ExThaNemesis posted... It started in Paris 06. Then they took Henry. Then in 2011, the Van Persie red card robbed us during a tie we were superior in.
Then they spent two years tapping up and taking Cesc Fabregas from us.
I can't really hold the various Messi demolitions against them, but what I do hold against them is the way they financially mismanaged their dominant position at the top of world football. HOW could you let that fall apart. You had the best team arguably ever for most of a decade. That should've been a platform to set you up financially to succeed FOREVER, and now they're selling the rights to their stadium just to make ends meet? Shambles.
I despise Barca for a lot of the same reasons, but I don't really get 'taking Henry from us'. We were clearly at the end of a cycle, Henry was like 30 and wanted/needed a CL win, and I doubt he would've gotten it with us (but hey, that 08 team!!!). He'd won everything else with us, so I felt it was a somewhat logical step? It's why, out of all the mercs that left us, the only one I can kind of accept at this point is Cole; he was an invincible, had won everything (save that CL),...
Much better than scum like Nasri or RvP who we babied for years in medbays and then he has one amazing season where he's not injured and he goes off.