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Quote from: Jody.Drummer on August 09, 2022, 05:15:11 PM

In this case what you say is true, but before saying Barcelona are in strong competition with Madrid first they must solve their current problems because there are indeed many problems that they have to solve quickly such as registering their 5 new players, solving problems with De Jong, as well as finalizing Raphinha's finances with Leeds. When it is finished, they can be considered as strong competitors for the title.
As for Atletico, it will still be fifty-fifty in my opinion, depending on Griezman and Morata whether they can give a good performance there because otherwise they will probably be the same as last season.

maybe I'm a little behind in the transfer of raphinha. So as you posted if Barcelona should settle Raphinha finances with Leeds United, but does Barcelona owe Raphinha transfer from Leeds United?
As far as I know, Barcelona paid for the complete transfer of Raphinha with the deal they made when they made their offer to Leeds United.
Barcelona do have some issues that need to be resolved before next season starts and those issues appear to be just Financial Fair Play.

According to the news that I am the current Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani some time ago spoke to The Athletic where he confirmed that Raphinha's transfer fee had not been paid by Barcelona because Barcelona's condition was not too good.
Currently Radrizzani will only wait for them to pay off the purchase of Raphinha until 2 September. If the transfer is not completed then indeed they will take this to legal channels.

Even though Barcelona are in a financial crisis, they spend more than necessary to buy players. They now have 9 strikers in their squad. Barcelona management should have sold some strikers to cut costs. But Barcelona did not sell any of their squad players. However, maybe Barcelona will be able to pay Raphinha's sale price before September. Laporta has some more important decisions to make very quickly.