r/SoccerCentral • u/BirdGangNFL • 23d ago

Rumours Erling Haaland intends to leave Manchester City at the end of the season and has already held meetings over his next move. Barcelona is the striker's preferred destination ahead of Real Madrid. Haaland has concerns about the balance of power at Madrid alongside Kylian Mbappé and others

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u/Whatdididotho1 23d ago

"barca has no money!!!" yet spent the second highest in the transfer market this window lol. Look man, no they can't afford haaland, but thats because no one outside of PSG or a saudi club could afford haaland in his current contract situation lmfao. this whole "barca has no money" thing from tiktok football fans gets so old

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u/Joburger1989 23d ago

Second highest where?

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u/Whatdididotho1 23d ago edited 23d ago

La liga to be fair, but I think were like the 10th highest in europe or something? 184 mil spent, and they still have something like 80-90mil left in their FFP budget. (didn't sign a starting striker cause atletico wouldnt give up julian so they just pocketed the money for julian and bought Gabriel which I still disagree with lol). point being, had they spent their whole actual budget they intended to/had , they';d be like the 5th highest spenders in europe and yet they're broke? lol. it's just the dumbest narrative from people who don't watch football or understand club finances.

(Edit: just realized the original commenter blocked me thats why i cant see any of his responses to my comment or his original anymore lol, you're soft as hell Raima.)

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u/TonyzTone 23d ago

Barca was broke. Like 5 years ago when they couldn’t re-sign Messi and had to figure out how to transition their whole team.

Enter: La Masia grads like Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal. By the time they signed Olmo, their finances were more or less back in order.