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From Pep Guardiola to Sergio Busquets and beyond, I explore the evolution of this unique position. And why the next-in-line could define a generation.
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Sections:
0:00 Cruyff’s vision
0:56 The Guardiola paradox
2:28 Finding the heir
3:13 The genius of Busquets
6:52 More than a position
8:19 Who will define the Xavi era?
10:08 Training in Virtual Reality
10:36 Thank you 🙂
25 Comments
One of the best video i have seen.
They already have their number 6 at their squad. Frenkie can show us now his true capabilities on his favorite position, like he did in his time at Ajax
Busi🥺🫶🏻
They got Gundogan which I think is a decent replacement.
Us Cules are f**ked ,aren't we?
Can't wait for Busquets to become a world-class manager.
We literally have a teen in our neighbourhood team who plays like this, absolute treat to watch and play with, what I found is that it’s just natural and beautiful.❤
in the last 5 years, european football has seen a large shift towards double pivots. Barcelona are among a small group of elite clubs that have not given in to that idea, but it may be time for that to change. I really believe that frenkie alongside some other elite pivot could define barcelona's philosophy for the next decade if xavi gets it right.
I wish Barca could scout Frederico Rodondo, he is the son of former real Madrid legend Fernando Rodondo
Such a good video!
Well, you just scared every single fan…
Defensive holding midfielders are always the most underrated players. Scholes, Carrick, Hargreaves, Pirlo, Verratti, Xavi, Busquets, Seedorf, Guardiola, Kroos, Casemiro, Veron, Jorginho, Brozovic, Kovacic, Beckham (Real Madrid), Modric, Rakitic, Hamann, Berger, Nedved, Davids…
Great, great analysis ……
U the best Bru…..
some of us call this "philosophy" common sense
The simplicity through which u explain things🔥, u r the best ngl
Rodri is showing a glimpse of it and we're seeing how it makes City a difficult team to beat. Barca should get someone that will finally be able to let Frankie lose in attack. I really think Barca future depends n how well Xavi adapts to challenges and how he gets the best out of Frankie .
Guardiola was a mediocre player
I would've been interested to see what Nico Gonzalez could do in the 'Busquets role', he came into the first team 2 seasons ago and looked promising, but was then loaned out to Valenica, and his stats aren't that impressive from this season (although could be that he's playing in a worse team/different system) Did anyone else think he looked promising in his Barca cameos in 21-22?
So in order for Barca to get Busquets successor, He need to be a Barcelona B coach then…
Redondo is the guy
That's exactly why Barcelona bought Gundogan. He can do the job of Sergio Busquets
That Wilhelm scream was masterfully edited 😀
The inheritor actually exists already. Just he is playing for man city atm.
to this day, I can not believe the people that compare Busi to Casemiro. Busquets is so so so much better, that is not even fair.
loving the content