Match review
Flank Dynamics in Flick’s 7–2 Thrashing of Racing
How Flick’s 6.74 xG machine turned flank overloads and box entries into a seven-goal storm.
Match review
Barça’s 4–2 win brought another decisive performance from Lamine and Raphinha. But Levante repeatedly found routes through their defensive structure, turning a three-goal deficit into a contest that Barca could have lost.
Barca Weekly
Barça’s spending limit rises to €582.8 million as Deco outlines Flick’s recruitment priorities, weighs how to reward Raphinha and moves to protect Hamza with a €150 million release clause
Barca's finances
The club has already restructured its sporting operation. Modelling revenue, squad expenditure and earnings together shows how it could remain competitive while making its debt more affordable.
The club has already restructured its sporting operation. Modelling revenue, squad expenditure and earnings together shows how it could remain competitive while making its debt more affordable.
Spending €100 million on Julián Álvarez would be defensible. Spending €100 million on anyone else on the market right now wouldn't be. Barcelona will have to wait for their hitman, and waiting is the lesson Coutinho and Griezmann should have already taught this club
The farmhouse that became the most influential idea in modern football — not because of the players it produced, but because of what it taught them to think.
Halfway through the 2024-25 La Liga campaign, we play with the data to uncover who's truly driving the Barca creative engine
In an era where midfielders are expected to be creators, destroyers, goalscorers, assist providers—Bernal represents the player who understands that sometimes the most important contribution is the one that goes unnoticed.
Barcelona’s multi-year journey from near-bankruptcy to somewhat tottering stability through “financial levers” , restructuring and a little bit of luck
Musings and analysis on Barca, sometimes on football
Beyond the 5–1 scoreline, Barcelona’s positional rotations and elite finishing proved devastating at the Camp Nou as the catalans started their Champion’s League journey this year.
Rodri and Pedri controlled possession, while Fermín López, Lamine Yamal and Raphinha converted Barcelona's territorial dominance into a five-goal win.
What is Barcas’ actual financial situation? Why Atlético refused to sell Julián? Can Gabriel Jesus rediscover his Pep years and is Hamza Abdelkarim is ready to become Barcelona’s wild card at No. 9?
Raphinha and Lamine Yamal delivered the goals, but Rayo exposed the defensive questions Hansi Flick still needs to answer.
A flag and a cancelled tribute, a draw that writes its own subplots, and a nineteen-year-old handed a shirt number that has been in a drawer since 2021
Spending €100 million on Julián Álvarez would be defensible. Spending €100 million on anyone else on the market right now wouldn't be. Barcelona will have to wait for their hitman, and waiting is the lesson Coutinho and Griezmann should have already taught this club
Can Barca beat Atleti by a a margin of 3? The internet does what the internet does. Here are 10 possible scenarios from fans across social media
Nine points clear in La Liga. A 0-2 Champions League deficit in Madrid on Tuesday. Barcelona beat Espanyol 4-1 in a derby that required more grit than the scoreline suggests
A VAR red card, a 25-yard free kick into the top corner, and a tap-in from a substitute. That is all Atlético Madrid needed to take a 2–0 first-leg lead from a match they never once controlled.
The Day the Pirate and the Pole Gave Barça the keys to the League
Barça Femení make history again — their eighth straight UWCL semi-final. Barca double down on their moneyball approach and the dysfunctional club country debate
The farmhouse that became the most influential idea in modern football — not because of the players it produced, but because of what it taught them to think.