Sam may just be coming back from the AFCON tournament, having won it, but he knew that to him, the season was far from ending.
Rather, the true difficult part of an elite club's season just started.
Unlike other clubs like Fulham where he played before in England, big clubs like FC Barcelona truly become busy at the business end of the season.
The games stack up, coming in fast and hard, and this was because unlike small clubs, they compete in multiple tournaments.
This season, FC Barcelona was competing in not just the Spanish La Liga, but the Supercopa de Espana, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League.
And at this stage of the season, having won the Supercopa de Espana already, FC Barcelona was still in the 3 other competitions, and it was ramping up.
They were now into the deep.
