Third Man Run

1/6 🧵 In January 2015, before the game against Real Sociedad, there was reportedly a major rift between Luis Enrique and Lionel Messi. Things were so tense that the entire project looked close to collapsing 👀

@FabrizioRomano @Urska77117469 Vini

🚨🏆 Rodri: “I’d definitely swap my Ballon d’Or with the World Cup and the second star!”.

@RafaelH117 He was clearly a Perez mole

Florentino Perez and Bartomeu have business ventures together, now this is new information.

After going trophyless, if instead of building their own squad Barça ever team up with their rivals just to ruin another rival’s transfer plans, that will be the final day I support Barcelona.

Biggest fools made in all this are the Real Madrid fans and socios They were sold dreams of Olise, Vitinha, João Neves… and in the end their club teamed up with their rival just to get the bid rejected in few seconds 🌚

All this nonsense will surely get into Álvarez’s head Wouldn’t be surprised if it affects his World Cup performances.

I just hope we don’t see the Mourinho obsession gimmick anymore Today pretty much proved who is actually obsessed 🌚

“We'll help you win the elections.” “Okay.” “You help us keep Julián Álvarez.” “Deal.” “Barça are becoming too strong in the league. We may be local rivals, but let's join hands.” 🤣

@SpidyAtletico Well only dumb people like you can think this way Atletico took weeks to reject Barcelona’s offer but immediately rejected Real Madrid’s offer Just shows how jealous both Madrid clubs are that they had to team up to stop Barcelona from signing a player. Good for you guyz 🌚

✅🪙 Pues ambos han actuado como caras opuestas de una misma moneda. Aquí el Real Madrid ha actuado con mucho mas señorío que el Barcelona, por mucho que me duela reconocerlo. No han inventado noticias, no han faltado el respeto, no han creado un circo mediático. Oferta de 150M€ por Julián que el Atleti rechaza. Fin de la historia. En cambio los culés siguen creando un mundo utópico, inventándose noticias inexistentes, y queriendo pagar un jugador con golosinas. Ahora se entiende más los tuits del Atleti, o al menos los culés deberían.

@ReshadRahman Honestly, if Álvarez doesn’t go public and push for the move, Barça should just move on and target someone else 👀

What should Barcelona do? 🇦🇷☎️

“Club Atlético de Madrid has thanked the offer made and has REJECTED it, referring to the player’s release clause.” That statement alone is enough to prove that two scared rival clubs have teamed up just to stop Barça 🌚

@vanemrys15 That depends on whether we sign a striker this summer or what options are available next season

@ThirdManRunz After this season Barcelona is not going back to Alvarez

Atletico Madrid and Napoli are the most difficult clubs to buy good players from. If Álvarez doesn’t cause chaos or push for a move, it shows he’s not ready. There’s no way Atletico will sell you easily if you’re acting like a nice guy. It’s better for Deco to start working on alternatives now because this Álvarez deal can’t happen if he doesn’t push for a move.

@_CFCWhizz You forgot to compare Golden Boots, La Ligas, Copa del Reys, Spanish Super Cups, World Cup Golden Balls and many more😭 Also, mind you, the UCL difference is 1 — not 2 🌚 Why do Ronaldo fans always have to post fake quotes and misleading stats to justify their poor idol?

🚨 For Cristiano Ronaldo to equal Messi's achievements, He needs: • 1 World Cup • 3 Ballon D'or Award • 2 French League titles and • 1 Human Hormone. 🚨 But For Lionel Messi to equal Ronaldo's achievements, He needs: • 3 Premier League titles • 2 Champions League titles • 1 Puskas Award • 2 FA Cup • 2 English Super Cup • 2 Italian League titles • 2 Italian Cup • 1 Club World Cup • 6 Globe Soccer Award • 1 UCL All Time scorer Award • 1 Diamond YouTube play button. Any disrespect to Cristiano Ronaldo from all Messi fans will not be tolerated anymore... 🤔

If we really miss out on Álvarez, then I’d want Barça to go for Lautaro 👀

If Real Madrid really try to sign Álvarez 👀 Should we then expect them to sell Vinicius? Because there’s no way you can fit Mbappé, Vini and Álvarez together while still having no proper right-wing option 🤔

If Real Madrid actually bid for Álvarez 👀 What would Atlético’s reaction be? Same energy they showed towards Barça, or would they quietly accept it?

@johnnycortes Now suddenly him and his fans want to win it, and consider as if football somehow owes it to him

We still haven't criticized that man child enough for calling this level of greatness "just a 7-game competition".

@NealGardner_ I feel Pérez will win of course, but it might end up being a much narrower victory than people expect 👀

There’s no way this is true, but anything other than Perez sweeping it by a 70%+ margin would feel like a bit of a lose for him imo.

@anishmoonka Spot on🎯

In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage. Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country. His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing. Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost. A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.

3/3 However, Atlético staying firm on Álvarez seems to have complicated things. Now it feels like Barça may first need to sell players before returning for him — especially if they believe the final price could be higher than what they initially expected. 👀🔵🔴

2/3 The idea then may have been to secure Álvarez quickly and use the remaining budget + player sales to reinforce other areas of the squad. A pretty aggressive but logical transfer strategy if everything went according to plan. 💰

1/3 I feel like Barcelona’s initial plan was to sign Bastoni and Álvarez first, then strengthen other positions depending on player sales But things may have changed once Flick pushed for an attacker over a defender That possibly shifted the focus from Bastoni to Gordon 🔄