never be a quick player, let me start there. From there, if the team doesn’t do things well and lots of bad things happen, because [the pitch] is big and there are spaces, I will suffer and so will Usain Bolt and Kante."

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2 years

As has been pointed out, Barcelona won't be playing 60 home games a season. Even if it feels like it.

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1 year

'This idiot is here by choice!'

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

7 months

Thing is with Girona, the ambition in their football is just crazy. In 2023, they've beaten Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético Madrid, and scored four goals in all three wins too. Nobody has worked out how to stop them yet.

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10 months

Looking at Morata's goal midweek against Feyenoord, and the one disallowed for João Félix there, it really is impossible to know what the rules off football are anymore. The referees certainly don't.

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1 year

That Robert Lewandowski winner against Mallorca, out of nothing, looks really quite significant. Barcelona with the chance to mount a considerable advantage now.

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3 years

Jordi Alba not much liked around here. Tell you something though, if that's Chiellini everyone is calling it expert mind games...

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6 months

Don't think Barcelona deserved to lose there, even if they weren't better than Athletic. Fort, Cubarsi, Guiu, Lamine Yamal all playing major roles and doing quite well. Xavi really doesn't have many options. They had their chances, different day etc...

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1 year

T4TY Castellanos. Making Militao look amateurish. Just the 5th player in history to score 4 against Real Madrid after Josep Samitier (Barcelona), Eulogio Martinez (Barcelona), Diego Milito (Real Zaragoza) and Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund).

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3 years

During the Barcelona terror attack in 2017, Lucas Digne went down from his flat with water and towels to help the injured, before sheltering a French family there. Amazing show of humanity, without knowing for sure that the attack was over.

La Liga Lowdown 🧡🇪🇸⚽️

@LaLigaLowdown

3 years

🌍There's been no shortage of harrowing events around the world and it's easy to feel disillusioned ❤️But there's plenty of good stuff going on too. Could be a campaign, charity or a gesture; remind us of when a footballer did something remarkable off the pitch⬇️ #LLL 🧡🇪🇸⚽️

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1 year

MARC-ANDRE TER STEGEN Many were ready to sell the German after two down years, but Xavi backed him, restored his confidence and got back a leader and arguably the player of the season in La Liga. The differential factor, an outstanding season.

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1 year

My impression of that Barcelona-Manchester United was that it was remarkably similar to Barcelona-Inter. Which should be highly concerning for Xavi. The what and the who are a bit different, but this Barcelona are running uphill without it's starting XI fit.

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@RuriBarlow

3 years

Football is amazing because two of the most pernickety managers in the business can plan every last detail of the match and then the players go and piss all over it.

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2 years

People talk of a clear out at Barcelona all the time - last time I checked, clubs weren't exactly lining up to take Piqué and Alba on their extortionate salaries. Laporta and Alemany have said as much.

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2 years

Kylian Mbappé might have five goals, but Antoine Griezmann has just played all 11 positions almost flawlessly. Perpetual motion and the Midas touch to go with it, he's been monstrous.

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2 months

Jorge Mendes has already informed Barcelona they plan to keep João Félix and João Cancelo next season.

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@RuriBarlow

1 year

ALEJANDRO BALDE Easy to say today. Was more or less discarded as a starting option in the near future last season. Xavi didn't look back and he has kept improving since, sitting two veterans for him. 19 years of age, he looks like the future at left-back for many years to come.

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1 year

I have no doubt this will be one of the sweetest of many, many titles he has won. Gaudeix.

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2 years

Skriniar with one of the best goal-line clearances I've ever seen. A glancing backwards header. Pure survival instinct.

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1 year

The special one.

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What's identity in football? Ernesto Valverde made 7 changes from the Copa, played several that haven't featured much, and granted they lacked a bit in the final third. But they looked exactly like Athletic, and did the same things they did during the week.

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3 years

Diego Simeone has had arguably the best decade of ageing of any top level football manager around. Another Cholo miracle.

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@RuriBarlow

2 years

The remarkable thing about Rayo Vallecano beating Real Madrid is the way they did it. They didn't sit in and scrounge a goal, before defending for their lives. Rayo played Real Madrid as equals, took the game to them and won the bout. The work happening there is mighty.

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Simeone in January: "I'd love to learn from Ancelotti." Ancelotti: "He has nothing to learn from me. But spending time together, you can learn things. I would like that." Ancelotti and Simeone, 50% on an Italian vineyard, 50% in Buenos Aires. *That* is the documentary we need.

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3 months

They did win a league with him as arguably their player of the season 12 months ago, but whatever fits the narrative...

𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎

@TheEuropeanLad

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The day Barcelona will finally compete for the big trophies again is the day that club realizes Marc-André ter Stegen is not Barcelona level.

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7 months

He's just a late bloomer.

TBG

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Football’s in a lovely spot, but it’s crying for a maverick of this generation. Mbappe & Haaland are nice, but there’s a real need for an aesthetically-pleasing, attractive, ball magnet superstar of the sport. Who’s going to step up and be the one?

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THE DEFENCE AS A WHOLE Barcelona have not been defensively solid for some time, and Andreas Christensen has slotted in brilliantly. Perhaps not the best defence ever, as numbers suggest, but they are by far and away the best in Spain. It's what titles are built on.

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PEDRI Easy to forget that Pedri was very much in the middle third of the pitch when Xavi arrived. Now he scores, creates and threatens in the final third. Relies on him too much, but it's partly because he's so good, and he's added more to his game with Xavi.

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Extremely talented, all very good footballers on their day, but there can't be many more frustrating front threes in the Champions League than Raphinha, Lewandowski and João Félix.

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1 year

Jordi Alba lifting Spain's first trophy since Euro 2012 as captain under Luis de la Fuente as manager - I'll be damned if someone wrote that.

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@RuriBarlow

1 year

TRANSITION FROM VETERANS Gerard Pique is retired, Sergio Busquets is leaving and Jordi Alba is on the bench. Busquets is still key, but moving on from all 3 was essential, and so far has been handled without public dissent, or burning bridges, despite personal relations.

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1 year

Quite obviously, this is awful. But I think this interview, that RDT is comfortable saying this, best explains why the international reaction and the reaction in Spain has been so different.

Football España

@footballespana_

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"For me, being told 'I s*** on your dead relatives' is as bad as being called 'monkey' or 'black'... All insults are serious and if they see them doing it in the stands, they should do as they did with the Espanyol fan." Raul de Tomas on Onda Cero #vinijr #ViniciusJr #HalaMadrid

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Barcelona won LaLiga, but presidential candidate Victor Font spent the morning telling the media that they have gotten worse off the pitch in the last 2.5 years. Real Madrid *only* won the Copa del Rey, but Jude Bellingham arrived telling the press their plans were 'so exciting'

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2 years

Been alerted by @Michael_I_Jones that Fran Garagarza is taking over as technical director at Wolves. A few quick thoughts on Garagarza, who spent 17 years at miracle club Eibar and did a remarkable job. #Wolves #wwfc #Garagarza

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@RuriBarlow

2 years

We're not just talking about a statue, this thing should be 50-foot high. Build it.

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@RuriBarlow

1 year

Think one of the advantages of losing Dembélé this time is that Barcelona can't really afford to do what they did after Neymar.

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@RuriBarlow

1 year

The Osasuna ban is... Strange to say the least. I know they weren't in European competition at the time, but I feel like UEFA should pass these bans as soon as the legal process concludes, rather than three weeks after qualification. At the very least, it damages their strategy

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OUSMANE DEMBÉLÉ Xavi has recovered a player that was a lost cause in many eyes. The Frenchman is a useful asset again, committed to the club, and arguably their most dangerous player. A big part of their title win, and when fit, makes better decisions.

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Champions League crowd. Girona started the season with the 14th highest salary limit in La Liga. Six times smaller than the two sides behind them, and 12 times smaller than the one ahead of them. Incredible achievement all round. Historic.

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@RuriBarlow

2 years

Memphis Depay is available for €20m and it might seem steep for someone with a year on his contract, but he's worth it. Spurs have been linked but any top side, perhaps in Italy, would be getting an alpha-male with technique, physique and a point to prove.

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FRENKIE DE JONG Very tricky to toe the club line and maintain the confidence of the player when Barcelona spent all summer trying to sell him. At the time, you could make a decent argument for selling him. Has found a role for him and gotten consistently good performances.

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3 years

Álvaro Cervera has just been lost his job at Cádiz. This is him leaving after his final press conference. Never seen a reception like this for a sacked manager. What a unique place Cádiz is.

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@RuriBarlow

2 years

Perhaps the issue is not that Luis Enrique leaves players out, but that we continue to be surprised. For several years he's selected preferred players often irrespective of club form or status. Did we really expect him to change a month before the WC? Quizás, quizás, quizás...

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1 year

TIPPED THE SCALES AGAINST REAL MADRID 4-3 record against Los Blancos currently, and with what most people would agree is a worse team pound for pound. Also snapped a five-game losing streak, showing Barcelona can look their rivals in the eyes again - crucial for Barca.

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

4 months

Really don't think this is dramatic for Barcelona. Came up against a better team (probably?), with a much better squad, and a better manager. With 10 minutes to go, PSG brought on a midfielder that would've played 180 minutes for them. Barça made the QFs, that's what they needed

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

5 months

⚡Rayo Vallecano fans form a human chain around Vallecas in protest at President Presa's plans to move or build a new stadium.

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

3 years

In the last 4 days, Osasuna, Rayo Vallecano and Real Sociedad have gone toe-to-toe with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético, none of them were beaten. For me, Basque minds are at the forefront of Spanish football right now. Props to Arrasate, Iraola and Alguacil.

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

1 year

While there are nuances obviously, I find it interesting that English pundits are focusing so much on absences for United tonight. When Barcelona went out against United, felt like the microscope was much more focused on Xavi rather than strength in depth.

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

1 year

It's a good job Mendilibar is a grumpy old Basque manager in a polo, and not roll-neck toting 30-something German. Otherwise they'd be whisking him off to some elite job somewhere.

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Ruairidh Barlow

@RuriBarlow

1 year

Currently on my way to watch Rayo, and I really hope Iraola stays. But be assured, if Leeds do hire him, they have one of the best managers in Spain. Tonight he could take them 5th, within 3 points of 4th. They have the 5th lowest salary limit in La Liga.

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@scoutedftbl

1 year

Andoni Iraola, Bielsa disciple, could be a name on the Leeds United shortlist to replace Jesse Marsch. @RuriBarlow spoke about him and his Rayo Vallecano team a little over a year ago.

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