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For example if you imagine the reverse would Greizman join Lebanese if they had a injury emergency. Comment posted by Monkeys, at 20 Feb Monkeys. And Barcelona probably won't pay up.

They still owe West Brom a compensation fee for a youth player they sold back to villa for a vast profit. The club has no morals and UEFA are too frightened to tackle them. Comment posted by tashyboy, at 20 Feb tashyboy.

Why have Barcelona signed a Middlesbrough flop? Coz the Spanish FA who are whinging about the rise of City, Dortmund, etc etc are still looking after the top two in Spain. Quite frankly it stinks. Comment posted by U, at 21 Feb U Comment posted by swaben, at 20 Feb swaben. Comment posted by spursy82, at 20 Feb spursy But in all seriousness I would rather make do with what we have than unfairly rob, say, danny ings from Southampton.

Disgusting rule that la liga have, effectively admitting that they're completely set up to ensure the success of the big teams and the big teams only. How dull. To be fair Barca only took advantage of a silly rule. But surely leganes should be allowed to sign a replacement?

Completely unfair on them! Comment posted by Wills, at 20 Feb Wills. The rule is terrible. So is the idea to let Leganes bring someone else in as they would be depriving another team of their striker, where would it stop? Scrap the rule. FIFA tried to get it to banned in buthe couldn't? Was the bung not big enough???

Stupid rule that should be scrapped, unfortunately as Barca and Real basically run the league it will never happen. Comment posted by Navers, at 21 Feb Navers. This would potentially destroy Leganes, if they weren't financially stable. If they got relegated, they'll lose money, then morally, you would sue Barcelona and La Liga.

As both of them clearly work in tandem, they will probably fail the appeal, and lose all court costs. It's an absolute shambles, especially with the fact that Leganes can't even buy a replacement! Comment posted by Daisy, at 20 Feb Daisy Another rule that favours the select few - the top management in football have a lot to answer for.

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Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Filed under: Barcelona Team News. Barcelona confirm Martin Braithwaite will undergo knee surgery.

The energy was insane and it kept up until the semifinals. Still, the third-place finish was the best by Denmark in an international tournament since , the year after Braithwaite was born. And it set the team up well for the resumption of UEFA World Cup qualifying in two weeks, where Denmark is unbeaten with a goal differential three games into the group stage.

But as a team we wanted to win it and we felt like we could. Gold or bust. He made 42 appearances in all competitions last season, but just 15 of those were starts. His biggest goal came deep into stoppage time in the Copa del Rey semifinals and sent Barcelona onto the final which it won. I train to sprint like an Olympic sprinter and I can challenge my immediate defender with explosive dribbles. At 30, Braithwaite also is a businessman. He also owns a clothing brand and a restaurant.

I read management books, leadership books, finance books. So the club had to let one of the best players in soccer history — one it had signed and developed from childhood — go. For free. Barcelona, long one of the richest franchises in professional sports, spent money as fast as it earned it under former president Josep Maria Bartomeu.

That made re-signing Messi not just problematic but impossible. Because his last contract expired July 1, the new five-year deal he reportedly had negotiated with the club would have been treated as a new agreement and not a contract extension since Messi was a free agent. Basically the idea is each club is given a budget it must adhere to, keeping it from drowning in a sea of red ink. But if the departure of Messi helps Barcelona on the expenditure side it could have a devastating impact on the revenue side and impact game-day proceeds and the sale of jerseys and other team-branded merchandise.

It has been teetering on the brink of financial ruin for years yet continued to spend. Now the soap opera that seemingly had enveloped Messi for years has moved to Paris. Instead, owners are being allowed to spend their own money to alleviate losses, Reuters reported.

Both teams have shown little interest in curbing their spending. When a City or a PSG is allowed to spend what it takes to scoop up all of the best players, what chance does a more modestly financed club have of competing? Barcelona made its mess and now it looks as if Real Madrid may be on the edge of financial disaster as well. As the dominoes continue falling what will be left in their wake?

Its loss in Atlanta on Sunday was its third in a row.