Why Xavi Couldn’t Fix Post-Busquets Barcelona
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Are Barcelona’s issues really down to the absence of one key player? In todays video we’re going to be taking a look at why barcelona have struggled to adapt to the Post-Busquets era, and why a change in playstile from Lewandowski could be the reason why they’re not as clinical in front of goal.
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Chapters 00:00 The Start of Xavi's Issues
01:25 Why Busquets was Crucial
02:11 Defensive Balance
03:00 The Loss of Control
04:49 Opposition Exploits
06:00 Lewandowski Change in Style
07:06 Becoming Too Predictable
08:20 Who Should Replace Xavi? - Sport
it's crazy how so many star midfielders came to barca and replaced iniesta and xavi often but busquests remained the only guy who always played, doesnt matter how the team changed around him
Replaced?,we haven't replaced any of them
No one ever replaced iniesta , EVER
you sound very confuse lol
players came and left because they were unable to replace xavi and iniesta
and why busi remained played is because he was still around lol
I think he means you can play someone that's not Xavi or Iniesta and still the team will work.
Without Busi it just NOT the Barca we know.
@@VishnuZutaten since xavi and iniesta left we still haven't played like the old Barca
Press resistence pivot like Busquets is once in a century talent
Rodri and Partey were the closest to Busquest
Kroos
@Jamesshep1 While Kroos is better with the ball, he is not good defensively.
Moussa dembele Is so underrated still smh
true, the difference in spurs post-dembele can still be seen@@Arekush769
Johan Cruffy once said"When Busquets is out of barcaa you will notice how important he was "
I mean isn’t it obvious when you replace a player like busquets with a 2.5m old man.
Madrid literally spend 80m+ only to replace casemiro.
@@lavosicodude tchoumeni ain't a good option. They're gonna struggle hard once Kroos and modric goes. Nobody in madrid hasn't been able to cover up for them not even their meme camvinga
@@its_master_Roshi_Fkrssorry but have you watched any Madrid matches because if you did you'd know that tchouameni's defensive abilities are no laughing matter
@@its_master_Roshi_FkrsI agree with the other guy he’s quite good defensively and very intense
I don’t think they are struggling a lot right now even if Kroos and Modric don’tmplay every game@@its_master_Roshi_Fkrs
For the financial/economic challenges we’re facing. A manager like De Zerbi or Nagelsmann will be the best bet. Managers who don’t need to rely on financial backing to be successful.
De Zerbi’s an interesting choice. He has plenty of experience but none at a top club
@@caflorero imo Nagelsmann is the best. He's good at doing experiments. He was good as executing tiki-taka and gegenpressing. Barca needs experiments. De Zerbi is interesting but his pressing is quite harmful for barca as most of their players are still young. Nagelsmann is good at tacticals other than pressing too.
You have a point there.......1 thing about these guys( de zerbi and Nagelsman) is their ability to adapt according to the resources they have and that I feel was were Xavi kind of faulted. He wasn't able to adapt his tactics (more so to the departure of busi) and Barcelona became more predictable. However may issue with these choices are if the fans would give them time to re- orientate the squad because it may take a bit of time before they catch on with the new tactics. Also Barca fans need to drop that mentality of tiki taka or non approach because these guys adopt modern strategy that are pragmatic and quick in transition(lots on verticality rather side to side play) but is still appealing to watch
@@mikenkeze9582 I agree we need a manager more capable of adapting. I think Xavi was good the firs season because he played the team a certain way. With busi and dembele leaving and all the injuries, xavi didn't have a plan B. Not saying dembele was a beast or anything, but xavi was using him really well with counter attacks. Lamine will grow into that position, but i think it was too early to give him so much responsibility, though he has been one of the best players by far this season. Busi, you can't replace him that's for sure, but we needed a solid CDM at least which romeu wasn't able to help with. Romeu couldn't control the pressure. We played better without romeu in the field. Though it's hard to say the defense is really bad because busi left. A lot of it has been really bad defense mistakes.
@@BigSuzpekt bring back Riqui Puig....his fanboys were saying he's the best Barca player 😂. He even missed a pen and assisted Messi yesterday to help win a point for the club. 😅
I keep screaming this on socials when curlers scream xavi,lewi roberto out like idiots busi is so under appreciated he put out so many fires before they started and his awareness was truly one of a kind and we'll be missing him for a long time
Good job to focus on particular issues, when tactical giants leave a club who solved primary problems of many teams to control the transition from winning the ball to dominate in the opposition half also without exposing the defence in depth. Romeu is individually not agile and lacks of positioning to do the Busquets job in combination with de Jong.
You need to talk about Inter and Simone Inzaghi
They're destroying Serie A and are one of the UCL favourites to win it all
Yes please! Inzaghi is insanely underrated
also want to see this
Yes. They deserve an episode.
Simone is a hell of manager brother. That Inter isn't that good, Simone play a big role on that
@@szveszs If a lot of inter players are good right now they must thank Inzaghi.
Look at Dimarco for example.
Recent matches experimenting with Andreas Christensen have been working, the team seems balanced. Now our problem is motivation and lack of concentration, we oftenly conceed stupid goals because of players mistakes.
Players don't run like every single team does. They walk like we start every game winning 10-0
You always give me better understanding to football and I really how you display them.
I just wished you will do it more frequently.. especially giving up post match analysis on big matches in the top 5 league
execellent videos, editing and information. great channel
Interesting video. Pointing out correct issues in Barcelona system and where they need to improve.
A tactician like Nagelsmann is required bcs he’s a very unpredictable coach who adapts his style of play against every opponent unlike Xavi and even Flick.
Edit: Watch The Purist Football's video on him and Flick
so why did he lost his job in Bayern?
@@pabloherrera8964 because the Bayern owners are stupid and sacked him for dumb reasons
@@Owen-Kylethis is somekind of disease in modern football..
The best coach for Barca is Xavi, no one understands the blaugrana philosophy like him, really hope he will stay in the next season
@@richardvolkov4867 ur asking for us to lose 😭
Impressive as usual , each time you're just being better than before
Great Analysis Dude. 💯
I've always wondered how a high D-Line WM style formation could be beaten. This video gives great insight.
Great work, mate 😎👍⚽
Top class analysis
Always accurate. Can you make a video about Roma of De Rossi, compared to Mourinho style?
This isn't as accurate as you think it is
nice to see you again man
Good video 👌
One player we miss is Gavi busquets would one day have to go we need to focus on the future. Props to Xavi for bringing Christensen into that position not to control possesion but just to protect the defense but is that enough I think know we need Gavi back
Great video mate… can you make a video about Alonso at leverkusen
Good news he already made one
Excellent video & analysis. Im a cule & I agree with you 100% on this not so much the player but the role in the overall system. Like all systems in the world there is always a cog at the heart & in ours is the no. 6 position. If look through our history & our most successful period during & after Cruijff you will notice something. We have always had a homegrown hand crafted person in that postion from Pep to Xavi & Busquests. Other players have been relatively successful like Thiago Motta, Cocu. So as I've always maintained throughout our successful periods under Pep & Lucho it wasn't Messi or Xavi or Iniesta that made us great, they made the difference don't get me wrong but the environment for them to thrive was created by the no. 6 just ask them all. So Busquests then mastered the position which is rare & then lasted so long. Now Xavi comes & wants to play the system he loves & knows very well but reaslises it wont work without the number 6 but also some players just didn't understand the basics of positional play. So whoever the coach if you want to play the Barça way you need a no. 6 from La Masia trained on the position. Busquests leaving or aging was catastrophic because 1 we have no replacement for the position nor do we have 1 for the player himself. Hence Deco was saying the "Model" is broken. It is cause its main requirement does not exist at the moment.
Congratulations! Could you please name the programming that you use to move the players on the field? Thanks a lot
Please make a videos on Inzaghi’s Inter Milan and his tactics. Inter is killing this season in both Serie A and UCL
Not UCL
Can you make a video on which manager would best fit barcelona tactically?I would love to know your perspective❤
That's the equivalent of buying tires then trying to find the car to fit them
Can you please make video about Christensen, i feel him playing as a cdm for the past weeks has helped Barcelona a lot.
I have said this for a long time: Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Suarez and the like are superstars, but only because they get the highlights. CDMs and Full-backs are the real stars of football teams because of all the work they do to allow them to do the shining. Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Alonso, Xavi, Busquets (Barcelona's domination is more due to Xavi and Busquets than Messi) ... it took the footballing world 15 years to realize the value of a Makelele-like or Keane-like anchorman. I knew it when I was a child. Insane how the media took this long to realize it.
Barce miss alba and busi and they where so effective last season but barce didn't manage to sign players who have same profile girmaldo was free and he was the nearst profile to get busi replacement wasn't easy , also some players lost thier form xavi succeeded team who has crisses hope he come back and win as coach
Alba didnt play much, ut was mostly balde
@@mpownage4806 and gues what alba was the most effective of that side also dembele was making difrence
@@omaari155 Bro gimme some of what youve been taking lmao. Alba has been ass for years. And LMAO Dembele making a differnece? You are cracking me up man
@@MrXav94 Alba was easily still one of the best left backs in the world when he left Barca.
What’s your thoughts on Ten Hag tactically on and off the ball structurally as I don’t really understand his style of play. He relys a lot on transitions which concerns me as we don’t create enough chances through build up play. I think the pressing structure is all over the place and teams find it easy to create chances against United do you know why teams find it easy to create chances?
No structure under ten hag. Doesn't help that the players under his disposal still from lvg/mourinho/ogs era and for some reason are allergic to pressing
It’s not Xavi’s fault.Individual mistakes,player injuries,and out of form players like lewa messed up our season.give Xavi another season with good signings and less injuries then see how he dominates
Can you please, make a video of the the 4-5-1 formation tactics?
Please make a video on Inter Milan's way of playing football as they've won the serie A & was the finalists of last season UCL
doing a good job
Still cant believe that there is no one in the world to carry on the role served by busquets . De jong cant be a replacement for him because de jong has his unique way
Rodri?
@@pabloherrera8964Rodri does not play like Busquet, he is short of physical strength but more agile. Busquet uses a lot of his strength to block out the press and something similar with great potential, Declan rice is the one.
The thing is we dont get a perfect replacement for his work. He could be playing in top europe for a few more years
I would give Casado a chance at the pivot role.
guy needs to hit the gym first
Are you kidding me ? This game is for the real man. Casado is a boy
Make a video about Rúben Amorim, please!
Fabulous work on .My question is who is perfect for Liverpool after Klopp.
garry neville
recently I started noticing good performance after we started seeing chirs in the midfield
I believe De Zerbi will be the best choice. He has an agressive and ofensive stile of play. And its cheaper e more easy to convince to come.
Cheaper when Barca literally has to pay to get him unlike the other choices
i think de zerbi
I think Nagelsmann
i think flick
@@k2vhal237another channel on CZcams The Purist Football has made a video on Flick's in depth tactics and at the end he points out exactly why he won't be the right choice for Barça. Nagelsmann would be the most pragmatic coach Barça could have at the moment
I had onioin-caramelized hummus for breakfast. But this video is so well organized and well informed i might find it a better part of the day than my hummus breakfast
Flick or De Zerbi, any of them for me would have my approval and my support
Marc Bernal is the best long term candidate from La Masia to replace Busi, but he is way too young and wont be first team ready for at least another 2-3 years. Pau Prim is another special talent as well who can take over that pivot role but he is not first team ready as well, the next manager though is going to have to find a way with this economic situation to find a suitable bridge option at DM. Outside of Zubimendi I dont see many players on the market that can be a suitable bridge option to hold it down until bernal/prim are ready. Christensen is the best option we have right now but he is a major press trigger. We do not have any resistance in our 2nd line and we desperately miss Gavis intensity and Busi’s ball recovering ability and saavy positioning.
Xavi should try double pivot style but in order to make it works he need to sacrifice the fullback position then change into three CB formation, with gundogan/christensen or de jong/romeu duo it will be a worth to try that
xavi tried with de jong and gundo(or gavi) as "double pivot" but it didn't work. Oriol romeu is the only true pivot in the squad.
A video on Simone Inzaghi’s tactics?
I believe that deZerbi would be the ideal name, he is a great coach to control the game and create spaces, but the ideal would be to hire a midfielder with similar characteristics to Busquets.
It's telling how everyone agrees that Busquets needs replacing, but no-one is able to suggest who would be the ideal successor, perhaps nobody is🤷♀
@@carlosbarton763like for like replacement is not needed, only Rodri is the right profile which is impossible to get. They have to get an experienced player who should be good on the ball and has defensive credibility too. Rest has to be managed, a system has to be created. Players like Busquetes are irreplaceable. The team needs to change to accommodate new players.
Can you review Inter Miami?
Please can anyone tell me how does this guy understand so many tactics I wish I was this type of guy I always watch the game but it makes me so exhausted that why can't I focus on tactics and formation
Oh man. Busquets was there in the first two years of Xavi and Barca didn't manage to go past the first round of UCL. Barca won La Liga last year because the la Liga level was really low. Most of Lewandowski's goals last year were very very similar and would usually from the wings. Now, let me tell you where the problem, cause the problem is not because Busquet is gone and that Xavi couldn't replace him, cause that is flat wrong. The problem is Xavi. Xavi uses the exact same old tactics of 2008-2012. But that period had Messi, Iniesta and Xavi in it. As a matter of fact, the last year of that period, they started to become predictable and that is why Guardiola left. And when Enrique arrived, he completely changed it with the MSN, which uses a lot more vertical plays and fast counter-attacks. Fast forward to now and Xavi failed to adapt to the new world order. He spent too much time in Qatar and failed to evolve. Guardiola evolved, Bayern Munich evolved with Flick and Nagelsmann. Xavi made two crucial mistakes. One, she should have left Qatar and coached FCB B team to gain experience. Second, with his lack of experience, he should have brought very experienced assistants. Instead, he brought in his brother, with very similar philosophy as his. When Phil Jackson took over the Bulls in the 80's, he brought in a very experienced assistant in Tex Winter. Xavi was doomed before he even began. Lastly, Xavi only saw one type of football throughout his entire career, that is why it was crucial that he gained experience before taking such a job at FCB. Now look at Xabi Alonso and successful he is. He saw different kinds of football throughout his career and he also went step by step by coaching Real Sociedad B team first.
We went out of the UCL with Busquets of course, but those two seasons we were missing a proper RB, and had MASSIVE injuries especially in 22/23. We miss Busquets and have no 6, it’s CLEARLY a problem. I will agree with you that Xavi has no backup plan to his current tactical setup, a consequence of being a young coach thrust into the spotlight imo. He also does himself no favors with his equally as inexperienced coaching staff. However, I disagree that he’s trying to copy Pep’s Barca; that’s not true. There are big differences, I’d watch the Purist’s videos as he explains them pretty well.
@@caflorero Maybe I was misunderstood, but he is using the same philosophy and tactics as Pep. Xavi himself said it: the Barca DNA!!! Obviously, he can't copy it, cause Pep had Messi, Iniesta and Xavi that would dance around the whole defense with their intricate movement and passing plays and Messi and Iniesta's dribbling skills. Also, they had Pedro Rodriguez and Dani Alves, whose work rate were just phenomenal. And that is the problem. He should have adapted with the team at hand and not trying to stick with this Barca DNA thing. As a matter of fact, FCB has one of the most possession play in the back, but fail to progress, due to a lack of verticality. Pep learned a lot and adapted it when he arrived at Man City by having a lot more vertical play, which is achieved with the likes of De Bruyne, Gundogan and Haland, last year. Now, with guys like Alvarez in the mix too. Flick adapted Pep's tactics when he arrived at Bayern (after Pep's departure), by including the TIKI TAKA style together with the gegenpressing style and the result is UCL title and one of the most entertaining football of the last 10 years. I think Xavi can be a great coach, but he needs to really take a year off to recharge and maybe watch a lot of European football. Then come back with a different coaching staff and a team in the mid table.
What is it with players like Busquets and Rodri that makes them particularly difficult to replace? To what extent do players need to develop into this role?
Nice beard bro
Hello,
please whate application you use for the board tactic?
He uses Da Vinci Resolve for the graphics iirc
@@d0ugThanks bro
Does anyone know what program he uses for the analysis?
Christensen is currently playing in the same role as busquets in Xavi’s Barca as a Pivot in the midfield, his passing, game iq and defending could make him the most suitable replacement for Busquets
I would like to see a video on how after the departure of Michael Carrick from Man Utd they haven't found a replacement yet.
Everything u said all leads to tactics, i still believe a great coach can restore us
The problem is not in the coach it's in the profile of the players in the midfield we need to buy a player like Busquets the new coach can not do anything with midfield that can't defend
He doesn't need to try recreating the past, needs to adapt to the personnel available. This over dependence on wingers who don't cross the ball to a striker who does best with aerial service is counterproductive
Since Xavi moved Christensen to the pivot position we are playing better, I think he is the key.
Ofc he can't wear Busquets' shoes, but his defensive abilities + De Jong's skills with the ball can
Thiago Motta to take over Barca should be the reasonable move.
i like him a lot but idk if is Barça DNA
@@nahum8240 Barca dna is nothing but a manager who plays total/positional football.
In that case, any manager who does it - pep, tuchel, klopp, ten hag, de zerbi, motta, nagelsmann, flick, etc works.
97% of fans dont understand that barcelona never played "tiki taka" in their history ever.
Tiki taka is not real. It was a term used by a commentator.
It's not actually what Pep would call it.
@@wallahhabibiiiii know what is all about in this Barça old debate , i really like Flick but seems too vertical for what i understand about we play, idk if De Zerbi woul fit better, i need to make my reflexion
Can we pls get new manager ideas for Chelsea
I know I sound crazy but hear me out. The only managers that can work with what they have is either Sean Dyche or Arsene Wenger (coming out of retirement of course).
Now culers would have realized why he always played busquets!!! He was irreplaceable
Gavi's injury was a tragedy, not only because of the impact that it had for barcelona, but because he is one of the best future prospects in the world, and most players never fully recover after an injury this serious. I hope he manages to pull through and keep his extremely high level once he's back.
Gavi is recovering very well according to reports, he will come back even stronger he has the mentality required to do it 🔥
The same will happen with RM once Kroos retires...some people rate Modric ahead of toni and I don't disagree..but IMO it'll be a lot easier to replace Modric than Kroos. Casemiro might have been better defensively but toni controls the game like none other
They could have bought Brozovic from Inter last year and solved the playmaker/defensive midfielder problem. But Xavi also need a better tactician for the defensive phase.
Because either barca defenders are overrated (i don't think so) or something doesn't work as intended, since too many times it seemed too easy to score againts them.
When Gavi was successfully implemented in defensive midfield, the defensive problem seemed to be solved, but unfortunately he suffered a serious injury shortly afterwards. "The heart of the team" (Xavi) was lost. As a result, Barca's game not only suffers from a missing pivot, but also from a dangerous left winger.
Thanks for the great video!
Graham potter a choice for them😮
Declan rice have great potential to replace Sergio Busquet in Barcelona, young and have most similar attributes that can be trained to be like him. Need to acquire him early to accustomed to the Barcelona or Busquet way of playing. I have tried to research over the years to find a replacement and I see Declan rice is the closest we can get, just a pity it could cost more than a 100mil which could prove too costly at our current situation
Rice isn't going nowhere. Atm Arsenal is one of the most dangerous clubs in the world. Declan won't go anywhere, he loves London.
Nagelsman.
He literally was recorded taking about how important is to start planning tactics with THE PLAYERS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE.
Barca has no money so being flexible to plan to maximize existing profiles, NOT DEMAND explicit players for your imaginary perfect tactics is a must.
I just don't see flick doing that. He is to similar to Xavi basically.
De zerbimaybe great, BUT his record is rn about making rigid templates for Medicare players.
Should de zerbi be chosen? I honestly am not sure...if he can be flexible to accommodate more freedom to players AND still be successful?
I think they also miss an accurate passer like Xavi himself in the ground.
Why does the title say "couldn't fix", he's still there
It was evident the CDM was going to be a problem. It's not just how good Busquets was. He was slow and old when he left. Still good, but not in his prime. It's the fact they chose not to spend on a replacement. I know momey is tight, but they did bring players for many other positions. Romeu was evidently not good enough. He was brought because he was cheap and had played for Barca before, but he was never an elite player. However, en elite CDM could have cost above USD 100 mil. Enzo Fernandez, Caicedo, Rice, all went for those values. The problem now is that Barca will need a striker in the next window, as Lewandowski will not last much more. And Barca will have to choose between going all in a striker or a CDM. Leverkusen's Palacio will probably go for far less than USD 100 ml.
Been saying this since the beginning of the season. Unfortunately most funs have 0 football knowledge and blame it all on Xavi.
Ruben Amorim next??
Roberto de zibery or Tiago mota
You forget that before Bousquet Xavi himself was playing there. Xavi and Iniesta made everything seem easy.
I think Klopp might be the best solution with our current players and financial situation
What Xavi was able to achieve within just half a season in 2021-22 season with Barca going 8th to 2nd in laliga and even beating Madrid 4-0 can't be achieved that easily, Lewandowski only and only worked when dembele and alba were on the wings serving him putting in good balls, dribbling in the box pulling away from Lewandowski.
this season girona is playing better than barcelona. In 2021-22 koeman had a very bad team (umtiti mingueza luuk braitwhaite alves puig), now gundo kounde lewandowsky cancelo.
“If you watch the game you do not see Busquets, but if you watch Busquets you see the whole game.” -Vicente Del Bosque
The problem is that Xavi is too prideful to accept his own mistakes. Of course, he could do much more with Busquets and Alba on the pitch, but he played with them for years and knew exactly where they excel at. After all his mates left, he struggles to bring the best out of all players. The pressing also seems to be all over place, sometimes i feel like the only point in pressing is to catch the team while the ball is at defense, if they play through our (very un organised press) we have no idea what to do.
Also all the better games with higher scores come from adding more vertical play to our game, in which Ferran, Roque and Raphinia can excel, yet we dump this idea and only focus on possesion most of the time, possesion that is slow, and has no meaning behind it.
Also we need to have a proper ballwiner as CDM, or re-organise pressing and tactic to the likes of De Jong, Fermin, Gavi (when he comes back) etc. Girona played for half a season without a proper ballwiner, and they were amazing, so it is possible to do, you just need to know what to do, and that's where Xavi's big problem lies. He should've been assistent first, or coach some lower clubs before to try out different ideas.
This is what I'm talking about, the absence of Busquets exposes barca. Remedy for it is to switch to double pivot or opt for stronger defence
This is basically what is going on at Chelsea, minus the goal scoring number nine...
I will be hated for this but I will say it. Busquets role could be replicated by Pedri and Pedri could do better due his level of discipline because role discipline is one of the strength qualities of busi.. obviously dejong and ilkay g can take on the advance role 8 n 10 which they are both better and more matured than Pedri there but Pedri do have what they no longer have, positional discipline and barley lose de ball. As for Gavi his strength can't be wasted at the defensive mdfl role.. what do I mean by role/positional discipline? The ability to remain at your role, never to be caught off position and don't lose the ball at your position too and this are all the things that made busi
This make me feel the system just doesn't suit the player at hand.
Whoever manages Barca now is just keeping the seat warm for when Busquets wants it.
in my opinion the day paulinho left barcelona it all went downhill. they expected more but didn’t give enough time
There is player that could replace Busquets - his name is Mats Wieffer and he play for Feyenoord. Amazing player.
De zerbi
Barca midfielder rarely shoot outside the box so it’s pretty easy to defend against them.
All the kids wanna be Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, mbappe but no one wants to be a Sergio 😞
It's funnily crazy how lightly PPL say "second season" for a new coach and a club In ruin ☠️
Play dejong in the position of busquets. Xavi knows this but the Gavi and Pedri injuries didn't allow him to do that consistently...
De jong is a terrible dm
De Zerbi should replace Xavi. If you were the Barca manager how would you adjust the team, Football Meta?
I actually like Xavi and I don’t think anyone but Guardiola could do a better job given the situation.
We should first buy aDM then think about the coach
Without a DM the new coach can't do anything
Or maybe get a coach and get the dm the coach wants.
Because that grasscutter is way too inexperienced, no world-class managers are over-dependent on one specific type of player at specific position just to make their system works properly and well-balanced in defence and attacks
Either sack that grasscutter or the sporting director
#1 In hindsight, Xavi's issue was that his game became predictable and #2 Further hindsight would be to say that Busquets was the hidden GOAT
Does Xavi need to be replaced no. I still believe he is the best Barca can afford right now. He just needs to know how to rest his key players better especially lewy and gundo they are fckn old dont kill them. prepare for every match the way he prepares for big games There is a reason Guardiola is cruising the Premier League he treats every opponent as a worth opoosition the only time Xavi adjusts his setup is in the big games that needs to change
Busquets HYPER FORTUNATE not to see RED vs LA Galaxy on Sunday 🙄
Considering the financial trouble Barca is in they need a manager who is used to maximising results with cash-strapped clubs. That's right, Barca's best bet is Sean Dyche!