This is the second in a new series of interviews with fans. You can read the first part here . Ferran Carreras: 72 years old, lifelong fan and amateur Barcelona historian To understand the present state of FC Barcelona, it can be helpful, even necessary, to look to the past.
Times change, but history also has a way of repeating itself. That’s one of the main takeaways I got from speaking with Ferran Carreras, 72, a culer since birth, who inherited his love of the club from his father, and has since passed down the passion, or a “feeling” as he describes it, to his own children. Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto via Getty Images To be a culer of this generation is to have truly lived through the modern life of the club as we know it today.
Like Fortià Viñas, the first interviewee of this “Culers Talking” series , Ferran remembers the inauguration of the Camp Nou in 1957 as a pivotal moment in his coming of age as a fan. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the impact of the Alfredo di Stefano saga. How in many ways, the Barcelona and Real Madrid rivalry, was formed in these years.
Photo by Keystone/Getty Images Real Madrid was not a big club before the arrival of Santiago Bernabeu, who made it his mission to spare no expense to turn it into the biggest football club in the world. Hence the development of a colossal stadium, and ultimately the precedent of finding and buying the best players in the world. The Galacticos model, although the name .
