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Sergio Busquets is retiring from football…
JJ Bull takes a look back at his career 🧠
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43 Comments
One of the greats.🐐
One of the greatest ever
So happy hes getting his flowers now hes retiring🐐🐐
I was today years old when I learned that Del Bosque didn’t actually say that 😔🥀
Finally, some recognition 🎉🎉
Pioneer
…he didn’t even have to run 🔥
He scored a goal with Barca bro I remember
Without Busquets Barcelona won't win anything. 🤷🏻♂️
Made the greatest assist of all time.
This legend deserves a long form analytical video! At least a 10-15 minute one that explains how he did things, what made him special, what made it work, etc. other than not running him playing a defensive midfielder was also so special because he wasn't strong or physical
His flair and creativity always get overlooked. Yes he wasn’t that fast or attacking but he would pull out a lot of tricks to beat the press. Roulettes, lobs, drag-backs, stepovers, many body feints. He was very skilful.
There was and will be no player like busquets
Adam Wharton pre-gen
Kind of like Carrick.
Busquets is obviously better before anyone starts crying.
Thats why its hard for me to accept rodri as ballondor winner, because we literally have the same kind player in busquet but we never give him the same flower as rodri. If rodri have one ballondor then busquet deserve one too
What about Ballon d'or winner Rodri
Which made City withou him look like they just started playing football yesterday
He was legitimately immune to the high press it was actually insane how he'd just drop the shoulder and wriggle out everytime.
It was like he legitimately had eyes on the back of his head or pre cognition and could see it all before it happened
Meh. Constant tactical fouls that weren't punished with a yellow. It's a different game if the rules were applied consistently.
In the words of my dad, "team metronome". Not the king on the field, but he is the kingsmaker.
Kinda shows how under-appreciated Frenkie De Jong is
Not much of a physical figure, but the composure? Top, top class. Glad to ever see him play
He was my fav player; when I started playing football, I wanted to be a CDM, but I was pushed forward to play as a false 9
Most over rated player of all time, more like
He was also incredible at diving. He would break up play by flopping to the floor at the slightest of touches.
So Del Bosque didn't say that 😂
Wow
Rodri>>>>
This position is too difficult
Just noticed that De Jong is also topping those charts at second when busquets is first and first when busquets is second
This dude & Seedorf, don't get the credit they deserve, they are both absolutely legendary players
These days there is one player I can think of who comes close and that is Napoli’s Stanislav Lobotka from Slovakia! Among others
The actual GOAT. Scoring goals and providing assists is fantastic and all, but to actually read and understand the game is the most difficult skill in football. You have to be constantly switched on and think multi dimensionally. And no one has done this better than Busquets.
Alonso was way better he coasted on way better players same with pique
He was also quietly an amazing dribbler.
The most overrated player of all time
biscuits, xavi and iniesta not getting a ballondor invalidated that award. its a journalist ferrero rocher
So many players are like the unknown soldiers who win the battles, but the chiefs of the Armies get the glory.
What is it with pep and developing the best defensive midfielders
To think Barca also had yaya toure and let him go and the team still became unstoppable.
I always underestimated him. Really disliked him. He seemed to play so simple and did nothing really revealing, like his teammates. Then I read that all his teammates appreciated him. And I started looking at what he did. And quickly realized: only Busquets can really do what he does. Despite people imitating and emulating. Busquets really was amazing.
A combination of creativity from deep, to calmness, to ready the game amazingly, to bring the hub which everything around rotates, he was the cogwheel that made the team work so fluently
This is the guy who could make a grown man cry 😭 Sergio Busquets
If he was that good, he'd of played where xavi did.
His highlight reels are wild now. It's crazy how visible it is when it's just him you're watching.