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Friday, August 3, 2018

Malcom a surprise signing by Barcelona but one that makes sense

Sid Lowe details how Malcom's arrival at Barcelona makes the club's Ousmane Dembele problem even more complicated. Despite the addition of Malcom, Ernesto Valverde cites the departures of Andres Iniesta and Paulinho as a key reason why Barcelona may not be done spending. His parents named him after Malcolm X, FC Barcelona scribbled out his name, hurriedly writing Silva where it originally said something else, and AS Roma didn't name him at all. It was a joke, albeit a rather pointed one that quite a lot of people didn't find very funny. Meanwhile, Ernesto Valverde couldn't help but notice he wasn't called Willian. As for Hristo Stoichkov, he called him the new Hristo Stoichkov. Well, sort of. His full name is Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira, but everyone calls...

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