What Catalonia's independence means for FC Barcelona
Catalonians would never refer to themselves as Spanish, and for many they are still waiting for the catalonian independence. Many political parties in catalunia support a break away from spain, and wether or not this will happen will have great economic, social and political consequences.
But this will also have big consequences on European football. FC Barcelona currently competes in the Spanish League ( La Liga). however Barcelona wont be able to comepte in la liga if catalonia gains independence. thiss means no more Classcio ( only the biggest game in modern football). this could lead to barcelona not becomming a major force in european football, due to players preferring playing in higher ranked leagues and transferring to other clubs.
For me, this would mean the club that i love will no longer play in major european competetions, so their games would lose the intensity and passion from both the fans and the players perspectives, meaning that watching the games would be less exciting, and not as enjoyable as they used to.
this is a very selfish and narrow minded approach to this issue, catalunian indpendnece means so much more, to the people of barcelona and spain, for them, football is just a 'game' and is not even a consideration in these decisions.
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