Said last year that wed seen the best of him and its downhill from here on in, got slaughtered for it. We 'll never see peak Messi again, penalties and free kicks will keep padding his numbers up but hes a shadow of his unplayable best.
obviously we won't see his peak again but i think it's a bit unfair to point as if he is the problem of Barcelona.
It's just bad board management imo, terrible selections of big money transfers that don't suit how they play.
Pique, Busquets, Rakitic all have been showing decline signs last few years yet they kept buying likes of Dembele, Griezmann, Coutinho without having no idea how they will suit their style and tactics. Lenglet, Roberto, Vidal all far from Barcelona quality and Fati is just a kid who needs a few years before expecting things.
They were still doing ok this year until the pandemic break, they were leading La Liga comfortably and still in the CL. I don't know why that break hurt them a lot but looks like helped Real Madrid.
