€120m or whatever it was, Barcelona didn't need Griezmann while they had Messi and Suarez. Barca are woefully thin in midfield and defense. Humiliated by Bayern tonight. They absolutely needed to spend the Griezmann money wiser than adding to the attack.

Is there a worse top club deal - considering the squad and circumstances and price - than Barca signing Griezmann?

Barca signing Coutinho

Barca signing Dembele

I said it when they signed him and I'll say it again. It was a move destined to flop because the dynamics made no sense. Messi needs a runner on the left not a ball-player. Coutinho is quicker and is actually right footed and he also struggled on the left. Instead they decided to get a slower, left footed player who can't dribble and who is most comfortable playing in Messi's position.

These slow SS like Griezmann, Dybala, Felix and even Muller need to play behind or beside the striker. Anywhere else and they become way less effective.

Ultimately the blame comes down to the board and the technical department who couldn't realize that.

Barca signing Coutinho for 150m then loaning Coutinho to Bayern, only for him to bag a brace against Barca.

rincon wrote:Barca signing Coutinho for 150m then loaning Coutinho to Bayern, only for him to bag a brace against Barca.

I'm going to maintain that Coutinho is actually a good player who can play in positions that Barca need a bit of skill in. Griezmann, doesn't make any sense on paper, on pitch, on anything.

It all started with Fabregas. Barça has a hard-on for signing players that are not needed or require a complete system overhaul in order to accommodate.

Atleti spent over half the Griezmann money in a player that played 27 matches and scored 0 goals. So there is that.

Griezmann might come good when Vampiressi leaves the club

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Atleti spent over half the Griezmann money in a player that played 27 matches and scored 0 goals. So there is that.

Griezmann might come good when Vampiressi leaves the club

Lemar actually joined a season before Griezmann got sold, that money was used on Felix who is pretty good and will get even better.

But yeah, Lemar is a good answer to this thread.

Pepe to Arsenal didn't seem like a good piece of business to me.

Coutinho was a worse deal than Griezmann

Vampiressi is actually what prevents FC Barcelona's standards from collapsing because of their numerous poor transfers, without him they'd be in deep shit Griezmann or not

Worst piece of business ever made is Torres to Chelsea, he lost his football for a while

Where do we begin

barca signing Dembele
Barca signing Coutinho
Barca signing De Jong
Atleti signing Joao Felix
R. Madrid signing Bale

Griezmann was never the good fit signing for us, but I wouldnt disagree with it since hes a great player, and I guess it happened during a time when we demanded Suarez replacement and eventually Messi, which means Griezmann has a future definitely to be a main player for us in time if the right manager comes in with him being a center part of the team.

We all know our board is pretty bad with transfers so the price and timing was terrible yes. Hes also lost much confidence just like Coutinho did due to the same seasons of being ineffective playing out of position, etc.

120 m on Griezmann
160 m on Countinho
100 m on Dembele

quite a spectacular way to self-destruct really, thats 3x times of a mistake that could have help fix barcelona's defense and midfeld w/ 1/3 of that total cost. We live in crazy times ...

70m Martial to United
70m Di Maria to United
70m Fred to United
75m Lukaku to United

rincon wrote:Barca signing Coutinho for 150m then loaning Coutinho to Bayern, only for him to bag a brace against Barca.

Well, at least Barca and Coutinho have something in common now, namely 2 goals
The whole Barca board, I'd say. They went top heavy (380 millions) while neglecting midfield and defence. One can neglect one of them but not both. You know what's funny? If Bayern wins the CL with Coutinho on board Barca will have to pay Liverpool 5m euro.

Coutinho is the worst signing ever for the price, no doubt. Still Griezmann is a top candidate. Bizarre signings from the Barcelona board.

The Atletico board are not much better, spent 250m+ on Lemar, Costa, Felix, Morata.

urbaNRoots wrote:Coutinho is the worst signing ever for the price, no doubt. Still Griezmann is a top candidate. Bizarre signings from the Barcelona board.

The Atletico board are not much better, spent 250m+ on Lemar, Costa, Felix, Morata.

Moratower is doing his job to the best of his abilities. I wouldn't call him a fail signing.

Felix is gem !

and Morata is a big game player...

Higuain to Juve

Kaka to RM

Robinho to Man City

Lucas Hernandez to bayern

Kepa to chelseae

Babun wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:Coutinho is the worst signing ever for the price, no doubt. Still Griezmann is a top candidate. Bizarre signings from the Barcelona board.

The Atletico board are not much better, spent 250m+ on Lemar, Costa, Felix, Morata.

Moratower is doing his job to the best of his abilities. I wouldn't call him a fail signing.

Perhaps if he was signed at €25-30m, sure but at €60m it’s bad investment.

Also just to confirm why Coutinho is the worst signing ever:

Barcelona have to pay Liverpool €5m (£4.5m) if Philippe Coutinho wins the Champions League with Bayern Munich this season.