Rio Ferdinand tears into 'embarrassing' Barcelona after 8-2 Bayern Munich loss

“They’ve spent, what is it, £800m since Neymar left and still they’re reliant on Messi, who came through the youth system there and the older players in the team who were there before that was spent as well,” Ferdinand said on BT Sport.

“They’ve not recruited in terms of spending that money wisely I don’t think going forward.

“But listen, when you’ve got Messi in your team you can make a few mistakes because invariably he’s got them out of trouble.”

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