[BaggieSteve]

https://theathletic.com/news/barcelona-w...-west-brom-

https://www.westbromnews.co.uk/2021/11/0...d-louie-ba

Nothing for Barry.

And while the system stinks, this one is down to our incompetence


DD   

No I disagree, if Barcelona take one of our kids and sell him a few weeks later the least they could do is give us a bit. The game is corrupt. Nothing unusual we get a rubbish price for Pereira with a nice day cheque in a brown envelope for China, Hegazi is sold on the cheap and then refuse to pay anyway. Our kids waltz off to the seal sanctuary. It's just dog eat dog. A sad world football has turned into.
No wonder so many people have fallen out of love with the game.

But the trouble is, DD, that Barcelona don't have to, there is no requirement to do so. Morally, well maybe but when did morals ever enter the game in recent years. I totally agree with your view of corruption, as I said I think the system and the game stinks. However, as poor as Barcelona's behaviour has been, we can't escape the fact that we screwed this up. If we had properly managed the administration of his contract, Barcelona would have been forced to pay up. For me. the issue is not the lost revenue - its pretty small beer ( I think Hegazi's is likely to be more significant) - but rather its the fact that the whole process/system/regulations governing the departure of very young players from the clubs that have developed and nurtured them is totally skewed towards those clubs with money, influence and power. Let's face it, in the overall grand scheme, we don't really count.