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lpg, as far as I've heard sid Lowe doesn't have any bias, barca or otherwise, is columns try to run the spectrum of the spanish league, and no matter who he writes about he always seems to get flak for it. Messi is possibly the greatest player to play football in my lifetime, and is only a worldcup away from joining maradona, and pele up there, he's done pretty much all there is to do in club football.
Why would appreciating this special talent be seen as anything than a good thing, regardless of who he pays for. If he'd come up through the ranks at Real, would that make Sid a Francoista (sic) for talking about him.
I think we're far too quick to tar people with football bias and saying that this sways how things are viewed/perceived. You only have to look at the blinkers that CliveO or MikeC or Manc Ronnie habitually place over their eyes in relation to their own teams, and their results, failings, triumphs.
As Sid has mentioned many times, you can't really commentate on spanish football without viewing it through the prism of barca/real madrid, and that makes the perception of spanish football all the poorer. Because there is some beautiful football and some great teams in La Liga and they deserve better recognition..