“Something is wrong here. In Spain, our clubs are associations. We have elections. The new [UEFA] rules have to keep in mind there are two different types of clubs – associations and companies.”

Singling out the Abrahamovic-financed Chelsea ‘company’ as a prime example, Rosell said the Russian billionaire “can decide to put €1,000, €2,000, €5,000 million into Chelsea, but that’s not fair to Barcelona and Real Madrid that can’t increase their capital whenever they want.”

Asked then if he’s also against investments from the oil-rich region, Rosell said: “It’s more than welcome, so long as the owners and sponsors know the rules and limitations of European football.”

“Someone buying a club and putting a lot of their own money in before leaving after just a few years won’t help football. It will harm it.”

Obviously aware the argument will be rendered void if the said investment is for the long run, Rosell further added, “If an owner spends without limit over five to ten years then they will become the best club in the world. But by this happening what happens to the other clubs? They feel pressure to keep level and increase their expenses.”

“I say ‘yes’ to Middle Eastern investment, but with transparent rules not to put pressure on the other clubs. With investors who have long-term not short-term plans. We welcome it provided it follows the rules of UEFA.”

“I’ve always wondered why, when an agent is representing a player, and has negotiated a contract on his behalf, that it is the club that has to pay the agent fees?” asked Rosell at a conference on football being held in Dubai on Wednesday.

“He is defending the other side, and what he wants is for the other party to get as much as possible, [and yet] in the end it is you [the club] that has to pay the agent’s commission? That does not make sense. It’s something that I would ask UEFA to change in its regulations.”

sandro rosell


Traveling together. All together and with the ball. This is one of the founding criteria of position play that Barça practices. The team travels together, as if it was a team of mountain climbers all subject to the same rope, taking positions in a gradual and relatively slow and quiet manner. If one of the travelers is not in his position, he simply returns back and starts the journey again. From the base camp to the peak of the mountain, climbing all via the same cord.

The ball is one more traveling on this trip and the idea of the mountain climbers already told us that it is not possible to disband the team, and at the end, No one is droppable during the advance from the base camp. From there, we can see many actions that seem to be incomprehensible to uncultured eyes or that may even move to the mockeryof those who don’t reach the level of understanding to this seemingly ‘complicated yet simple’ style of play.

marti perarnau


zabavno kako uvik kad se neki mudroseri nađu rugat tvrdnjama o barcinoj revoluciji igre i pepu nađe neko puno pametniji pa stvari stavi na svoje misto.