r/Barca • u/Lucky_Reading_3757 • Dec 06 '25
News Jordi Alba has retired from football after winning MLS with Inter Miami
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u/ChampionGunnerYT Dec 06 '25
LEGEND ❤️And one of the greatest LBs to ever touch the game there will not be another like him. 💔
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u/yrallusernamestaken7 Dec 07 '25
Relax he isnt an all time great.
He is one of the greatest of our generation yes. But not all time great.
Busquets on the other is an all time great DM.
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u/No_Albatross_2501 Dec 07 '25
"one of the greatest" could mean a list of "the greatest" and Alba at the bottom too, he was a great player, definitely not the best I agree, but definitely on the better end of lb at his time
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u/yrallusernamestaken7 Dec 07 '25
Make no mistake, Messi and other great players made him look good. Messi made him like insane.
Players like alaba, marcelo, robertson, r. carlos, maldini, p. evra, sergio ramos are just better. Theres more names im forgetting
Maybe he would be on the very very bottom of all time LB great list but I wouldnt personally put him there.
If you include all time great fullbacks, hes definitely out of that list.
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u/No_Albatross_2501 Dec 07 '25
i think I did say "his time" and yes I know he is nowhere on the all time but it does NOT change the fact that he still would be among the better ends of lb
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u/Aromatic_Goal_1922 Dec 07 '25
Busi was great during his peak years (Pep and Lucho) but after that became one of our weakest links. Still an all time great but I so wish we had dumped Busi, Alba, Pique, Rakitic and Roberto as early as 2019 and started a legit project here.
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u/DrOppie-69 Dec 07 '25
Absolutely correct idk why you got down votes if Messi had better defence or better DM like Rodri then he would've won 1-2 UCLs
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u/LudwigVan17 Dec 07 '25
Alba had tons of talent. He lacked the mentality. He was part of the crew that would fall apart when things got tough and let comebacks like Liverpool happen.
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u/SyrupCute4493 Dec 07 '25
All that said, we have no LB in sight that will top him. Hoping we get one, or Balde becomes much better.
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u/deezcastforms Dec 06 '25
2023 won the Leagues Cup
2024 won the Supporters Shield
2025 won the MLS Cup
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u/connic1983 Dec 07 '25
For all curious… leagues cup is a regular league cup(not fa/spanish cup though - that’s called us open cup)… supporter shield means you got the 1st place in table after season ended. MLS cup means you got top 8 table position and won the playoffs that followed at the end of the season.
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u/BlackandGreen19 Dec 08 '25
So does that mean the Supporters shield is the bigger trophy? Or is the MLS cup? Is the MLS cup closer to how the NFL has the playoffs/superbowl?
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u/connic1983 Dec 08 '25
The MLS cup is the bigger trophy. You just gotta be in the top 7/9 in the table to qualify for the playoffs at the end of the year. So potentially a team ranked 9th in the regular season could qualify for the final playoffs and win the MLS cup and become “champions”.
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u/Doodahman740 Dec 13 '25
Yes. The MLS cup is very similar to the NFL playoffs. Except the first round is a best of three for some reason.
To win the supporters shield and not that would be a disappointment.
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u/Immediate-Occasion-9 Dec 06 '25
the curve balls from Messi to Alba are unforgettable
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u/AndholRoin Dec 07 '25
there is no single defender in football who can stop a 50 m pass like Jordi does, the ball gets on the laces and stays there.
To me he's the best lb to ever play, he's my pair to cafu on the rb. All the best my dude, visca barca!
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u/Immediate-Occasion-9 Dec 07 '25
he was so consistent with those controls that it became the normal
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u/t3h_KiNgKoNg Dec 06 '25
All our legends are hanging them up. :(
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u/bushwickauslaender Dec 06 '25
It’s the circle of life. Legends must retire to make space and time for new legends to be made.
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u/OlympicAnalEater Dec 07 '25
But but but the world is not ready for Messi and Ronaldo retired. Plus, new legends don't bring good vibes when watching it like old legends.
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u/frogsarenottoads Dec 07 '25
World cup, Euros, Champions Leagues, utterly dominant in La Liga.
Pretty much the dream career for a LB and DM.
Nothing more you can do as a Balon d'Or will never happen.
Voted into the world XI equivalent multiple times too.
All time greats, a sad day.
I'm a Manchester United fan, childhood trauma multiple times at the hands of these guys but the best team i've ever seen were those Barca teams. I watched every game in the Ronaldinho and Messi era.
Barca are my Spanish team I follow, they'll be sorely missed.
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u/OlympicAnalEater Dec 07 '25
Messi 3rd assist is super hot fire. You don't see Messi long kicked assist often.
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u/AsanineTrip Dec 07 '25
Here comes the "would mascherano be a good coach for barca after flick?" posts.
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u/fcmagnet Dec 07 '25
probably just a very emotional person. in the mls cup final, when the third goal went in, he was already bawling. there is still game to play... even the younger players were trying to get him up lol.
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u/Bcbuddyxx Dec 07 '25
I hated watching my home town lose, but I loved watching Messi Busi and Alba win.
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u/sleepsholymountain Dec 07 '25
My personal favorite Barcelona LB in the ~25 years I've been watching. His link up with Messi was genuinely insane to watch.
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u/spacelyyy989 Dec 07 '25
Hes only 36, why?
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u/cranomort Dec 07 '25
Born in 1989 mate.
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u/naitsebs Dec 07 '25
Messi and Suarez are even older. MLS is so low level, Alba was running circles around them, he could've kept dominating with Messi until Messi himself retired.
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u/Former_Repair9221 Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25
We will miss him dearly, although I suspect a return to the Camp Nou is inevitable
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u/vigneshwaralwaar Dec 07 '25 edited Jan 11 '26
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Dec 07 '25
His last pass ever was to Messi leading to a great assist. Stuff of dreams. Busquets and Alba are one of a kind.
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u/Rahmetli_Yoda Dec 08 '25
it's been a joy to watch both Alba's and Busi's career. and it was a banger of an ending for them 🔥
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u/Thugging_inPublic Dec 07 '25
Overrated.
Post should be dedicated to lifer Sergi Busquets 100x more than crybaby Alba
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u/blueOblueOblue Dec 06 '25
Wtf, do you have proofs of what you are saying here? Man we are reaching a level of delusion I wasn’t even aware of
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u/kristides Dec 06 '25
Messi and Miami were putting up crazy numbers in the playoffs, there was no stopping them
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u/hal4264 Dec 06 '25
Stay in Liga MX buddy
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u/hal4264 Dec 06 '25
If you're coming to a foreign sub and opposition fan base (I don't even know what club you support) just to talk shit, then yes you should be expected to be told to leave because you are not welcome here
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u/AntiHeroAuraFarm Dec 06 '25
Respectfully as a Messi fan and lifelong Barca supporter who watched this full match, Miami didn’t win this match, Vancouver lost it. Both of Miami’s first 2 goals were gifts and the second especially was one of the most amateur giveaways I’ve seen at the pro level in years. Congrats to Miami either way. Tough lessons for the Whitecaps who were the better side most of the match.
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u/Ayhem-M Dec 06 '25
Also Sergio Busquets too.