If you could bring back ONE former Barcelona player in their prime for Hansi Flick’s squad, who would it be?
Im sorry Gill but I think the question would've been better if it was barring Messi, if you could bring back one former Barca player in their prime for the current squad who would it be? Because prime Messi, no matter the squad structure makes any team into legit UCL contenders just simply because the magic he could pull out of any situation.In that case, my answer would actually be Umtiti. I get the obvious Puyol/Pique make sense, but considering we need that LCB spot more than anything, Titi prime was just something else. He was the perfect CB and if he hadn't traded his knee for WC, which in all rights is a valid trade, he'd have a much longer career.
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Yeah, there’s no scenario where I pass on peak Messi. I don’t care what position we’re thin in or which all-time great supposedly “fits” better — prime Messi doesn’t just fill a gap, he tilts the entire game. With him at his absolute peak, you’re not fixing a lineup… you’re unlocking the possibility of winning everything.
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