There were times when Real Madrid was in crisis. Now is the time when Barcelona is in crisis, and it seems that the crisis will gonna last for some time, but it seems that in the eyes of many players, it doesn’t matter. For them, Barcelona and Real Madrid are THE clubs. At least according to one of the most famous coaches – Pep Guardiola. Xavi to get a lifeline from his former coach: Ferran Torres is poised to join Barcelona for $62 millionThe former Barcelona player and manager was asked about an imminent transfer of Ferran Torres to the Catalonians and the Spaniard admitted that the size of La Liga clubs is usually a big part of any player’s wishes when it comes to transfers. „Always I have the feeling that when Barcelona or Real Madrid knock on the door of players then it is difficult to say no. So difficult. They are still the strongest teams in the world in terms of fashion, cities and many reasons. He is from Spain, Barcelona knock and I understand why he wants to leave“ said Pep.(1.23) MANCHESTER CITY (7.00) LEICESTER (14.00)City boss also gave other reasons for Torres’ future departure, mainly the lack of playing time. Torres has only made six appearances this season, scoring three goals, and he has been missing since October with a serious foot injury. On top of that, the Citizens are full of attacking midfielders as Raheem Sterling, Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva would give any other player problems over playing time, yet alone Torres. And Pep understands that, but he also emphasized his personal stance that an unhappy player should be allowed to leave the club. He even took a swipe at Spurs CEO Daniel Levy over Harry Kane situation in June. „If you want to leave because you’re not happy here, you believe you’ll be happy in another place, you have to go. If you are not happy, you have to leave. We’re not a club like other teams when you want to leave CEO and president say no. The career is short, one day it’s over. If he wants to leave, absolutely no disappointment. It’s his desire, I’m happy for him. If we had just two or three attacking players then maybe Ferran would think he had more chance to play and stay longer“ explained Guardiola.
