Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24

Barcelona will fall even more because the fans seem to believe that only them are entitled to good performance. How many coaches can perform the magic Xavi did with that poor squad ?
Young players, injury laden squad and little to 0 squad depth, yet the fans have ousted the coach with so many pressures on and off the pitch.
Success is not built in a year, if Barcelona don’t retrace their steps; they are going to be on the Manchester United Dilemma in couple of years to come

If Barcelona can't hire a better coach than Xavi Hernández, I also think that Barcelona will fall even worse. It is normal if the fans want to see a better performance of Barcelona, but the club management who has the responsibility of handling everything. The club management should make a positive statement about Xavi Hernández, they must defend him. But what we see in the reality? Instead of defending Xavi, the club management lets him go. It is a very worse thing to do by Barcelona club management. Roll Eyes

Yeah, actually this team is not in a good condition. They have lack of experienced players, too many young players, and have a problem with financial. I can understand if Xavi is difficult to get a trophy for this club. Now, Xavi also may feel tired, he may be successful in his next club.

Source: marca.com

I hate seeing the club like way. Xavi leaving feels odd after he won a title last season despite financial issues and roster changes. He left, which says a lot. He didn't have the assistance he needed to sign the players he needed to compete with Real Madrid, which is continuously adding players

This Arteta rumor has me pondering. His style may fit Barca's, but if the money problems and poor management persist, will he hit the same walls Xavi did? That's my question. Can Arteta (or anybody else) handle this better? Is something severely wrong that must be repaired before any management gets a chance?

I don't think Arteta will be able to handle this team in its current state. I mean, Arteta makes it so easy to choose his target players at Arsenal that this can help him build the ideal squad he wants. Meanwhile, if he goes to Barcelona then he will also feel frustrated like what Xavi experienced. It's not easy to build a good squad if the club's finances are strained and Barcelona is still dying without any new recruits that would allow this team to compete with teams like Real Madrid.

I also wonder why Barcelona doesn't dare to cut salaries or just let De Jong go considering he is the one with the biggest salary at the club. De Jong earns around 750k euros per week and that is a large amount of salary for a player whose team is in financial decline. If Barcelona let him go, even though they won't have a player as good as him, they can buy a player with similar performance with the money from the sale of De Jong. Moreover, I'm pretty sure there are several teams who want to recruit De Jong for a large transfer fee, especially Manchester United, who have wanted to sign him for so long.