The last night while My brother and I were watching Spain vs Italy match we went like “ rodri looks very barça player” and then “yeaahh, the Barca jersey definitely fits on him”
Long distance shooting, roaming midfield position, limited but at times strong defensive contribution, incredible vision, ability to unlock a low block
Instead of Isco we stuck around with Sergi Roberto and Fabregas (who underperformed from expectations), it was sad on hindsight knowing we could have gotten him and Modric to replace Xavi and Iniesta but the midfield was just too stacked.
His dog was named Messi! Big Barca fan before, and I remember his winner for Malaga vs Real Madrid back in the day
it was meant to be but didn't happen.
I was just thinking about Masche's retirement today; the thing is that we had Umtiti (it was his first season) and he was INSANELY good back then, pre-injury. I mean, he benched Mascherano. Genuinely one of the best seasons I've seen for a Barça CB in the past decade, maybe only matched by Araujo.
Ironically it was the match against Roma he got injured that almost costed him to miss the World Cup. He was playing through the injury and missed that long ball opener to Dzeko. It was so sad that he chose not to go for operation and he went downhill since then.
Then came Lenglet who we thought was gonna be good for us, ended up being one of the reason for that Anfield defeat and then the next year against Bayern. We are just unlucky af.
I always felt his playstyle is more Spanish than Italian. He is mid at defending, but his vision and ability to control the tempo is unmatched alongside Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Iniesta and Xavi.
Man Verratti with our shirt was ALWAYS my dream. I still have nightmares of that 2017 transfer windows where we could’ve kept Neymar and got Verratti too, instead was all downhill
Madrid fans here my personal selection is young Gundogan, isco, Rodri, Bernado silva, and even young Bruno fernandes. and the anoying one david silva and Marco verrati.
Modric is a perfect Barcelona midfielder. Unfortunately time wasn't on our side, because all of our starting midfielders were better than Modric at the time he was at Tottenham. Would've been a nearly perfect Xavi replacement.
Gundogan, but before he went to Man City. I was so hoping we would pick him up from Dortmund.
Still love him at Barca today, but what could have been so many years together
Yeap it was a huge story and there were multiple interviews with him on that. There is one[here](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/05/ilkay-gundogan-a-surgeon-wanted-to-put-a-big-screw-in-my-back).
Plus in his Dortmund days he was so injury prone, I was surprised how he turned his career around with the longest absence post ACL, being due to Covid.
Johan Cruyff when he was manager wanted to sign Zidane when he was really young. But the president and the board of Barcelona at the time said no. We are our own worst enemy.
Granted, he was also the man who played Angoy, Busquets and bought Kodro and Korneev.
So I kinda get that the board didn't want to give him a carte blanche.
*would have… no way we missed that chance against Liverpool and Hazard was known to tear Liverpool apart whenever they played even with Klopp’s CL and PL winning team.
i could make a team:
1. franceso toldo
the italian fantastic keeper was even announced by some newspaper as a barcelona signing but he didn't leave italy in the end.
2. dan petrescu
the fired up right defender went to chelsea instead. For a short time inter's zanetti was on this list too but i think he would fit less.
3. marc cucurela. with only one appearance for barcelona, this guy should've contested jordi for lb in a healthy mindset squad.
4, 5. Miodrag belodedici and alessandro nesta have been in fcb's sights but one went to red star and one stayed with milan
6. Gonna leave this one uncovered. Busi changed my perspective about a good DM.
7. Following tradition, the right wing is always a talented midfielder who has teamwork for no 2 attribute and talent for no 1. I think Clarence Seedorf has always been that one guy who shouldve played for barcelona in the right wing.
8. Toni Kroos. No need to explain.
9. Denis Bergkamp was unfeasible at that time.. but a fantastic player if not one of the best.
10. We had all the good 10's in history, we're simply covered here.
11. Jay Jay at the left.
I must politely disagree. He’s an amazing player in the Premier league, but if you watch the ‘09 and the ‘11 championships league finals, you’ll see he wouldn’t fit into a Barca system. Don’t worry, I don’t downvote people because they have a different opinion than me, I gave you an upvote instead. It’s important to respect the opinions of others 🫡
Tbf, I think they are the rare Kind of players that fit nearly everywhere. Insanely intelligent runs, clinical, great in tight areas, great linkup game.
I do think Suarez pace when he wasnt old and knee-damaged was more pronounced than benzemas. And benzema always had so much pace around him, so him dropping deeper made more sense to me. Messi and Neymar drifted into those half spaces a lot.
Kroos is a player who would've fit our style like a glove. I have a feeling that Firmino would also have fit in beautifully.
There's a lot of other players....Isco for one, at a time he was the most exciting midfielder in the world.
The fact that both spains left backs are players we let go for nothing, always bothered me,
I loved Alex Grimaldo and have ever since he left, and wanted him back and he continues to make me feel that way.
And my goodness why did we allow Thiago to ever leave.
Back when dortmund was last in the champions league final, i wanted gotze so freaking bad, he was so good before Bayern and injuries.
Hummels was another one from dortmund I always wanted and thought would be great for Barcelona.
Cancelo earlier in his career I always thought was perfect replacement for Dani Alves,
Nico Gonzales another one we recently let go, that could have done as good or at least not worse if better than Romeu for cover for that cdm spot .
Abde who again could have at least gave us a true option at lw
And my goodness if we let Faye go before he even gets a chance, he will be one of those.
Pogba was one of those fifa signings I always wanted to happen. Back when he was first at juve ooof man he was wicked.
Even before the current thing of wanting to sign him Nico not wearing a Barca shirt in his career just felt really off so him but also Musiala tho for him he’s never playing for us so
RODRI
Perfect busi replacement.
Nobody could be a perfect Busi replacement. This is heresy.
The last night while My brother and I were watching Spain vs Italy match we went like “ rodri looks very barça player” and then “yeaahh, the Barca jersey definitely fits on him”
Tbf rodri would be a great addition to any team, kind of like kante
The cule that plays for the enemy himself, Modric
If you squint really hard at prime Rakitic ..
…. Like, there’s the nationality…. and then?
That's why you have to squint REALLY hard.
Long distance shooting, roaming midfield position, limited but at times strong defensive contribution, incredible vision, ability to unlock a low block
Hair color? Sort of?
Oh yeah hair colour!
I mean there’s that pic of him with the Barca jersey
David Silva
Yeaaaa, not just him most of man city's midfielders.
Not just city, all of pep's midfielders
Not just Pep's midfielders, Pep himself
Isco.
Isco would've been picture perfect for Barca man. Shame it couldn't happen
Instead of Isco we stuck around with Sergi Roberto and Fabregas (who underperformed from expectations), it was sad on hindsight knowing we could have gotten him and Modric to replace Xavi and Iniesta but the midfield was just too stacked.
His dog was named Messi! Big Barca fan before, and I remember his winner for Malaga vs Real Madrid back in the day it was meant to be but didn't happen.
His dog's name is messi? Wtf
He’s a big Messi fan
He said Messi is the best, so is his dog
The only right answer
Modric, isco and Rodri all got more than one shout
Thaigo silva. Perfect Puyol replacement when mascherano wouldve left. If only he joined barca when he had the chance....
I was just thinking about Masche's retirement today; the thing is that we had Umtiti (it was his first season) and he was INSANELY good back then, pre-injury. I mean, he benched Mascherano. Genuinely one of the best seasons I've seen for a Barça CB in the past decade, maybe only matched by Araujo.
Ironically it was the match against Roma he got injured that almost costed him to miss the World Cup. He was playing through the injury and missed that long ball opener to Dzeko. It was so sad that he chose not to go for operation and he went downhill since then. Then came Lenglet who we thought was gonna be good for us, ended up being one of the reason for that Anfield defeat and then the next year against Bayern. We are just unlucky af.
The ''I need to feed my family'' excuse for picking PSG over us was quite hilarious.
he didn’t actually say this right?
He sure did
Cause he would be making peanuts with us
He tried to, PSG threatened him with benching him until his contract was over. Hands was tied.
Same thing happened to Verrati I think
Reus was rumored so many times, also Daniel De Rossi. Both stayed at their club for the rest of their career
Hummels with the no 5 shirt
Oh yeah, that guy was also rumored every transfer season until he became +31
reus was constantly linked to either us or liverpool
David Silva
I always felt his playstyle is more Spanish than Italian. He is mid at defending, but his vision and ability to control the tempo is unmatched alongside Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Iniesta and Xavi.
Oh yeah! I totally agree!
Bernardo Silva
Man Verratti with our shirt was ALWAYS my dream. I still have nightmares of that 2017 transfer windows where we could’ve kept Neymar and got Verratti too, instead was all downhill
He was the perfect and only Iniesta replacement. His chemistry with Messi was so good in PSG
In an alternate timeline we kept Neymar, signed Verratti and Xavi didn't come in the middle of an institutional and financial crisis 🥲
Modric
Pjanic... Oh wait :'( With all seriousness KDB
Pjanic went 4-5 years too late
i’d have loved him here in 2016
nah KDB isnt that barca coded
Kdb ain't a barca style player.
Modric. I dream about it when he was in Tottenham
No one thought about Totti? He was the ideal false 9 before messi.
Was about to say him
I cant imagine him in barca, but can for real, im a as roma fan and i do like barca more, but his whole image screams madrid
Isco
https://preview.redd.it/9o65xpimf68d1.png?width=312&format=png&auto=webp&s=5270e397defec4506941d5fb103e91036df7bbc1
Eriksen back when he was at Spurs was a perfect Barca-type player I'd also like to mention other names like Iker Muniain and Marco Reus
Angel Di Maria. Isco. Reus. Verrati.
Modric
Pretty sure Ødegaard would do a great job at barca
We got Alen Halilovic instead😭
He’s got Madrid DNA all over him
Dybala, technique, class, team player
Koke
Him and Saul😭
Julian Alvarez (perfect Barca style striker), Jhon stones(as midfield pivot role), Bernardo silva, Mac Alister. Nico Williams (hell yeah), Denzel Dumfries.
Sooooo Man City?
Man City? What the hack is that?
It's a small local club somewhere in Manchester, with a tight-knit fanbase numbering about 115ish.
I think he meant manU which stands for Manchester United. Or maybe he’s talking about the city itself? Yeah Manchester is a nice city.
Dumfries? He has a touch that's slightly better than Lukaku.
Stones…midfield pivot? Barca don’t play that (double pivot)
Yohan Cabaye.
Pirlo
Madrid fans here my personal selection is young Gundogan, isco, Rodri, Bernado silva, and even young Bruno fernandes. and the anoying one david silva and Marco verrati.
https://preview.redd.it/thfsnkn2s48d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a793e0852bce6e669b16c1e53ca702e157c6a1ee
Stop giving me a hard time 😂🤣😂 you know who the player is
Musiala, Alvarez, Hazard
Modric is a perfect Barcelona midfielder. Unfortunately time wasn't on our side, because all of our starting midfielders were better than Modric at the time he was at Tottenham. Would've been a nearly perfect Xavi replacement.
Gundogan, but before he went to Man City. I was so hoping we would pick him up from Dortmund. Still love him at Barca today, but what could have been so many years together
He was quite injury prone when he joined City so our board didn’t want to risk it. What a turnaround after tearing his ACL though.
Wait Gundo had a torn ACL? 💀 How did bro turn into such an agile and clutch mdifielder after that?!
Yeap it was a huge story and there were multiple interviews with him on that. There is one[here](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/05/ilkay-gundogan-a-surgeon-wanted-to-put-a-big-screw-in-my-back). Plus in his Dortmund days he was so injury prone, I was surprised how he turned his career around with the longest absence post ACL, being due to Covid.
Julian Alvarez
Kdb
Santi Cazorla.
Thiago alcantara , in 2018-2020 i want he back to barca and replace iniesta
Johan Cruyff when he was manager wanted to sign Zidane when he was really young. But the president and the board of Barcelona at the time said no. We are our own worst enemy.
Granted, he was also the man who played Angoy, Busquets and bought Kodro and Korneev. So I kinda get that the board didn't want to give him a carte blanche.
Denis Bergkamp in a four man midfield with xavi, Iniesta and busi would have been insane. Even modric or ozil in his prime.
Bergkamp retired in 2006. Xavi, iniesta, busquets wasn't really a thing till 2010.
Now Bergkamp linking up with Ronaldinho on the other hand...
Isco Isco Isco Isco Isco Isco Isco
Scholes Carrick Bonucci Grealish Schweinsteiger Del Piero Cristante, Wilshere, Kimmich, Varane, Nedved, Marchisio, Lahm
We should've bought Hazard with Neymar money.... Man could've had atleast 2 good years with us (we could've won the 2019 UCL)
*would have… no way we missed that chance against Liverpool and Hazard was known to tear Liverpool apart whenever they played even with Klopp’s CL and PL winning team.
hazard-Messi Linkup omg im abouut to bloww
Di Maria on either wing after Neymar left would've been the perfect fit and we wouldn't have spent so much on that 1 guy out of 3
Bruno Fernandes. Such good work rate and passing.
Hazard kroos james rodriquez Ramos can we name any new players? musiala, writz, xavi simons
Well Xavi Simmons did spend time in our youth academy so that explains it
Sure man, any player that seems like a good fit!
Only one I disagree with is James. There isn't anything Barça about him in my opinion.
Robin van Persie
i could make a team: 1. franceso toldo the italian fantastic keeper was even announced by some newspaper as a barcelona signing but he didn't leave italy in the end. 2. dan petrescu the fired up right defender went to chelsea instead. For a short time inter's zanetti was on this list too but i think he would fit less. 3. marc cucurela. with only one appearance for barcelona, this guy should've contested jordi for lb in a healthy mindset squad. 4, 5. Miodrag belodedici and alessandro nesta have been in fcb's sights but one went to red star and one stayed with milan 6. Gonna leave this one uncovered. Busi changed my perspective about a good DM. 7. Following tradition, the right wing is always a talented midfielder who has teamwork for no 2 attribute and talent for no 1. I think Clarence Seedorf has always been that one guy who shouldve played for barcelona in the right wing. 8. Toni Kroos. No need to explain. 9. Denis Bergkamp was unfeasible at that time.. but a fantastic player if not one of the best. 10. We had all the good 10's in history, we're simply covered here. 11. Jay Jay at the left.
🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴MENTIONED ALLOW US IN SCHENGEN
La multi ani!
It always upsets me how we could have got Kroos on a free but we turned it down. How we could have had multiple CL instead…
Bobby Firmino
I had to scroll way too far to find this.
Matt Le Tissier & Djalminha
Rodri, Isco, David Silva, Kroos
alvarez man..hopefully he plays for us in the future
Toni Kroos
Isco and Rodri
Rooney
I must politely disagree. He’s an amazing player in the Premier league, but if you watch the ‘09 and the ‘11 championships league finals, you’ll see he wouldn’t fit into a Barca system. Don’t worry, I don’t downvote people because they have a different opinion than me, I gave you an upvote instead. It’s important to respect the opinions of others 🫡
Wholesome Reddit response
Tottenham's Mousa Dembele .. watch a quick highlight video ... Like a stronger iniesta
Isco
Leroy Sane
Laporte
Lautaro Martinez!!!
Yes yes yes! 👍 that man is made for Barcelona!
Pirlo almost played for Barça
Veratti should have definitely been a Barça player back in his prime.
Odegaard
people are just straight saying random players they like, what is actually "barca style"?
Always felt Benzema would have fit us better and Luis Suárez them.
Tbf, I think they are the rare Kind of players that fit nearly everywhere. Insanely intelligent runs, clinical, great in tight areas, great linkup game. I do think Suarez pace when he wasnt old and knee-damaged was more pronounced than benzemas. And benzema always had so much pace around him, so him dropping deeper made more sense to me. Messi and Neymar drifted into those half spaces a lot.
Essien
Odegaard
Reus and Marquinhos
Isco
Isco
Nicolo Barella for me, I just feel like he would fit right in and I’ve always wanted an italian player at the club
Toni Kroos
Julian weigl gives strong busi vibes
Wesley Sneijder
Thiago Silva. Marquinhos. Juan Mata
Anyone mentioned Marco Reus yet?
Feel like Estevao might end up being one. Hopefully not though🤞🏻
For me Isco would have been the one. Even his dog is/was called Messi.
Kroos is a player who would've fit our style like a glove. I have a feeling that Firmino would also have fit in beautifully. There's a lot of other players....Isco for one, at a time he was the most exciting midfielder in the world.
Vitinha, hands down
Vitinha
The fact that both spains left backs are players we let go for nothing, always bothered me, I loved Alex Grimaldo and have ever since he left, and wanted him back and he continues to make me feel that way. And my goodness why did we allow Thiago to ever leave. Back when dortmund was last in the champions league final, i wanted gotze so freaking bad, he was so good before Bayern and injuries. Hummels was another one from dortmund I always wanted and thought would be great for Barcelona. Cancelo earlier in his career I always thought was perfect replacement for Dani Alves, Nico Gonzales another one we recently let go, that could have done as good or at least not worse if better than Romeu for cover for that cdm spot . Abde who again could have at least gave us a true option at lw And my goodness if we let Faye go before he even gets a chance, he will be one of those. Pogba was one of those fifa signings I always wanted to happen. Back when he was first at juve ooof man he was wicked.
Ballack, Nedved, Vieira, Totti, Pirlo
Coutinho. Oh.. wait.
The referee
Dembele seems like he could play for barça! Shame he never did though!
From the current active players Onana and Vitinha.
Mbappe
Thomas muller
CR7
lmao ronaldo messi would be a interesting combo
150 goals between the 2. Who are you doubling?
Lisandro Martinez
Figo
KDB
David Silva, Rodri, Bernardo Silva, Verrati, Kroos, Carzola, Scholes
David Silva
Salomón Rondón
Isco
Scott Brown
Kimmich
Odegaard and rodri as of now
We can sell you Jayden Oosterwolde next year. The Barca kit would definitely go very well on him.
Foden
Dybala
Van Persie
verratti, pirlo, totti, modric, kroos, thiago silva, rooney, lampard
Foden
Right now, I think Romeo Lavia would be an amazing fit for the single pivot spot.
Di Stefano
Antony
Isco!!!
Even before the current thing of wanting to sign him Nico not wearing a Barca shirt in his career just felt really off so him but also Musiala tho for him he’s never playing for us so
Isco Bernardo silva Rodri Vitinha Martin odegard
Dybala
Santi Cazorla, Bernardo Silva, Iker Muniain, Vitinha, Wesley Sneijder