Is this squad good enough for the Champions League? Nowhere near! Is it good enough to compete with Celtic? Highly unlikely. We managed to extend loan deals for Leicester left-back Joshua Willis for a fourth season, Man United’s right-back Godwin Uzeh and Spurs’ Callum Wigley for third seasons, and Celtic’s Niall Quinn for a second season before the previous season ended. Qualifying for the Champions League has done amazing things for the squad value, including boosting long-serving captain Dylan Tait to a midfielder worth £10.75 million and Stewart Fleming, signed for £150,000, to £9.75 million! Nonetheless, that man was goalkeeper Alex Simpson in a World Cup warm-up game against South Korea. The pre-season began with one of our players winning a cap for Scotland for the very first time in this save – which, as a team finishing second in the league, seems fairly ridiculous. However, given the ongoing lack of viable permanent signings in the transfer market, more investment in facilities to improve youth recruitment is increasingly necessary. Suddenly, an email arrived in his inbox announcing that new youth facilities were under way, along with an interesting news story quoting him as saying “I thought we shared similar visions for the club but leaving the youth setup as it is will only set the club back.” Nice. McGinn, despite his manager’s pressing advances, declined and di Lathamé accidentally leaked the news to the press. Not only is the club now the third-most reputable in Scotland but it also ranks 46th in Europe, ahead of the likes of Atalanta, PSV, Sporting Lisbon, Lille and Athletic Bilbao.ĭi Lathamé therefore thought he had grounds to have a quick chat with McGinn about the potential for even better youth facilities. Not only has the club managed to finish above an Old Firm side for the first time, to finish second in 2026, it’s also won a European trophy! Led by English manager Robí di Lathamé, Raith’s stature in the game has significantly increased after its impressive performances in the Europa Conference League. Raith Rovers has well and truly transformed from a club dwelling in the lower reaches of Scottish football to one of the most respected and reputable clubs in the country that’s now worth a whopping £68 million. But oh no, this Raith side is made of far sterner stuff than that. Now, fast-forward to Tuesday 3 November 2026, he and Steven Gerrard sat in the manager’s office at Real Madrid, fresh from seeing the two sides go head-to-head in front of 79,504 people (of which just 80 made the trip from Kirkcaldy).Īnd you might expect that Madrid manager Gerrard was secretly delighting in his Galacticos waltzing to victory. Seven years ago, on Saturday 3 August 2019, his reign as Raith Rovers manager began with a 1-1 draw in front of 1,186 people at The Penny Cars Stadium in Airdrie. And he couldn’t help but reflect on how quickly things had changed. Next up Barcelona face Real Madrid on Sunday.Robí di Lathamé was enjoying a delicious, undoubtedly extremely expensive glass of Rioja deep in the bowels of the majestic Santiago Bernabeú. Not only will it be a significant financial blow to the club, it will now bring questions to his door about his capability to get the necessary results. Paying for mistakes is very expensive in the Champions League.”įailure to qualify for the knockout stages threatens to derail Xavi’s entire time at Barcelona. There were errors in defence that are very serious. “We went into the break satisfied, but then we paid for the errors. The Champions League has become very difficult.”Įric Garcia had told the media that they made too many mistakes in defence and Xavi was much of the same mind. “We must go on and change our mindset for La Liga. We should have carried out the match from the first half, but it was not to be.” The second… Since Munich, via Milan, it has been cruel. The first goal is a clear error from the defensive line that we had talked about. We conceded a lot in the second half but the first was excellent. This Champions League is being cruel to us. Speaking to Movistar+ after the match, in an interview carried by Diario AS, Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez cut a solemn figure after what he felt was another cruel result for the Blaugrana.
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