Philip Marlowe
Player Valuation: £225k
This comes from a discussion about Barça and Deulofeu HERE, I don´t want to disturb that topic so will clarify here a few things that have been commented about the politic situation in Spain and its relationship with Barça and Catalonia, that aren´t true in my opinion.
1. Catalonia was never been conquered. Catalonia was part of Kingdom of Aragon, and took part of the Reconquista with another three kingdoms: Leon, Castile and Navarre. The four kingdoms were united after the war. There was NEVER an invasion of Catalonia or anything.
2. There have been a lot of civil wars in Spain but none of them have had relationship with the catalan and basque nationalisms, which appeared on late 19th century.
3. The reasons for the independence of Catalonia are almost purely economic and legal. Most catalans feel mistreated by Spain´s central government. This is the real reason. There is no real bloody history here.
4. There´s no hate and no signs of violence, and there´s no ethnic trouble. Independence and Spain supporters are from the same family, live in the same neighbourhood and go to the same pubs. And of course, share the same football clubs. Maybe Espanyol is a bit more ''spanish'' because it´s a smaller club and is not publically represented as ''the Catalonia club'' because the nationalist government doesn´t care what he does.
5. A lot of catalans are angry and say things that come from their own anger, and are not necessarily true.
1. Catalonia was never been conquered. Catalonia was part of Kingdom of Aragon, and took part of the Reconquista with another three kingdoms: Leon, Castile and Navarre. The four kingdoms were united after the war. There was NEVER an invasion of Catalonia or anything.
2. There have been a lot of civil wars in Spain but none of them have had relationship with the catalan and basque nationalisms, which appeared on late 19th century.
3. The reasons for the independence of Catalonia are almost purely economic and legal. Most catalans feel mistreated by Spain´s central government. This is the real reason. There is no real bloody history here.
4. There´s no hate and no signs of violence, and there´s no ethnic trouble. Independence and Spain supporters are from the same family, live in the same neighbourhood and go to the same pubs. And of course, share the same football clubs. Maybe Espanyol is a bit more ''spanish'' because it´s a smaller club and is not publically represented as ''the Catalonia club'' because the nationalist government doesn´t care what he does.
5. A lot of catalans are angry and say things that come from their own anger, and are not necessarily true.
