The problem with some Barcelona fans is that you’d think they support Dortmund rather than Barça. Four years as a starter at Barcelona is more than enough time. If you haven’t developed as a player even 1% during that period, then you simply don’t deserve the opportunities you’ve been given. There are plenty of young players who never got even a quarter of the chances this limited player received. So if he leaves, he won’t be missed. The Barcelona board has learned its lesson from the mistakes of the past. We kept players like Gerard Piqué, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto and Jordi Alba for too long. I know they had history with the club and won everything, and nobody can take that away from them. But we kept hoping they would somehow return to the level they had shown in previous seasons, and that cost us nearly three or four seasons that we are still paying for today. This time, the board doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes. They loaned Araújo to Liverpool, sold Fati to Monaco, loaned Ter Stegen to Ajax, and now it’s Balde’s turn. Balde simply hasn’t lived up to the expectations of the board or Flick. He has been at Barça for around four years, yet he looks almost exactly like the same player he was when he first broke into the team. At a club like Barcelona, you cannot keep waiting forever for a player to finally develop. And honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Koundé is also sold this transfer window. In my opinion, Koundé is actually the one who deserves to be sold more than Balde. The board has already shown that they are willing to make difficult decisions rather than repeat the mistakes of the past, and if they believe a player is no longer at the level required for Barcelona, they shouldn’t hesitate to move on.