it's not good either. but losing two youth players is not atypical.

the paulinho thing is weird, but if he's cheap and depth and the board has long had a weird obsession w/ brazilian players. meh. too much panic over a small (stupid) move. Naby Keita isn't relevant to barca--he's not a target, he's not coming, and he shouldn't be (he should be a starter wherever he goes and barca's midfield is crowded with players of about his quality right now).

Mathieu is gone, Paco is quality, and Arda is a debacle we can blame on Lucho who desperately wanted him.

by the logic he uses, real's got james, pepe, and coentrao making waaaaaay too much also.

Sergi Roberto is moving back to the midfield, Aleix Vidal is the starting RB next year, and the youth crisis isn't that bad. but yes, it is difficult to replace a historic generation of talent. Shocking, I know.

(and the board is not doing a good job of it, but they're not grossly incompetent. unless paulinho is the only signing this summer. then they can go fuck themselves)
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you think we playing chess, but i'm playing mad-making. Basaglia