How Josep Bartomeu Ruined FC Barcelona

2020 ж. 27 Там.
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Fans are currently gathering outside of the Camp Nou in Barcelona to protest against club president Josep Bartomeu, and to voice their support for Barcelona captain and legend Lionel Messi.
Following a number of years of decline under Bartomeu's management, things came to a head in Catalonia this month when the La Liga side were beaten 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the six years of Josep Bartomeu's presidency, how Barcelona have been run since Joan Laporta's departure in 2010, and how they have ended up in such a mess.

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  • You repeated yourself between 5:27 and 6:05, my guy

    @edwingonzalez196@edwingonzalez1963 жыл бұрын
    • haha just commented this then saw your comment.

      @charlieholdsworth6086@charlieholdsworth60863 жыл бұрын
    • Oh balls, I did indeed, I'll pin this. Apologies one and all, laziness on my part, I didn't finish this video until about half 1 in the morning last night but still very poor. Please forgive me, skip that bit, and I hope you can enjoy the video nonetheless!

      @HITCSevens@HITCSevens3 жыл бұрын
    • HITC Sevens it all good Alfie. 👍

      @jakemackay1747@jakemackay17473 жыл бұрын
    • @@HITCSevens when the reply has more likes than the comment itself

      @smithaks6705@smithaks67053 жыл бұрын
    • @@HITCSevens meh don't worry about it. Video is still class!

      @brodericksutherland9471@brodericksutherland94713 жыл бұрын
  • Josep Bartomeu is the best president in Real Madrid history

    @tedm8528@tedm85283 жыл бұрын
    • This has nothing to do with us

      @terrelbalay1623@terrelbalay16233 жыл бұрын
    • Hola Madrid

      @deemcclelland4222@deemcclelland42223 жыл бұрын
    • @@deemcclelland4222Ingles por favor

      @terrelbalay1623@terrelbalay16233 жыл бұрын
    • Lol I honestly think he's genuinely better than Perez. At least Bartomeu didn't have a bunch of trophy less or under achieving seasons like Perez has.

      @elsenordelatienda666@elsenordelatienda6663 жыл бұрын
    • El señor de la tienda at least perez actually makes a lot of good signings

      @bruhmomento885@bruhmomento8853 жыл бұрын
  • It’s genuinely mental how bad Barcelona’s transfer policy has become in recent years

    @The_establishment72@The_establishment723 жыл бұрын
    • They have almost no top tier player between 24 and 30 and that's just awful. It's like they forgot that balance doesn't mean 30+ and 24-

      @FMSkyLoL@FMSkyLoL3 жыл бұрын
    • Selling Arthur and bringing in Pjanic to replace him pretty much sums it up

      @jonny26281@jonny262813 жыл бұрын
    • The Establishment there was a 10 million euro difference in transfers. If that was the reason they used they are either lying or completely incompetent

      @jonny26281@jonny262813 жыл бұрын
    • @@jonny26281 they are lying thats how books are balanced barca exaggerated their profit from the deal while juve got a better player for agreeing to lie

      @issamasghar5203@issamasghar52033 жыл бұрын
    • They haven't made a truly great (here I'm excluding De Jong and Lenglet who has been good and probably will become even better) signing since 14/15 where they signed Ter Stegen and Luis Suarez. That says a lot.

      @S1mplyKasper@S1mplyKasper3 жыл бұрын
  • And now Messi is gone. Bartomeu's demolition job of Barcelona's squad is more or less complete

    @spearman9788@spearman97882 жыл бұрын
    • Yep

      @ketangsw1666@ketangsw16662 жыл бұрын
    • What's incredible is that he couldn't get Messi out when Messi actually wanted to leave, but his idiocy pushes him out when he actually wants to stay.

      @BIadelores@BIadelores2 жыл бұрын
    • This guy must be in jail because his administrative crimes. This was the most criminal act in the history of footbal.

      @renanvinicius6036@renanvinicius60362 жыл бұрын
    • Please if you can make him face authorities for his crimes. Its obvious his economical management is suspicious

      @ptolemeosb@ptolemeosb2 жыл бұрын
    • it's precisely the opposite: Messi was the one destroying Barcelona with his crazy salary, while his performance has been totally mediocre during the last years....

      @silveriorebelo8045@silveriorebelo80452 жыл бұрын
  • FC Barcelona: :"laporta is too good, he won everything, let's change him."

    @Chimpa307@Chimpa3073 жыл бұрын
    • Laporta*

      @amolak_dhaliwal@amolak_dhaliwal3 жыл бұрын
    • Ulises Leon i know all about it

      @amolak_dhaliwal@amolak_dhaliwal3 жыл бұрын
    • We all wanted La Porta but Bartomeu rigged the elections,you dont think the socios were actually dumb enough to pick that clown?When we get La Porta back I hope we can make a rebuttal🤞

      @hisir4674@hisir46743 жыл бұрын
    • If you were from catalonia you will under stand, his inlaws are supported of franco

      @tahahadada1936@tahahadada19363 жыл бұрын
    • @@tahahadada1936 I thought he denied it. If its true, its horrible and I would understand. Gracias por la explicación.

      @Chimpa307@Chimpa3073 жыл бұрын
  • So Bartomeu was the head of the Barca basketball team when they failed miserably and went to become the head of the whole Barca team and then Barca football team got destroyed. This man is a failure at everything

    @kourkoutatiosb6270@kourkoutatiosb62703 жыл бұрын
    • really? He wastes Messi 5 years prime time

      @fcukrealmadrid@fcukrealmadrid3 жыл бұрын
    • Ok.

      @RekonzChannel@RekonzChannel3 жыл бұрын
    • He has failed upwards essentially

      @michaelfarrow5817@michaelfarrow58173 жыл бұрын
    • Yet, still gets hired for top jobs. That's the state of the world: failures get highly rewarded. So what does that tell you about the people who dishes them out?

      @56postoffice@56postoffice3 жыл бұрын
    • @@56postoffice that is because Barcelona has a democratic type of structure. If it had a corporate type of structure Bartemeu would have been sacked after his basketball team failure. In a corporate type Barcelona, Raul Saniheili (Director of Football at Arsenal) would have been the director of Football at Barcelona and the president would been none other the prodigy himself, Ferran Soriano (CEO of CITY FOOTBALL GROUP) Ferran Soriano was the youngest person to be ever be in a Barcelona board. He literally dreamed of making Barcelona what City Football Group is today. But due to bureaucracy & Office politics his ideas given a deaf ear and he resigned from VP in 2008. So this damage of Barca is a systematic procedure is due to incompetent leadership for a decade. If Messi mancity deal goes through then the credit of that goes 50% to pep & 50% Soriano.

      @infamousroy4421@infamousroy44213 жыл бұрын
  • I still can't get over how he traded Arthur for Pjanic 😅

    @ADAMLFC92@ADAMLFC923 жыл бұрын
    • Arthur was useless but replacing him with another old cdm is absolutely rediculous

      @hunkraven8465@hunkraven84653 жыл бұрын
    • @@hunkraven8465 he wasn't useless he felt the trainer didn't want to start him so he wasn't pushing himself to get better. In the national team Tite seems will start him every game so his performances are solid

      @Romano2018@Romano20183 жыл бұрын
    • @@Romano2018 players are never guaranteed a starting spot. It's a meritocracy at the top

      @Ironborn4@Ironborn43 жыл бұрын
    • Hunk Raven84 Arthur was supposed to be Barca’s next Xavi and play with De Jong to control the middle. When they traded him, that’s when I knew this club had no ambitions or end goals.

      @The305skater@The305skater3 жыл бұрын
    • @@hunkraven8465 "Arthur surrprised me the most, hes similar to xavi, he likes to stay close to the ball and pass it around" - Messi

      @waqasahmad4633@waqasahmad46333 жыл бұрын
  • Man United and Milan: "Hey Barca, welcome to the club!"

    @user-rs9py9yr1r@user-rs9py9yr1r3 жыл бұрын
    • Barcelona will be top 5 club in next 3 year.

      @haiderthahim3226@haiderthahim32263 жыл бұрын
    • @Benji Winger u just watch mate

      @tr1ckshot514@tr1ckshot5143 жыл бұрын
    • @bo kai bro mark it.

      @haiderthahim3226@haiderthahim32263 жыл бұрын
    • @bo kai if Victor font is president then Barça will surely be back, just need 2 years for complete revolution.

      @haiderthahim3226@haiderthahim32263 жыл бұрын
    • @bo kai lame joke buddy, next time come with better jokes

      @haiderthahim3226@haiderthahim32263 жыл бұрын
  • Bartomeau is a secret Real Madrid agent. He came to destroy Barca

    @KwameX@KwameX3 жыл бұрын
    • A hero then

      @RadX_98@RadX_983 жыл бұрын
    • Well, destroying Barcelona is same as destroy the Spanish national team, so Spain wouldn't be playing euros or world Cup no more and until Barcelona is fixed

      @megancawley862@megancawley8623 жыл бұрын
    • @@megancawley862 that makes him an even bigger hero in my book. Saint Bartomeau

      @umarb7325@umarb73253 жыл бұрын
    • He's the David Luiz of club executives 😅😅

      @hugonongbri8100@hugonongbri81003 жыл бұрын
    • Its what happens when you become "More than a Club"... ROFL.. what a joke. 😅🤣 more than a club

      @XEQTIONRZ@XEQTIONRZ3 жыл бұрын
  • To quote Claude from AFTV. ‘It’s time to go’

    @Hilversumborn@Hilversumborn3 жыл бұрын
    • Just like he was let go from AFTV.

      @therainmakerinsider@therainmakerinsider3 жыл бұрын
    • Imagine if Bartomeou takes up the job at Arsenal. Match made in heaven.

      @julianbanks1885@julianbanks18853 жыл бұрын
    • RIP Claude, he was the voice of reason

      @thehylianloach9473@thehylianloach94733 жыл бұрын
    • @@thehylianloach9473 Also a racist.

      @julianbanks1885@julianbanks18853 жыл бұрын
    • Oh u thought you were gonna say "DVDs going off"

      @Ali-fb5km@Ali-fb5km3 жыл бұрын
  • He's not resigning. He's just making Messi the villain.

    @giangarciamusic@giangarciamusic3 жыл бұрын
    • Good Haha

      3 жыл бұрын
    • Messi is the villian though

      @adriansalinas7026@adriansalinas70263 жыл бұрын
    • Filip he promised them a UCL, he’s leaving Barcelona without doing anything, Cristiano left Real Madrid as a champion and a true hero. He wasn’t a false hero. Messi swore with his own words that he would bring a UCL to us Barcelona fans and he failed us and now he quits

      @adriansalinas7026@adriansalinas70263 жыл бұрын
    • @@adriansalinas7026 by this logic, Neymar is a villain too because he promised Brazil a world cup and still hasn't delivered.

      @giangarciamusic@giangarciamusic3 жыл бұрын
    • Gian Garcia yup, all Barcelona players disappoint us, I wish we had somebody like Cristiano in our team 😖

      @adriansalinas7026@adriansalinas70263 жыл бұрын
  • I think Josep has done a geeat job for Barcelona*. *I'm an Espanyol fan

    @rockthahouse1@rockthahouse13 жыл бұрын
    • no no no n ooooooooooooo not at all terable

      @Bob-ut2fv@Bob-ut2fv3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Bob-ut2fv I mean, I admitted I'm a fan of a rival club lmao. He's tearing them apart and I love it.

      @rockthahouse1@rockthahouse13 жыл бұрын
    • CynicalApex are you Spanish? If so this is terrible and even then if you aren’t Spanish this is terrible for La Liga as a whole.

      @kyzersoze8408@kyzersoze84083 жыл бұрын
    • @@kyzersoze8408 Actually it's amazing for LaLiga as a whole, before this Barca and Real to an extent, dominated the league. Now, with Real well into rebuilding and the shit show a Barca yo actually have a competition instead of El Classico featuring random also rans.

      @supersasukemaniac@supersasukemaniac3 жыл бұрын
    • how's relegation fam

      @adityapraveen9342@adityapraveen93423 жыл бұрын
  • As a Real Madrid Fan, I will deeply miss Bartomeu. Thank you for everything!

    @businessenlignesolutions@businessenlignesolutions3 жыл бұрын
    • Lmao 0-4

      @the.orlandogonzalez@the.orlandogonzalez2 жыл бұрын
    • @@the.orlandogonzalez Frankfurt: oof

      @manzac112@manzac1122 жыл бұрын
    • lmao

      @godgamingmaster770@godgamingmaster7705 ай бұрын
  • Just to touch on the start of the video; Valdés wasn’t the keeper for the 14-15 season, he had left the club. It was Claudio Bravo in the league and Ter Stegen in the Cup competitions.

    @davidaylott550@davidaylott5503 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly! I was very disappointed with his lack of research.

      @julianbanks1885@julianbanks18853 жыл бұрын
    • He said 2014 most of 2014 valdes was our gk but frm the start of 2015 bravo became a laliga starter and mats played in copa del rey and ucl

      @basshen7227@basshen72273 жыл бұрын
    • Basshen No he said that was the 11 in Bartomeu’s first full season which was 14-15. Valdés didn’t play a single minute in 14-15, Bravo was the keeper from August 2014 onwards in the league.

      @davidaylott550@davidaylott5503 жыл бұрын
    • Who’s here after he resigned??👀

      @brettyloop6347@brettyloop63473 жыл бұрын
    • Not to mention he put Busquets Xavi and Rakitic as the starting 11 when the real one was with iniesta and rakitic in Xavi's place 😅

      @barletbeqiri1125@barletbeqiri11252 жыл бұрын
  • Yeah agreed, that Neymar's transfer to Psg broke the transfer world in football

    @derrickaldhia3552@derrickaldhia35523 жыл бұрын
    • Bale started it

      @Jorge-wg9tq@Jorge-wg9tq3 жыл бұрын
    • Think unthoughtful thoughts nah Neymar did because now 150 doesn’t seem as much as it would have

      @jackjohncomics6145@jackjohncomics61453 жыл бұрын
    • What broke it was Neymar followed by Pogba for 100m the same summer. Those blew the lid off

      @Incogn170@Incogn1703 жыл бұрын
    • @@Jorge-wg9tq it's true that bale broke it the first time, but neymar transfer made club nowadays spend 50+mil like it was nothing

      @derrickaldhia3552@derrickaldhia35523 жыл бұрын
    • Nah I'd say pogba started it. Bale and neymar were reasonable for there abilities they've completely paid off. Bale directly helped in the UCL titles and neymar has made PSG a global brand. Pogba has done nothing but just show up once every third game when he's not injured. Nothing against him he's a good player just too overpriced

      @porassrivastava8242@porassrivastava82423 жыл бұрын
  • Barcelona should really build a statue of Messi, he kept the club alive from 2016

    @ignls8809@ignls88092 жыл бұрын
  • The fact that bartomeu was one of the best president for football fans. On his time, We witnessed 6-1 Remondota, 0-3 Roma comeback, 0-4 liverpool comeback & the legendary 8-2. We should be thankful for these greatest moments (except barca fans ofcourse ☻)

    @nidalmuhammed6586@nidalmuhammed65863 жыл бұрын
  • Now Barcelona fans know how Man United feel about Ed Woodward and the the Glazers.

    @kwame_mike9581@kwame_mike95813 жыл бұрын
    • And Milan with fucking Berlusconi,Gazidis and Eliott

      @xristaka8199@xristaka81993 жыл бұрын
    • At least the board at Barcelona will change in a year whereas clubs like united arsenal and ac Milan they are stuck with the owners for next coming years

      @rashidkhalid3970@rashidkhalid39703 жыл бұрын
    • @@rashidkhalid3970 Thats not true because this is Eliott's last season.Bernard Arnault is going to buy us in the next year.

      @xristaka8199@xristaka81993 жыл бұрын
    • I will take Woodward anyday over Bartomeou.

      @nochipsonlycrisps8639@nochipsonlycrisps86393 жыл бұрын
    • Man utd never had the best player in the world what lol?

      @milipwn@milipwn3 жыл бұрын
  • Rosell started it and Bartomeu took over from him. Two men have almost single-handedly destroyed the club.

    @SlimClipper@SlimClipper3 жыл бұрын
    • That's two hands technically

      @satwikmahapatra9079@satwikmahapatra90793 жыл бұрын
    • That's two hands technically

      @satwikmahapatra9079@satwikmahapatra90793 жыл бұрын
    • U forgot to mention Valverde he’s one of the homies

      @darkblood9008@darkblood90083 жыл бұрын
    • @@darkblood9008 Valverde was a European choke artist, but he was great in the league. He nearly went unbeaten

      @LazerIsHere@LazerIsHere2 жыл бұрын
    • @@LazerIsHere Valverde was trash it was just that messi was phenomenal

      @yes-wh1zj@yes-wh1zj Жыл бұрын
  • Who's here smiling after the arrest? :D

    @andrew1361@andrew13613 жыл бұрын
  • After a year on, we're still cleaning up after him, Messi just left the club because we can't even afford to sign him 😢

    @benjen5518@benjen55182 жыл бұрын
    • The next few years will probably be rough. But ultimately this won't last forever, Barcelona will be back up there

      @dansomething7742@dansomething77422 жыл бұрын
    • If Barca revive their world class youth academy then between that and some shrewd transfers they should be back competing for Champions League finals in no time. I would give it 3 seasons tops.

      @scipioafricanus2212@scipioafricanus22122 жыл бұрын
    • @@scipioafricanus2212joao felix is cooking

      @ItsAMeSuperHalalMode64@ItsAMeSuperHalalMode646 ай бұрын
  • You forgot to mention the financial aspect of it all. Bartomeu and his board are personally liable for financial losses of the club. They had to sell Arthur to balance the books of the 19/20 business year, but are already in a hole because of the 70m for Pjanic in the 20/21 business year. That's why they actually want Messi to leave because it would solve all their financial problems before getting voted out next spring. Bartomeu might step down now, but he can't call elections. He needs someone of his board in charge to first cook the books before a new president comes in. The man's a crook.

    @Erich_U@Erich_U3 жыл бұрын
    • this makes no sense at all

      @TheBonecrusherz@TheBonecrusherz3 жыл бұрын
    • @@TheBonecrusherz Why not?

      @Erich_U@Erich_U3 жыл бұрын
    • So with all of the TV rights and merchandising they sell they still can't balance their budget? I mean selling Arthur Melo to balance the their budget it's understandable if you think about it, but signing pjanic it's just plain stupid if you ask me .. But Bartomeu is a man with no vision for the future, if Barca were managed like Bayern they would still have dominant squad and the perfect manager for them ...

      @dedasalmeida9047@dedasalmeida90473 жыл бұрын
    • @@dedasalmeida9047 Juventus left them no choice. They were shopping players all around Europe. Juve agreed to buy Arthur, but only if Barça would take Pjanic. The Arthur to Juve deal was finalized ahead of June 30th (business year 19/20) so that Bartomeu could balance the books and not be personally liable. The Pjanic to Barça deal on the other hand was finalized after July 1st (business year 20/21). That's why they start the new business year already with a financial hole 70 million deep. Of course Barça make lots of money from TV rights and merchandise, but they also pay higher wages than any other sports team in the world. 70% of the annual budget are just wages for the first team (players and coaching staff)! That's very unhealthy for a club/business. They still owe Liverpool and Dortmund tens of millions for Coutinho and Dembele. Add to that the loss of revenue from ticket sales. Every home game without audience means at least a couple million less. They have spent almost a billion on transfer fees since 2015!!

      @Erich_U@Erich_U3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Erich_U why would they want to sell their best player just to balance the 60m loss? They could literally sell anyone else to achieve it. Also you're completely ignoring the fact that messi wants to leave on his own and bartomeu even offered to resign if messi stays. I bet messi just wants another new contract with an even higher salary.

      @TheBonecrusherz@TheBonecrusherz3 жыл бұрын
  • "He somehow managed to crash a Ferrari in the middle of the desert". I once heard this said of Daniel Passarella, who, as president, mismanaged argentine giants River Plate so bad, they got relegated to the second division. Now, Barcelona´s crisis isn´t quite THAT bad, but I feel the comparisson still fits.

    @maximilianovazquez9988@maximilianovazquez99883 жыл бұрын
    • Ahh.. Scuderia Ferrari is as bad as FC Barcelona, if you follow F1.😂

      @vasudevdehariya1269@vasudevdehariya12693 жыл бұрын
    • Pasarella took on what the previous president did, so i don't blame him AS much for that.

      @mackparker9064@mackparker90643 жыл бұрын
    • not yet, not yet

      @MaceWinduDuHuen@MaceWinduDuHuen3 жыл бұрын
    • Yep. He shit the bed big time

      @Crypto_prod35@Crypto_prod352 жыл бұрын
    • @@vasudevdehariya1269 s🅱️innala

      @beanlentil@beanlentil2 жыл бұрын
  • What a great time to get recommended 😀

    @karlhans4116@karlhans41162 жыл бұрын
  • Honestly one of the best docs you've ever done Alfie.

    @warlikebiscuit9113@warlikebiscuit91133 жыл бұрын
  • "If he had any honor left, he would have stepped down by the time this video came round" Barto: SO ITS TREASON THEN

    @92Psyco@92Psyco3 жыл бұрын
  • about almost a year after this video messi leaves

    @shranobshrestha@shranobshrestha2 жыл бұрын
  • *long read* I saw this video last week and I avoided it because I figured there would be a lot of missing parts to this video. You did a good job explaining the inner machinations of Barcelona but there are things to expand upon. I’ll elaborate: 1. Ronaldinho wasn’t Laporta’s man, he was actually Rosell. I think if nothing else, that was the reason Laporta teamed up with Rosell, because he had a lot of contacts and could get deals done. By that same token, however, Rosell was and still is of the idea that football belongs to the players as opposed to managers or an actual project or philosophy of doing things. Remember this, as it will be important later. When Laporta’s project was just staring out with Txiki as sporting director and Rijkaard as manager, Rosell was adamant that he wanted to get rid of Puyol, Xavi and Valdés and bring in Brazilians like Luis Fabiano, Baptista and others. Getting rid of la masía graduates to bring in superstars, sound familiar? Thankfully, Laporta chose to listen to Cruyff and not Rosell. Rosell ended up stepping down and doing what you mentioned. 2. Mundo Deportivo, a very influential newspaper based on Barcelona, who CLAIM to be pro Barça, but are actually in cohoots with Rosell and his cronies (like Bartomeu, who we’ll get to later) were the ones leading the smear campaign against Laporta, saying that he had misappropriated funds and was a pro independence nationalist and was using the club to further his agenda, to the detriment of the sport. This despite the fact that under Laporta, he had made profesional several of the sporting sections of the club and had won a lead and champions league double as recently as 2006. This was in 2008z 3. That same year, Bartomeu was quoted as saying “Hay que erradicar el cruyfismo e introducir ideas nuevas” or “We need to eradicate Cruyffism” and introduce new ideas.” Most people with some sense, understand that the Barcelona way was given to the club by Cruyff. Some call is differently because they don’t want to give credit to Cruyff for reasons I won’t get into now because my comment is long enough as it is. Anyway, people like him and others have been saying that the Barça DNA was obsolete. The philosophy itself wasn’t obsolete, it just wasn’t being executed properly. Bartomeu wanted Mourinho, but Laporta gambled on Pep. 4. You said that selling one of the top players under other regimes was unheard of, well, the first thing Pep did was sell Ronaldinho. Hindsight will say that that was a no brainer, but the move wasn’t popular at the time. He also got rid of Eto’o despite him being the clubs top scorer the year after. However he got rid of them because they were toxic to the group, remember this as well. He got rid of him, as well as others. He implemented several rules and a new training schedule. He gave Messi a new diet, and he magically stopped getting injured every other month. That’s something he will never get credit for, but it is what it is. Pep also successfully develop a way for Iniesta and Xavi to play in the middle together. Under Rijkaard, that never happened because he considered that middle of the park frail defensively. Again, that’s something Pep will never get credit for. They say that it was easy to win with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta but those same players were getting humiliated at the Bernabéu a year before conceding 4 after giving them a guard of honor. 5. After all that, the socio voted Rosell in 2010, that’s when it started to go to shit. Pep will never admit to this, but he left because he didn’t trust Rosell. First, it was him who iniciales the smear campaign against Laporta, whom Pep owes a lot to. He also removed Cruyffs honorary presidency at the club. Txiki also left his charge as sporting director as soon as Rosell won. Furthermore, Rosell also went against the wishes of Guardiola and sold Chigrynsky (or however you spell it) in a signal that would mean the manager was no longer in charge, a basic tenement of Cruyffism. So those were strikes one and two. The final strike was Rosell wanting to sign Neymar in spite of Pep’s wishes he didn’t want that type of player at his club. Not because he’s not talented, but hecause he can be (and is toxic.) He saw the writing on the wall and didn’t renew his contract, but in reality he was ran out the club. Had he stayed, Rosell would have done to him what ended up happening to Valverde, who was basically a puppet. 6. After what happened to Rosell and Bartomeu came in, he just kept carrying Rosell’s wishes, these people are one and the same. Then there is Toby Freiza as well who also thinks like that. It’s not that La Masía has dried up, is that these people have contempt for anything that smells of Cruyff. Thiago was unceremoniously sold without giving him a proper go, as were people like Adama, Samper, and countless others who had enough talent to make it. Nevertheless part of it was the last part. 7. Too much power given to the super stars. I’ll admit Messi is part of the problem. Somewhere along the line he was convinced that the way to win trophies is by having superstars and not trining properly. Under Valverde, the team lost intensity, nevertheless, it was a direct result of the influence of senior players wanting a lower workload, specially after working under Luis Enrique, and Valverde obliged. As a result, the intensity was gradually lost until we saw what we saw against Liverpool. You can’t pretend that it’s a good idea to play at a low intensity all year and think you’re going to win against Klopp’s Liverpool just by having talented players. They don’t press like they did under Pep, they don’t train like that. Many of the players who were there are still starters, not because there aren’t other players capable, but because those same players refuse to give other youngsters a chance. Piqué has been guilty of this several times. Players like Martinez and more recently de Ligt didn’t come to the club over assurances over playing time. They saw that players plays because of the name of the back of the shirt and not performance. When you add it all up, this is what you get. Honestly, I didn’t feel sorry for any senior player during that 2-8 lost. The only one I felt sorry for actually was Ter Stegen, because he’s been a vocal detractor of the way things have been run in the past few years. Him and De Jong who have said this is not the way to run things. Also Setién, who ended up paying the price for other people’s mismanagement. I’ve no doubt he could have been a great manager for Barcelona with humble players who were willing to listen and be coached. Of course Ansu Fati as well, but he’s not a senior player.

    @Rogarcai@Rogarcai3 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly... Agree it completely especially on point no 7

      @Up_apil01@Up_apil013 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for making this video Alfie, it’s my birthday today and I am a Barcelona fan. I love the videos and it brings a smile to my face that you addressed the situation at Barcelona. Thank you so much and keep up the great videos my g!

    @arielayo@arielayo3 жыл бұрын
  • Here after Bartomeu finally resigned...... ✌️✌️

    @abhichaudhary3314@abhichaudhary33143 жыл бұрын
  • This video has been perfect for me as I didn’t quite understand what was going on. Thanks a mil Alfie top class as always 👍🏼

    @brianwalsh9958@brianwalsh99583 жыл бұрын
  • Thanks for all the love Madridistas ❤️. Hala madrid y' nada mas🔥❤️

    @aryanraina5727@aryanraina57273 жыл бұрын
    • STFU BEECH

      @bryanmartin3559@bryanmartin35593 жыл бұрын
    • Thanks barto sab

      @IYOKO15@IYOKO153 жыл бұрын
  • Bravo, Alfie. Excellent job. As a Catalan and Barcelona supporter, it's good to find someone explaining the issue so well to English speakers. This board is so bad, that I'm more than happy to let Messi go if this means Bartomeu resigns. We need to go back to our roots and do things well

    @francescganau7679@francescganau76793 жыл бұрын
    • Font gonna win? Is he the favourite?

      @sumzk@sumzk3 жыл бұрын
    • @@sumzk Probably... although what Bartomeu & co do best is "convincing" the press to support them, so who knows. But Laporta or Font should be winning

      @francescganau7679@francescganau76793 жыл бұрын
    • @@francescganau7679 well only font has shown his sporting ideas with si Al futur, he even has a website. Laporta is relying on his last term, font should win but he needs to keep his xavi obsession at bay and see if koeman does well this year

      @sumzk@sumzk3 жыл бұрын
    • I am hoping laporte comes back. Then messi and Neymar come back too

      @golmoshy@golmoshy3 жыл бұрын
    • I feel your pain Barca fans i support Arsenal so you no how shits going for us🤦‍♂️

      @willgraham5105@willgraham51052 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for this video. It really helped shine on why Barcelona hit hard rock bottom today. This video educates the football enthusiasts all over the world and will help them distinguish the cover-ups and misinformation being spread around by Bartomeu's paid hacks like journalists, media so-called experts, football pundits, bloggers, etc. as well as Barcelona's board members and officials. Kudos to you, HITC Stevens!

    @55yroldlawyer-fan10@55yroldlawyer-fan103 жыл бұрын
  • thanks for making this video. it gave me great insight into what exactly the problems are that are facing Barcelona and how they came about

    @salmanahjum-mathee9055@salmanahjum-mathee90553 жыл бұрын
  • Love your videos and work put into them. Had a question and was blessed to see your name again. Just getting a passion about the game again after a hiatus. Its been a joy to gain a deeper understanding of soccer topics.

    @Psalm_107.31@Psalm_107.318 ай бұрын
  • Love these more informative videos, you’re an excellent football journalist 👍🏻 not that you need some random KZhead commenter to tell you that

    @lukerea3406@lukerea34063 жыл бұрын
  • You really explained the situation cleary, thank you for that. A lot of people think we, Barca fans, are over exaggerating when we say that we have been in a crisis for a while and it is just showing recently to the world. Trophies have been covering up the mistakes to people outside the club but Barca fans have been pissed for at least 6 or 7 years now.

    @bricebrianilunga2863@bricebrianilunga28633 жыл бұрын
  • Please make another video talking about that social media scandal of Bartomeu! Heard a lot of it but never got to know the details. Great video btw!

    @fredrik_soder@fredrik_soder3 жыл бұрын
  • Actually the best President was NOT Laporta, but Núñez (the longest-serving, from 1978 to 2000). He was responsible for creating the original "Dream Team" and for signings such as Maradona, Ronaldo (the original) and Figo. Everybody hated him in his final years as President, but now, with the benefit of hindsight, it has become clear how great was his relaxed and content style of leadership

    @giannb5145@giannb51453 жыл бұрын
    • Nunez was a legend, and he laid the foundations for the great Barca teams that came afterwards. There have been some criticisms, that he didn't want to spend money in the transfer market, but as you can see, buying Maradona, Ronaldo and Figo (all 3 world players of the year) isn't penny-pinching. The work Nunez did was critical in establishing the "model" - together with the ex-player & coach, Cruyff, they both set the example for later legends such as Guardiola & Rikkard as coaches, with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Puyol masterminding the best team ever.

      @elguapodelmonte215@elguapodelmonte2153 жыл бұрын
    • He is hated because he sacked Cruyff. Cruyff was doing a transition from his dream team and Núñez didn't. let him.

      @aq8048@aq80483 жыл бұрын
  • I'm your fan for almost 2 years now Today you just certified that Love you brother

    @LoonaVanza@LoonaVanza3 жыл бұрын
  • Lee Cattermole to be Barcelona president by September

    @matteastwood87@matteastwood873 жыл бұрын
    • Make it happen

      @masonridgewell8063@masonridgewell80633 жыл бұрын
    • Prefer akinfewna but i'll take it

      @kiambo1601@kiambo16013 жыл бұрын
    • Adam Johnson

      @Pessidog10@Pessidog103 жыл бұрын
    • @@Pessidog10 he'll probably want to be the President of BSC Young Boys

      @ashutoshmishra8423@ashutoshmishra84233 жыл бұрын
    • @@ashutoshmishra8423 love that🤣

      @Pessidog10@Pessidog103 жыл бұрын
  • Really love these longer informative videos

    @Matwew21@Matwew213 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing video mate thank you!

    @MrJewvicast@MrJewvicast3 жыл бұрын
  • who is here after messi left

    @mugesananandarajah6318@mugesananandarajah63182 жыл бұрын
  • *Mission accomplished*

    @shubhmaheshwari5022@shubhmaheshwari50222 жыл бұрын
  • These documentary videos are freakin world class!

    @shaheemjackson283@shaheemjackson2833 жыл бұрын
  • Watching this documentary new that Messi is leaving make so much sense, great video.

    @jeanbedessounda3571@jeanbedessounda35712 жыл бұрын
  • 0:17 - Valdes left the club by then if I'm not mistaken? I believe Bravo would have been the most frequent goalkeeper that season since there was an agreement for him to play in league matches and Ter Stegen to be between the sticks during cup games.

    @mukundmanian4180@mukundmanian41803 жыл бұрын
    • Valdes got injured around March 2014 if i can remember , then he left to join Man Utd and they signed Ter Stegen who you’re right in saying was the cup and European games

      @no.fourteen9316@no.fourteen93163 жыл бұрын
  • You need to do a video about the current situation of Valencia

    @Kaiser-jc5gh@Kaiser-jc5gh3 жыл бұрын
  • @HITC still dropping dat hot 🔥

    @antant908@antant9083 жыл бұрын
  • Hey this is great! Keep it up!

    @ianor2304@ianor23043 жыл бұрын
  • Loving these mini doco’s, and it’s this kind of content that sets you apart from the rest of the KZhead Football community. This will probably be an unpopular request, and in all honestly wouldn’t tally up incredible views, but if this does garner some interest, I would love to see your take on the current state of Australian soccer. From the heights of the 2006 World Cup, with legends such as Kewell and Viduka, to the current disastrous state of our local game and our current international crop, I would love to see your take on the matter. On the surface it doesn’t seem all that interesting, but dig deep and you can find mismanagement, training set ups, increased funding of rival nations and a general wane of local interest for the once beautiful game as reasons for Australia current demise into obscurity. Love your content, keep it up!

    @michaelvnovello@michaelvnovello3 жыл бұрын
    • Would love to see one like this honestly!

      @3dsaulgoodman43@3dsaulgoodman433 жыл бұрын
    • Love to see it

      @Notverysupercoach@Notverysupercoach3 жыл бұрын
    • Yes please.

      @someotherguyyouknow@someotherguyyouknow3 жыл бұрын
    • If you like this channel, check out Tifo Football

      @silver-eyedfox7713@silver-eyedfox77133 жыл бұрын
  • "Barcelona is a club that always has the strength to bounce back" - Milan fans' DEJA VU?! 2011/12.. Milan was the most dominant club in Europe in the last 20 years, so this 2, 3 years of crisis is nothing. We'l bounce back! TEN YEARS LATER... GULP!

    @Shteno@Shteno3 жыл бұрын
    • They’ve only just started to bounce back

      @seb3398@seb33983 жыл бұрын
    • juve is the only one who can bounce back in the modern football

      @dibsters@dibsters3 жыл бұрын
    • Barcelona can bounce back if the board is good, they are still most attractive club. None of Juve, Milan comes close to Barcelona or real Madrid.

      @haiderthahim3226@haiderthahim32263 жыл бұрын
    • Not exactly the same. Barcelona have quite some interesting young players in addition to established players. They have the potential to bounce back quicker than people expect

      @xguti001@xguti0013 жыл бұрын
    • @@haiderthahim3226 with no money and a clueless board....I doubt it. what good players with potential are left ?...vidal, rakitic, meesi, suarez gone.....dont know bout pique... de jong, fati, demebele (if at all) need time and good players to guide... griezmann? had a average season. left back an right back are not top... they need at least 6 good players. Top players wouldnt come...just because why?

      @dtoepf@dtoepf3 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent Video my friend....thank you.

    @68cristian@68cristian3 жыл бұрын
  • This video made me really appreciate the real goat J.Cruyff. Legendary player and coach. Maradona great player crap manager. Pele great player not a manager. George best great player not a manager. Messi and CR7 amazing players but managers, only time will tell.

    @NickBradford-ck7ry@NickBradford-ck7ry3 жыл бұрын
  • You can also mention the Valencia board.

    @rachitagrawal8058@rachitagrawal80583 жыл бұрын
    • They will get in relegated in few seasons on the rate they are declining

      @mustafaalzobaidy3308@mustafaalzobaidy33083 жыл бұрын
  • KZhead algorithm on point again

    @sombodyoncetoldmetheworldis@sombodyoncetoldmetheworldis2 жыл бұрын
  • what baffles me is how rival clubs glee on the downfall of Barcelona. I'm an Ajax fan and when Feyenoord are in crisis, as much as I hate them, there isn't much to hate when they are in a hole. I love to hate Feyenoord that's why I prefer them when they are strong. Fun fact: Berghuis transfer from Feyenoord to Ajax is identical to Figo's transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid

    @Oranjee1089@Oranjee10892 жыл бұрын
    • It's simple really when we aren't down they can't talk

      @yes-wh1zj@yes-wh1zj Жыл бұрын
  • Perfect truth!!! Tx!

    @ClownSpass@ClownSpass3 жыл бұрын
  • People forget about Malcom, they spent so much on him

    @nickmag6142@nickmag61422 жыл бұрын
  • Let's give messi a 700m release clause to secure our prize asset, also let's let him leave for free as well.

    @jamesmarshall791@jamesmarshall7913 жыл бұрын
    • I am from the future.... He is now a free agent 😭😭😭

      @zemaspaze1211@zemaspaze12112 жыл бұрын
  • Who's here after Messi left Barcelona?

    @firstname3979@firstname39792 жыл бұрын
  • 3rd Match Round of 16: Ronaldo vs Lewandowski Liverpool take on Spurs at Anfield Check it out: kzhead.info/sun/eNeIg5ypoZqtraM/bejne.html Again, appreciate your love and support...If you could help me reach out to others who might be interested in my content, it would mean a lot. Thank you, cheers!!

    @faizanali271094@faizanali2710943 жыл бұрын
  • I thought Barcelona had no choice but to sell Neymar because PSG activated his Release Clause. You make it sound like they chose to sell Neymar.

    @yoloyolo3003@yoloyolo30033 жыл бұрын
    • Well tbf the player could have been made to stay if convinced well. Neymar knew what was coming and he left. If there was a project to be genuinely excited about then neymar might have stayed.

      @mayukhdatta4017@mayukhdatta40173 жыл бұрын
    • just because psg activated release clause doesnt mean barca had to give him away.. if that was the case, then likes of messi even if 700m in his prime wouldnt be at barca.. the player has a say in it.. also club can foresee such incidents and define release clause accordingly.. for eg. benzema has release clause of 1 billion.. which means barca has to put neymar in market for others to buy him

      @navascv8745@navascv87453 жыл бұрын
    • glad he left that corrupt club

      @am5790@am57903 жыл бұрын
  • Who’s here after he resigned??👀

    @lithemban2849@lithemban28493 жыл бұрын
    • Me bro I am happy

      @patrickkpodjie8482@patrickkpodjie84823 жыл бұрын
    • Our secret agent was found😭 but he completed his mission of destroying barca by riddling the club with debts but no fear you will always be remembered by madridistas and we shall even name a stand after you hopefully 😂😂😂

      @ihalamadrid4153@ihalamadrid41533 жыл бұрын
  • I like these videos it helps you distinguish yourself from the other channel

    @nabri-nfg3262@nabri-nfg32623 жыл бұрын
  • 1:30 Agree That's sad and refreshing at the same time as a Barca and Messi fan

    @arthurweasley4694@arthurweasley46943 жыл бұрын
  • And Messi just left

    @Biggestsquid23@Biggestsquid232 жыл бұрын
  • Hi Alfie, could you do a similar video like this, but for Peter Lim, the owner of Valencia, or the owners of Wigan please. Thank you!

    @alexx4282@alexx42823 жыл бұрын
    • Doesn't Peter know Lim also own a club in the English football pyramid, I know he has a stake in Salford wth the rest of the class of '92 explaining Neville being appointed at Valencia

      @bri1085@bri10853 жыл бұрын
    • @@bri1085 Yeah, I think Lim has a 40% stake in Salford

      @alexx4282@alexx42823 жыл бұрын
    • He's a bigger clown than bartomeu, wish we sign gaya asap

      @sumzk@sumzk3 жыл бұрын
  • Looking forward to an update at the beginning of next season...

    @steele8280@steele82803 жыл бұрын
  • Oddly appropriate I get this recommend after Messi is leaving Barcelona

    @derpsquid1371@derpsquid13712 жыл бұрын
  • "Thanks to him, there is now a time for Barcelona, Its called 8:02" -Lionel Messi

    @Lucid5630@Lucid56303 жыл бұрын
  • This was on my recommendations the day Messi left Barca.

    @MoonDarkchild@MoonDarkchild2 жыл бұрын
  • You nailed at the opening line lol.

    @aayanpratimdeb9306@aayanpratimdeb93063 жыл бұрын
  • Basically, Barca bought the biggest names on the market for several years. Coutinho, Dembele, Griezman, De Jong,... So in a way, they did something right. They utilized the Messi effect to lure all those names to Barca. But somehow, they didn't work as a team. My guess is, that a big contract at Barca is allready the pinacle of many careers. If you take Bayern as a counter example: they buy many second tier names, from whom they expect the next step. The only route to fame at Bayern is winning titles. So player have to give everything for winning. Bayern is a club that heavily relies on mentality ("mia san mia", the Bayern gene). Three times CL winner Real team had that gene, too. A bunch of guys with a mission to become legends. At Barca, I miss that spirit. Too many wannabe stars.

    @weizenobstmusli8232@weizenobstmusli82323 жыл бұрын
  • Please make a video on how Glazer's have ruined Manchester United.

    @ankitrawat4736@ankitrawat47363 жыл бұрын
    • and Ferguson as well

      @bri1085@bri10853 жыл бұрын
    • You mean by spending the second largest amount of money of any team in England? Cry me a river

      @seadkolasinac7220@seadkolasinac72203 жыл бұрын
    • CRIPPLED BEEF appreciate you going to the trouble of getting the link but no-one cares mate.

      @squidward6317@squidward63173 жыл бұрын
    • @@squidward6317 🤣👍

      @ankitrawat4736@ankitrawat47363 жыл бұрын
    • @CRIPPLED BEEF That's a whole load of effort to say nothing.

      @bri1085@bri10853 жыл бұрын
  • Really good vid mate

    @ryanormerod4470@ryanormerod44703 жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant and informative video. Hopefully Bartomeu is soon seen out so Barca can move on, have a fresh start and rebuild for a few years time. Although either way I hope Messi leaves, it would be class to see him in the Premier League.

    @olliewalton361@olliewalton3613 жыл бұрын
  • thing at 5:30 and at 5:50 are so important, Alfie has to say it twice

    @khaitranngoc4176@khaitranngoc41763 жыл бұрын
  • Watching this again after Messi's farewell press conference

    @MoonMoon-vx8kc@MoonMoon-vx8kc2 жыл бұрын
  • Thank you HITC Sevens for making this video. I really enjoyed this video. #Bartomeu out

    @AD744@AD7443 жыл бұрын
  • Great Video Mate ♥️👌

    @ZainKhan-ou3jb@ZainKhan-ou3jb3 жыл бұрын
  • this man ruined everything .the current situation is horrible and its all cause of him.

    @lazymonster2784@lazymonster27842 жыл бұрын
  • whos watching this right after he resigned

    @Raguavdbanan@Raguavdbanan3 жыл бұрын
    • @@bigbrain8614 lol

      @Raguavdbanan@Raguavdbanan3 жыл бұрын
    • @@bigbrain8614 fixed it lmao

      @Raguavdbanan@Raguavdbanan3 жыл бұрын
  • Boss video fella… got to say though, its pronounced like “la massssia” not “la mazia”. Goes right through me every time you do that.

    @macfizzle83@macfizzle83 Жыл бұрын
  • I feel like you are on a mini-doc spree Alfie I like it

    @MrFilbert28@MrFilbert283 жыл бұрын
  • Day 61: every scorer of the 2014 World Cup group stages, where are they now?

    @michealyakubu5007@michealyakubu50073 жыл бұрын
    • day 42069 every scorer of 2014 world cup where are they now

      @parallel_prism2323@parallel_prism23233 жыл бұрын
    • Parallel_Prism na to long

      @michealyakubu5007@michealyakubu50073 жыл бұрын
    • @@parallel_prism2323 I see what u did there

      @Kevin-ji3zq@Kevin-ji3zq3 жыл бұрын
    • Way to many 😂

      @harrygg8457@harrygg84573 жыл бұрын
    • @@Kevin-ji3zq what did he do

      @Alex-rz2cg@Alex-rz2cg3 жыл бұрын
  • Nearly a year on from this video and messi has left barca because of how much debt they are in. Wow… just wow

    @bh5380@bh53802 жыл бұрын
  • he is doing a great job ! keep up the good work Jo

    @user-jn2ln3cf5o@user-jn2ln3cf5o3 жыл бұрын
  • Bartomeu should teach a class on how to ruin a football club .... he will literally be the best professor ....

    @reeticulous6902@reeticulous69023 жыл бұрын
  • If anyone was wondering.....he finished the job! 😂😂

    @romelleking7426@romelleking74262 жыл бұрын
  • What a well done work👍👌

    @avineshblah5739@avineshblah57393 жыл бұрын
  • Its crazy that most of the Neymar money went to Liverpool😂

    @benry007@benry0072 жыл бұрын
  • The fault of Bayern. If they had won with a respectful 3:1 or even 4:1 we might not be having this much heat on Barca. Those damn Germans 😂😂😂

    @innocento.1552@innocento.15523 жыл бұрын
    • @Noel yeah same. We needed this kind of reality check

      @hyeongbeencheon6150@hyeongbeencheon61503 жыл бұрын
    • Bayern did Barca a favour they highlight and showed up Barca flaws on and off the pitch that 8-2 defeat was necessary

      @ajamocampbell9143@ajamocampbell91433 жыл бұрын
  • This man ruined Barça football. The most useless and incompetent president in Barcelona's history

    @hubertasamoah919@hubertasamoah9192 жыл бұрын
  • All of Alfie's videos are good but every once in a while he comes up with something brilliant.

    @mridulkc4010@mridulkc40103 жыл бұрын
  • As a Liverpool fan, I loved the Neymar deal. It made Barca panic to vastly overpay for Coutinho, and they essentially funded our CL & PL wins! To top it off, they didn't ever bother to play Phil in his natural position, and now he's won the CL while humiliating them. You 8-2 see it

    @stevendchu@stevendchu3 жыл бұрын
  • Schalke 2010/11 squad semi finalis Champions League where are they now...

    @wanabdulazimwanzuki3617@wanabdulazimwanzuki36173 жыл бұрын
    • what does this have to do with a random team from 10y ago?

      @lepi22222@lepi222223 жыл бұрын
  • They didn't have a choice with the Neymar sale. They met his buyout clause

    @thepolticalone961@thepolticalone9613 жыл бұрын
    • They could've renegotiated with him to make him stay.

      @enzothessieu6612@enzothessieu66123 жыл бұрын
    • @@enzothessieu6612 ye but he wanted to leave. Doubt they could have convinced him

      @thepolticalone961@thepolticalone9613 жыл бұрын
    • Exactly. Their only mistake was not preparing the release clauses for the influx of money from the Middle East and the inflation it would cause on transfers. Real Madrid, for example, predicted that and upped their release clauses long before the Neymar transfer.

      @guilhermemartins2606@guilhermemartins26063 жыл бұрын
    • The Poltical One I think he was holding out training. Really there was nothing they could do. The players they brought in weren’t bad as well, but they were trying to forcefully fit Coutinho into Neymar’s role, meaning it didn’t really work.

      @christopherchan5245@christopherchan52453 жыл бұрын
    • @@christopherchan5245 I know

      @thepolticalone961@thepolticalone9613 жыл бұрын
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