Cocu makes his views known on the new Barcelona squad.


As the Dutch star continues his career in Asia with Al-Jazeera of United Arab Emirates, ex-Barcelona star, Philip Cocu visited his former team players in Munich when the Blaugrana clashed with their German opponents. After observing the wonderful play by FC Barcelona, Cocu came to the conclusion that:

The team to beat is Barca. They have an incredible team right now and are unstoppable. If they play as a team and like they did two years ago, then they will win things. They have so much quality, although quality does not always guarantee anything as we saw with Madrid and Barça last season. If they play the way they can then I do not know who can stop them.

The Dutchman believes all four of Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho and Leo Messi can play together if a good game plan is weaved. He says:

As much as having such top quality strikers in one team can sometimes become complicated, it is no doubt, a rare privilege to have four players like that. They are players that all want to play, but with 60 games a season there will time for all of them. It is possible that all four could play together if they have three forwards and one of them just behind. It will depend on the balance of the team and the game plan being adopted.

Speaking on last season's La Liga final day showdown, Cocu says:

It depends on how you look at it. What happened to Barcelona last season cannot be considered a disaster. Having not won anything will give everyone added motivation. They are my favourites for the Champions League along with Milan and in my opinion, Manchester United.