‘I don’t think obedience is a good way to structure a football team, the Barcelona way which worked brilliantly for a long time is much more interesting.”
Simon Kuper's new book details the making of Barcelona but also the series of blunders which led it to a position where it became a club with a billion euro debt. In this podcast he talks about the rise and fall of Barcelona, the personalities who shaped it, Johan Cruyff and Lionel Messi, in particular. The future - post Messi - is uncertain and as football becomes a playground for petro-states, success at Barcelona is not guaranteed.
